The Modern Martial Immortal

On Nine Cauldrons Peak.

Xu Nianhua respectfully bowed to Yaoguang. ”Perfected Lord.”

”Take these Pure Yang Grand Pills. In addition, I have written down cultivation insights for the Golden Core Realm for you. Next, cultivate a Blazing White Golden Core as soon as possible.” Yaoguang handed Xu Nianhua a treasure tool containing a large number of Pure Yang Grand Pills.

Xu Nianhua hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the treasure tool. ”Thank you, Perfected Lord.”

”Mhmm. Give me your identity token. I will grant you access to the third peak. From now on, you will cultivate on that mountain.”

”Yes.” Xu Nianhua handed over his identity token.

Yaoguang operated it briefly and soon granted him access to enter and leave the array.

The mountain range where Nine Cauldrons Peak was located stretched for thousands of miles. Besides the main peak where he resided, there were also thirty-three secondary peaks. Let alone accommodating one person, even accommodating several million or tens of millions would not be a problem.

Of course, cultivators had high requirements for privacy. Although there were many array formations in these mountains that could separate spaces, this area would already be considered crowded if several thousand cultivators lived there.

Previously, Yaoguang had not interacted much with Xu Nianhua because he had not yet seen the situation inside the Heavenly Dao Sect clearly.

But now, after seeing that although the Heavenly Dao Sect had probed him, they had still acted with appropriate restraint, he dared to bring Xu Nianhua over.

”Young Sect Master, the resources you purchased have arrived,” Lyu Suoyu’s voice came from outside.

”Good.” Yaoguang stepped forward and took a storage tool from Lyu Suoyu. After sweeping his gaze over the materials inside, which were worth three million Pure Yang Grand Pills, he nodded in satisfaction.

In theory, a single Void Realm Stone had a high chance of allowing the Two-Realm Ruler to transform into a Dao Artifact. However, Yaoguang had sold the Longxiang Flying Vessel, and he no longer had a trump card he could use to quickly run away. Once he encountered danger, even escaping might not go smoothly. The transformation of the Two-Realm Ruler couldn’t fail.

Taking advantage of his current wealth, he spent another three million Pure Yang Grand Pills to buy some top refining materials, striving to ensure that the Two-Realm Ruler’s transformation would be absolutely safe.

Now that he had the materials, he did not waste any time. After activating the Nine Cauldrons Peak’s array, he began nurturing the Two-Realm Ruler with the Spirit Nurturing Technique and Treasure Refinement Technique.

While nurturing the Two-Realm Ruler, he also had enough time to digest the information he had recently obtained when pushing the Immortal Dao(Void-Refining Realm) branch to 92% completion.

Several months later, Yaoguang rubbed his head, which felt somewhat painful from studying for too long. Only after a good while did he sort out some useful information.

There are three thousand Great Dao, but only forty-nine have been passed down on the North Sea Star. And even the number of great divine abilities isn’t high... even taking into consideration those that may not be enough to achieve Dao integration and become a Dao Lord, there are fewer than three hundred...

As Yaoguang thought this over, he swept through the relevant information he had organized again. As for supreme divine abilities I can comprehend thanks to my high-dimensional cognition, the ones with further progressions... There are only 903 of them. In other words, even I can apparently perceive and master only 903 Dao Techniques and their inheritances.

This was one of the limitations of high-dimensional cognition. He merely possessed high-dimensional cognition. He was not truly omniscient and omnipotent.

If an ant changed to a human’s perspective, it could clearly see an incomparably vast world. But even humans, who seemed omnipotent in the eyes of ants, could not grasp the full breadth of the universe.

The range I can see has actually already surpassed the scope of the North Sea Star. This can be inferred from the Primordial Creation Art that I first obtained from the Creation Group. This cultivation art allows cultivators to cultivate safely to the Golden Core Realm, which shows that it is extremely extraordinary. However, the Creation Group doesn’t exist on the North Sea Star at all, so it must have come from another world.

It was not just the Primordial Creation Art. The 903 Dao Techniques were the same.

But even though he had seen the inheritances of 903 Dao Techniques, that was still less than one-third of the three thousand Great Dao.

He estimated that if he truly wanted to see all of the three thousand Great Dao, he would probably have to reach a higher-level world.

For example, the immortal realm where immortals resided?

I will proceed according to the original plan. If I still cannot obtain the complete three thousand Great Dao after pushing my realm to the Void-Shattering Realm, I will condense a Dao Seed with the Great Dao of void and advance to the Void-Refining Realm. Yaoguang helplessly sighed.

He had not expected that at only the Void-Piercing Realm, his high-dimensional cognition would already show its limits.

Suddenly, he sensed something. With a wave of his hand, the array opened.

At the same time, he transmitted his psychic thought to Lyu Suoyu. ”Go to the entrance and receive a group of people into the sect. Bring them directly to me.”

”Yes.” After receiving the order, Lyu Suoyu bowed and left.

In just half an hour, under the guidance of Yaoguang’s chief steward, a group of more than three hundred people transformed into streaks of light and landed on Guest Peak.

Yaoguang could ignore most of those three hundred people, but he had to show a certain degree of respect to their leader, Wan Liugui.

The group was precisely the faction from the Cangwu lineage led by Wan Liugui, those that hadn’t agreed with investing all resources in Heavenly Venerable Jiang.

When the three hundred people landed, Yaoguang had already arrived right after them. He even gave a fist-and-palm salute first in greeting. ”Perfected Lord Wan, long time no see.”

Seeing Yaoguang personally come to welcome them, the others felt slightly excited.

Their gazes toward Yaoguang were also quite curious, as though they were looking at a living legend.

As for Wan Liugui, his expression carried some wistfulness and emotion, but it also betrayed the complex feelings in his heart.

Only after a good while did he return the salute. ”Long time no see.”

After saying this, he led the more than three hundred people behind him and gave a deep bow. ”Greetings, Perfected Lord Yaoguang.”

”There is no need to be this polite,” Yaoguang said as he swept his gaze over the group.

Including Wan Liugui, there were five Void-Piercing Realm battle immortals.

As for the rest, there were quite a few Golden Core battle immortals, and even around a hundred orthodox Golden Core Realm cultivators.

The two with the highest cultivation had actually formed Blazing White Golden Cores.

This scene made Yaoguang realize something.

The Cangwu lineage had probably sent over every promising seed who might have made Heavenly Venerable Jiang feel threatened, and in turn might have been threatened by Heavenly Venerable Jiang. After all, Heavenly Venerable Jiang was not exactly magnanimous.

Yaoguang did not expose this. He simply said, ”Since all of you have come, live and cultivate properly on Nine Cauldrons Peak. Nine Cauldrons Peak also earns quite a few Pure Yang Grand Pills each year. Supporting all of you won’t be an issue.”

When Wan Liugui heard this, he took the initiative and said, ”Before coming here, I briefly learned about the state of the industries under your name. It seems like there is still no one overseeing the Adamant Mountain Range? I have spent these years rushing about the North Sea battlefield, and I am indeed somewhat tired. If you pity us old men, why not allow us to go to the Adamant Mountain Range to retire?”

After saying this, he quickly added, ”As for the fifty percent of the Adamant Mountain Range’s profits, not a single bit will be missing.”

”The Adamant Mountain Range...” Yaoguang muttered.

Yaoguang glanced at Wan Liugui. The people from the Cangwu lineage were eager to demonstrate their value.

After thinking briefly, he said, ”I am quite curious about the situation at the North Sea battlefield. Perfected Lord Wan, stay here and tell me some interesting stories about the North Sea battlefield. Also, select some people to handle the operations throughout Nine Cauldrons Peak. As for the rest, they can go to the Adamant Mountain Range and oversee it.”

He glanced at the many battle immortals present. ”The Adamant Mountain Range is split equally between the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Of the fifty percent we occupy, half of the resources extracted need to be sent back to the sect, while the other half are my personal profits. From this half, you may keep ten percent for your daily cultivation.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the battle immortals lit up a little.

The materials produced by the Adamant Mountain Range could be sold for around six million Pure Yang Grand Pills each year. Yaoguang’s share was 1,500,000. Even ten percent of that was still 150,000.

150,000 Pure Yang Grand Pills was barely enough to cover their daily expenses. As for greater earnings, they would have to find a way themselves. The fact that Yaoguang was willing to provide them with a safety net could already be considered more than benevolent.

Most of the battle immortals chose to go to the Adamant Mountain Range, while the ordinary Golden Core cultivators stayed on Nine Cauldrons Peak.

Yaoguang immediately cleared out a batch of Nine Cauldrons Peak’s original positions and arranged for them to take over.

In this way, it was equivalent to them receiving income subsidies from the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The higher positions, such as steward roles, were paid several thousand Pure Yang Grand Pills, while the rest also received several hundred.

For Radiant Sun Golden Core cultivators, earning several hundred Pure Yang Grand Pills in a year already surpassed ninety percent of cultivators at the same level.

Small forces such as Hundred Flowers Valley and Iron Blood Sect in the Yunchuan Mountains, even those with Blazing White Golden Core cultivators overseeing them, had annual earnings of only several hundred Pure Yang Grand Pills divided between the entire sect.

However, although some positions were reassigned, he still kept Lyu Suoyu in his post. After all, he had not been in the Heavenly Dao Sect for long. He needed someone who understood the various affairs of the Heavenly Dao Sect well enough to answer some of his questions.

In the guest hall, after Yaoguang invited Wan Liugui to sit, he did not exchange pleasantries and directly asked, ”What is going on on the North Sea battlefield?”

”The North Sea battlefield... It’s a war between immortal cultivation forces led by the human race and foreign races from other cultivation systems.” Wan Liugui paused as he spoke. ”The scope of the battlefield we are on is very vast. Forces such as the Fiendish Dao factions and the Nine Demon Race Lineages send people to plunder the resources of surrounding worlds. Some worlds actually have rather valuable resources... For example, the Great Cangwu World had many Dao Artifact materials.”

Yaoguang listened and nodded.

Back then, the Lunar Fiend Empire’s invasion had been for those materials.

Of course, to the Fiendish Dao, cultivators were also a kind of material, and a relatively cost-effective kind at that.

”If the assets of every world can be fully looted, they are probably just as valuable as a Dao Artifact. After these foreign forces finish plundering worlds throughout the surrounding starry sky, they return to the North Sea Star. Our mission is to intercept these foreign races. Every time an interception succeeds, we can keep a portion of the resources seized from the foreign races, while the rest is handed over to the sect,” Wan Liugui explained.

Yaoguang nodded. ”What level are those foreign races that plunder the surrounding worlds?”

”It depends on the scale. Since the worlds they plunder are often extremely far away, they basically all have existences similar to Void-Piercing Realm battle immortals to operate warships and shuttle through the void. Larger plundering squads may even have demon kings equivalent to Void-Piercing Realm experts or demon emperors at the Void-Refining Realm overseeing them. Once the scale of the war expands, even Void-Shattering existences will be deployed.”

Wan Liugui paused, then continued, ”After all, the resistance forces of some worlds are not weak. Take the Great Cangwu World in its prime, for example. With dozens of Void-Piercing Realm battle immortals fighting desperately, even a team led by a Void-Piercing Realm demon king would have had only a path to death.”

”Void-Refining demon emperors...” After hearing this, Yaoguang deeply felt the danger of the outer battlefield, and had no choice but to give up his original plan.

When Wan Liugui heard Yaoguang’s question, he seemed to realize something and said in surprise, ”You are not planning to go to the outer battlefield to temper yourself, are you? You must not! The outer battlefield may not be extremely dangerous for Void-Piercing Realm cultivators, but you are different. You are a genius with hopes of reaching the Void-Refining Realm. It’s not just the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects who have heard of your name! I’m afraid the demons have also placed you on their kill list. If you go to the battlefield, you will definitely be targeted.”

”I understand.” Yaoguang sighed. He had not expected the battlefield outside North Sea Star to actually be such a dangerous place. ”So I can only go somewhere relatively safe.”

”Safe?”

”The Deep-Blue Sea, where the demon kings and demon emperors have been almost completely wiped out, seems rather good,” Yaoguang said.

He was only missing 8% progress. Even if he did not hunt demon kings, clearing out more eighth- and ninth-tier great demons should be enough to fill the gap.