After arriving at the cave abode, Zhang Tie listed all the materials he needed one by one. He then summoned the Azure Bird and handed it the jade slip to deliver.
Once the Azure Bird had left, Zhang Tie sat quietly for a moment, his thoughts settling as he carefully sorted through the several major matters at hand.
The foremost matter was naturally cultivating the Nirvana Golden Body Art. Now that the materials were complete, he had to begin as soon as possible and increase his strength.
The second was waiting for Xuan Gu to deliver the resources needed afterward, then seizing the time to raise his qi cultivation and strive to enter the perfected Mahayana stage as soon as possible.
Spring passed into autumn, the seasons turned, and nine hundred years slipped by in the blink of an eye.
"Fellow Daoist Xuan Gu, does this node truly lead to the Immortal Realm?" Zhang Tie sat upon a lotus throne carved from white bones, his gaze grave as he sought confirmation once more.
"There is an eighty to ninety percent chance that it does. I personally sensed the aura leaking from the realm on the other side, and it differs entirely from every realm I have visited before. Even if it is not the Immortal Realm, it must be an extraordinary Upper Realm." Xuan Gu's tone was firm, without the slightest hesitation.
"It is not that Zhang is overly suspicious. More than three hundred years ago, Fellow Daoist was just as certain, yet we opened a passage to a ruined realm. Not only did we squander vast resources for nothing, but two fellow cultivators also lost their lives!" Zhang Tie showed a pained expression.
Back then, merely refining the core materials for the grand formation and setting up the formation