Eight Yuan Stage

The powerful figures from the Dao Sect finally arrived, shortly after the battle ended.

Upon receiving Ying Huanhuan 'Primordial Spirit Transmission, the high-ranking members of the Dao Sect were overjoyed. Ying Xuanzi, who understood the immense value of the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, immediately dispatched a group of the Dao Sect experts to the vicinity of the Blood Rock Land, saving them five days of effort.

With the cooperation of Senior Sister Yuan Fang, the Dao Sect experts launched a bloody sweep against the invading rogue cultivators, and then returned satisfied with the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree and Yao Ling.

A few days later, the Dao Sect publicly sent Yao Ling, a former disciple of the Yuan Sect, back to the Yuan Region for trial. The Yuan Sect members had no choice but to force a smile and thank the Dao Sect while gritting their teeth and accepting Yao Ling, sending him deep into the Enforcement Hall to be tortured.

On that day, the Three Great Sect Masters of Yuan Gate were furious.

Ren Yuanzi personally ordered the removal of a high-ranking elder from his position and his imprisonment in the sect's forbidden area for ten years.

The Dao Sect praised the Yuan Gate Sect Leader for his righteous act of sacrificing family ties, Eastern Xuan Region was filled with admiration.

Dao Sect, Desolate Hall.

"Yuan King Fist, Demonic Yuan Curse Body, tsk, these are both extremely powerful Spirit Martial Arts. I didn't expect that Yao Ling, a mere deacon at the Nine Yuan Nirvana Stage Realm, would have such a collection of techniques."

Inside the room, Lin Dong was flipping through several jade slips containing teachings.

Upon returning to the Dao Sect, Yao Ling's personal Cosmic Bag and the five ripe Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruit from the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree were given to Lin Dong as spoils of war. The Sect High-Level even explicitly stated that there would be a generous reward in a few days.

"The Yuan King Fist is not bad, but the Demonic Yuan Curse Body Tempering Martial Arts just average. Not only is it less powerful than my Great Desolation Body, but it also looks quite bad."

Lin Dong his head, flipped his palm, and the jade slip for transferring power disappeared, replaced by several round, crimson pills in his palm.

These pills were extracted by the Ancestral Stone from those five Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits.

While directly consuming the Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruit is effective, it still wastes some of its medicinal properties. It's not as efficient as using a pill purified from the Ancestral Stone.

"The Eight Yuan Stage, it's time to take a peek."

A fiery glint flashed in the eyes of the handsome young man sitting cross-legged on the couch. He then swallowed the pills in one gulp, and an extremely powerful and pure torrent of energy instantly swept through his body.

"Devouring Power, devour!"

The next moment, a calm voice rang out in the room.

The night grew deeper!

The next day.

"Huh, your Origin Energy cultivation has actually broken through again? How could it be so fast?" In the courtyard, Wu Dao looked at the thin figure who pushed open the door in surprise.

"This disciple is unaware; I broke through while practicing."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Dong answered seriously.

"... Come with me, the Sect Master wants to see you."

Wu Dao's lips twitched slightly, pretending that it wasn't him who had just spoken.

"The two Chief Seat of the Earth Hall and the Flood Hall are currently at the peak of the Eight Yuan Nirvana Stage, while Ying Xiaoxiao of the Heaven Hall recently stepped into the Nine Yuan Stage. Today, you have successfully advanced to the Eight Yuan, which means that our Desolate Hall has the first chance to catch up with the other three palaces. I hope you will not be arrogant or impatient, and continue to work hard."

After thinking for a moment, Wu Dao gave further instructions with concern.

"Disciple understands."

"Okay, let's go."

Wu Dao and Lin Dong flew one after the other into the depths of the Dao Sect.

Dao Peak, a Majestic Sacred Mountain located at the deepest part of the Dao Sect's territory, is not only the location of the Supreme Sect Master the Dao Sect, but also the absolute power center of the Dao Sect.

Along the way, even with Wu Dao, the Vice Hall Master of the Desolate Hall, leading the way, the deeper Lin Dong flew into the Dao Sect, the denser the Mental Energy that swept over him became. When he approached the Dao Peak, the auras of two old monsters in the Death Mysterious Stage even flashed by.

Fortunately, these probing thoughts were quite peaceful; they were simply swept over as a matter of routine, without lingering on them.

"Our Dao Sect truly lives up to its reputation as one of the Eight Great Super Sects of the Eastern Xuan Region. The number of Life and Death Mysterious Stage experts who are stationed in the sect's Ancestral Court is simply countless."

Lin Dong, who had descended upon the Dao Peak, sighed leisurely.

"Hehe, my Dao Sect has stood tall in the Eastern Xuan Region for a thousand years, and that's not because of a mere facade of harmony."

Wu Dao smiled mysteriously, pointed to the Majestic Ancient Hall in front of him, and said, "Go in by yourself. The Sect Master is waiting for you inside. I won't accompany you."

"Yes, Martial Uncle Wu Dao."

Lin Dong nodded slightly and disappeared in a flash at the entrance of the main hall.

This is an extremely large lake with shimmering water.

A massive array of light enveloped most of the lake, and through the transformation of the array's power, nine torrents of energy, resembling crimson dragons, were drawn into the center of the lake.

Ultimately, they merged together in the central area, forming a massive closed loop that constantly nourished a black, ancient tree as strong as steel.

However, the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, which Lin Dong had only seen for about ten feet when they first met, had suddenly grown to seven or eight feet tall in just a few days.

At the edge of the lake, a figure in white stood with his hands behind his back.

When Lin Dong entered this place, this was the scene before him.

"Is that Lin Dong? Come to me."

The figure in white turned around. He was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, wearing a loose white robe and black cloth shoes. His rugged face had a faint glow, as bright as warm jade.

"I originally planned to summon you as soon as you returned, but I was busy transplanting this Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree with the elders of the sect, which is why it has been delayed until now."

Ying Xuanzi smiled as he sized up the Desolate Hall Chief.

"The Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree has grown so tall? Hmm, drawing upon the power of nine Dan River to nourish and nurture it, the Sect Master quite the grand gesture." Lin Dong strode forward, curiously examining the black ancient tree in the lake that emitted a dense fluctuation of Origin Energy.

"Hehe, this is all thanks to you for bringing back its complete mother body using the Heaven Sealing Array Map. Otherwise, if we had to start cultivating it from the seed again, it would probably have taken another ten years."

"I've heard that the Immortal Origin Tree of the Yuan Sect Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree been cultivated for nearly a thousand years, and its height is a thousand feet. Each time it matures, it can shed thousands of Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits. If our Dao Sect's sapling wants to reach that scale, it will probably take at least several decades or even nearly a hundred years."

"For the Super Sect that suppresses a region, decades are but a blink of an eye. My Dao Sect can afford to wait."

Ying Xuanzi waved his hand, then stared at Lin Dong and smiled:

"You did a really great job in Blood Rock Land this time. Not only did you successfully bring back a powerful spiritual object to suppress the sect's foundation for my Dao Sect, but you also captured Yao Ling, the abandoned disciple of the Yuan Sect, alive."

"According to the elders of the sect who escorted Yao Ling to the Yuan Region, the entire Yuan Sect was deathly silent at the time. Hahaha, they really vented our Dao Sect's anger. Well done!"

"Cough, that's it? Doesn't the sect offer any substantial rewards?"

Lin Dong coughed lightly and smiled shyly.

"... Can't you be a little more patient, you little rascal?"

Ying Xuanzi glanced at Lin Dong, both amused and exasperated, and pretended to ponder:

"Originally, I planned to have you enter the Spirit Locking Array that nourishes the Immortal Yuan Ancient Tree, and use the five Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits to break through to the Eight Yuan Stage. Who knew you would be so bold as to recklessly swallow the five Immortal Yuan Ancient Fruits and actually succeed in breaking through."