Daoist Lord Shennong
Chapter 569

Aurora Shines Upon the Nine Marsh God Domain!

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The Six-Winged Mountain, when viewed from the side, resembles wings, as if surrounded by six pairs of feathers.

From above, it is heart-shaped with a flat top, as if it has been cut in half.

When the Agricultural Official of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity opened up the Six-Winged Mountain using the Mountain Opening Method, all those preparing to climb the mountain heard a tremendous roar.

It was rapid and sharp, like a burly man with a rough voice shouting at the top of his lungs.

Many Demon Race could not stand, their legs went weak, and some of the weaker Demon Race were terrified, so they prostrated themselves on the ground and kept kowtowing, thinking that they had offended the Six-Winged Mountain.

"Envoy Lang Ping, go and maintain order," the Lord of the Kingdom of the Wanhe Demon Kingdom immediately ordered a wolf demon beside him.

"The Spirit Mountain roar and the sea howls. People often say that the mountains roar and the sea howls, which refers to the sounds emitted by the Spirit Mountain and the sea. This is a normal phenomenon. Don't let the people of Ancient Hill of Antiquity laugh at us."

"Yes, Your Lord of the Kingdom." A wolf demon wearing a crown and robes immediately went to maintain order in the Fang Zhen of the Wanhe Demon Kingdom. These young Demon Race royals had only recently emerged from the chaos and ignorance. Although their bloodlines were powerful, they could still be considered as inexperienced youths.

In the mountain climbing team, Zhao Xing stood at the very front, followed by the four mountain masters of Yuan Mountain, Cloud Mountain, Reed Mountain and Hong Shan, as well as the thirteen peak masters of Brow Mountain.

"It's supposed to be a joyful mountain, but the name sounds awful." Palace Master Lu Ya stood on Zhao Xing's shoulder and flapped his wings in disgust.

Zhao Xing chuckled, then immediately took out the divine artifact [Yuan Ji Mountain] to stabilize the fluctuations of the mountain's spiritual veins.

After the first cry, the water murmured and the purple bamboo sang softly, and the sound immediately changed from deep and rough to clear and melodious.

Following the mountain path upwards like a pea, they walked for less than two days until they reached a mountain spring, at which point Zhao Xing ordered them to stop.

"Where is the master of Hong Shan Mountain?"

"Your subordinate is here." Venerable Hong Shan immediately stepped forward.

"You, as the head of the community, will open an altar here at this mountain spring using the Earth Palace Art. The palace connects to four veins, hangs flat at the ninth latitude, and faces south. This is the first auspicious location."

"Yes, ma'am."

After spending half a day in the mountains, Zhao Xing found a grove of purple bamboo.

"Where is the master of Reed Mountain?"

"Your subordinate is here."

"You will lead the community and spread the Spirit-Returning Earth Treasury Formation. You need to gather the three peaks of Brocade Wing, Purple Wing, Twin Star Wing. The formation connects to the Thirty-Six Ridges. This is the second auspicious location."

"Your subordinate obeys." After noting this down, the Lord of Reed Mountain immediately went to make arrangements.

"The method of Opening Mountain to Receive Auspiciousness is very particular." While making arrangements, Zhao Xing was also teaching the peak master, mountain master, and disciples of Ancient Hill of Antiquity.

"In ordinary blessed lands, as long as the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art or the Earthwalking Fortune-Flow Art is followed, it is easy to gather good fortune."

"The Earth Vein give rise to ridges, and the ridges become peaks. The five elements of the Earth Treasury's energy rise and condense within the mountains, making the situation more complex. We must consider not only the energy of the veins and the seasonal energy, but also the energy of the form."

"Using the law to harvest mountain resources is like cutting vegetables in the ground. If you cut too deep, you will damage the roots, which will affect the next growth and may even destroy a Spirit Mountain. If you cut too shallow, you will waste the earth's gifts."

"The Knowledge Mountain in Tianxia Zhijian change frequently, mostly due to improper mining and transportation methods."

Everyone listened attentively, even the Lord of the Kingdom the Wanhe Demon Kingdom who had accompanied them, and several envoys from the Demon God Hall, all of whom pricked up their ears to listen, even though they didn't understand.

"Zhao Xing, according to your statement, the previous mountain chief Wei Zizhan, lowered the ranking of Six-Winged Mountain by three places. Wasn't his method of selecting auspicious omens too crude?"

"You say that the Knowledge Mountain is like this, then what about the Unknowable and Unseeable?"

"Having been climbed so many times, will the miraculous effects of Ten Directions Mountain ever diminish?"

The Palace Master Lu Ya, perched on his shoulder, seemed quite interested in conversation and asked several questions in succession.

Everyone has their own expertise, and even though Palace Master Lu Ya is Divine General, he doesn't understand the intricacies of this matter. He only vaguely senses that the places where Wei Zizhan performed his rituals back then seem to have left tiny scars on Six-Winged Mountain.

His first question was very rude. Although the others could not hear the conversation between the two, Wei Zizhan was Zhao Xing's Senior Brother, or even half a teacher. How could he speak ill of him to his face?

But Little Yellow Duck didn't care about any of that. Wei Zizhan? It was already a favor that he was willing to give him a critique!

"Reporting to the Palace Master, I can only say that each generation has its own ideas," Zhao Xing said. "Senior Brother Wei must have had his reasons for doing what he did back then."

This can be seen as a tacit admission that Wei Zizhan's ranking dropped three places due to his mining and transportation efforts, but it was said in a very euphemistic way.

"As for the Unknowable Mountain, it is difficult to judge them by conventional methods," Zhao Xing said. "For example, the Layered World Mountain, even if 70% of its soil is dug away, it will still return to its original appearance after many years, or even be larger."

"Whether the effects of Ten Directions Mountain are constant is something even I, a junior, cannot know." Zhao Xing thought of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror that the Hemp Robe Divine Physiognomy, and said thoughtfully, "Perhaps it's too little, perhaps it's not there at all. We still don't know where the limits of this mountain are."

The ritual to open the mountain and bring good fortune lasted for one year and nine months.

Once everything was ready, the mountaineering team arrived at a valley halfway up the mountain.

Zhao Xing decided that the final location for the centralized procurement would be a place called "Chess Valley".

Zhao Xing placed Yuan Ji Mountain on the altar, with twelve Earth Treasury Divine Needle inserted around it.

Metaphor

A gentle breeze swept through the valley, Hundred Flowers bloomed from between the stone walls, quickly covering the entire area. A waterfall gushed out from a crack in the cliff behind the altar, and Heavenly Fire dyed the clouds red.

The desolate valley had suddenly transformed into this state, and everyone sensed that something good was about to happen.

The Little Yellow Duck had already flown off Zhao Xing's shoulder. If he were here, the mountain's fortune would gather around him. He flew into the sky and stood with Yan Ao.

"Hehe, seven little Demon Race have experienced a dramatic change in fortune, undergoing a complete transformation on the spot, and their future potential has soared to a new level. Yan Ao, you also protected Wei Zizhan back then, how does your situation today compare to before?"

Yan Ao had been gazing upwards, but upon hearing Lu Ya's voice, he lowered his head, as if emerging from some state and descending into the mortal world.

He glanced at the valley teeming with Hundred Flowers and nodded gently. "Even more so."

"How come it's only three points?" Little Yellow Duck felt a little disappointed. Wasn't Zhao Xing supposed to be the most talented leader of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity?

Yan Ao looked at the sky speechlessly.

Zhao Xing held Yuan Ji Mountain in his hands, quietly observing its changes, and then raised his head to look at the Human Race and Demon Race present.

"The fortune of the Six-Winged Mountain caused me to fluctuate from the Derivation-31 to the Derivation-32."

Once you reach the Derivation-31 Derivation Realm, it's incredibly difficult to advance your fortune to the First Tier.

Xuerui Free God Luck Divine Bone had reached their limit, and since then, his fortune has remained stable at level 31 and has not broken through again.

Today, after the Opening Mountain to Receive Auspiciousness and the collection of resources, the site briefly reached level 32.

However, it is not stable; once it leaves the mountain, it will still be 31 steps.

However, Zhao Xing's inherent luck has risen to level twenty-three, which means that even if the bonuses from the Five Emperors Coins Luck Divine Bone are removed, his own luck is still at level twenty-three.

"Elder Bovey, do you know what level is required to become Luck Free God?" Zhao Xing asked, sending a wisp of his consciousness to communicate with Bowei within his Internal World.

"Luck Free God only requires reaching the 25th rank, but that's just a prerequisite," Bowei said. "To become Luck Free God, one also needs the method of refining fortune."

"Without the Luck Divine Law, even if it keeps increasing, it cannot be called Luck Free God."

"If one does not become Luck Free God, one's inherent destiny is limited to the Thirty-first Level. Even if one has a fortuitous encounter and briefly breaks through the 31st level, one will eventually fall back down."

Bowei, "Legend has it that one who reaches the 25th level of Qi Luck becomes Free God, and one who reaches the Thirty-first Level of Refinement becomes True God, unaffected by calamities. However, this method has been lost."

Zhao Xing: "Elder, you are learned, yet you do not know the Luck Divine Law?"

"The more you know, the less you know," Bowei said self-deprecatingly. "When I first broke through the barrier to become a god, I thought I knew all the mysteries of the universe. Later I realized that my knowledge was still just Vast Sea compared to the mysteries of the entire universe."

While they were talking, the Lord of the Kingdom and three envoys from the Demon God Hall came to thank Zhao Xing.

"Thank you Zhao Shennong, for blessing our clan's genius."

"Yes, thank you, Zhao Shennong. The changes this time are too obvious."

"Back then, no one in the clan could be transformed overnight."

"Zhao Shennong truly deserves to be the youngest mountain leader."

All four Demon Race Demigod praised it.

This is not the first time that the Wanhe Demon Kingdom has experienced the Opening Mountain to Receive Auspiciousness of the Six-Winged Mountain.

Both were mountain Opening Mountain to Receive Auspiciousness, but the benefits Wei Zizhan gave them were far less than those given to Zhao Xing.

"This is not my achievement, but the achievement of my Senior Brother, Venerable Wei Zizhan, who was the previous mountain chief," Zhao Xing said. "Without him Sealing Mountain and Naming It ten eras ago, we would not have such good fortune today."

"What Zhao Shennong says is true," the four Demon Race Demigod echoed. Although they said so, they all felt in their hearts that Zhao Xing was much stronger than Wei Zizhan.

Because the mountain chief before Wei Zizhan had also sealed off the mountain for a similar amount of time, so why is it that when it comes to Wei Zizhan, he needs to absorb so much of the fortune himself and leave less for the Demon Race?

It's because he's weaker than Zhao Xing!

Therefore, the four Demon Race Demigod naturally had a higher opinion of the new mountain leader than Wei Zizhan.

"Lord of the Kingdom, three divine envoys, I wish to travel to the Desert Sea after the mountain closure ends. Would you be permitted to take a look ahead?"

"Desert Sea? Of course we can go!" The Lord of the Kingdom Wanhe and the three divine envoys exchanged a glance and immediately agreed.

The Desert Sea is the birthplace of the Nine Marsh God, but countless years have passed, and it has lost its former splendor, now just an ordinary relic of a deity.

If it were a request to visit the Demon God Hall and the ancestral land of the Demon God, they probably wouldn't readily agree. But since Zhao Xing made this request, they certainly wouldn't refuse.

Thank you all.

Zhao Xing cupped his hands in greeting, ending the conversation and quickly moving on to the next step.

Gathering mountain spirits.

This First Tier is quite secretive.

Zhao Xing will act alone, searching for the spirit of the mountain in the Six-Winged Mountain.

"According to custom, only one mountain spirit can be taken from the top of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity."

"If you're going to seize an opportunity, seize the big one."

Holding the divine weapon, Zhao Xing fled into the Six-Winged Mountain.

Two months later, he returned to the valley.

When he returned, he was accompanied by a mountain spirit with six wings of light and a round body.

The mountain spirit looked like a jellyfish with wings, and with each breath, the Six-Winged Mountain emitted melodious Feather Tone.

"Hmm? They actually caught Six-Winged Mountain Spirit?" The Lord of the Kingdom was immediately filled with envy.

"When Wei Zizhan came last time, he only managed to capture a five-winged mountain spirit. This Zhao Shennong is quite capable."

The space inside the Six-Winged Mountain is also very large. The mountain spirits are intelligent and live hidden in the vast mountains, and are extremely good at hiding.

Even five-winged mountain spirits are rarely seen, let alone the strongest Six-Winged Mountain Spirit.

"Congratulations, Zhao Shennong!" The Lord of the Kingdom of Wanhe and the three divine envoys offered their congratulations in unison.

"Congratulations on becoming the first mountain!" The people of Ancient Hill of Antiquity also offered their congratulations.

The Six-Winged Mountain Spirit can be kept in the Extreme Land within the body and Symbiosis together in symbiosis.

At a critical moment, it can help Agricultural Official overcome a True Spirit Tribulation.

Of course, once someone reaches the level of Demigod like Zhao Xing at the fifteenth tribulation stage, ordinary mountain spirits are no longer effective; only Six-Winged Mountain Spirit can produce an effect.

"Thanks to everyone's blessings." Zhao Xing humbly cupped his hands. This was the territory of the Demon Race, and he was indeed grateful to the Demon Race for being able to obtain the Six-Winged Mountain Spirit.

It took several days to absorb the mountain spirit into my body Symbiosis.

This trip to Six-Winged Mountain has now reached its final step: Sealing Mountain and Naming It.

Zhao Xing ranked Six-Winged Mountain fourteenth among Knowledge Mountain, improving it by three places and restoring it to the ranking it held during his tenure as the previous mountain leader.

The ranking of the Great Mountain is an honor. Although the increase in ranking is not significant, the Ten Thousand Rivers Demon Race is already very satisfied.

The Third Era of the Desolate Territory, the 205th World Star Year, the Desert Sea.

After the mountain was closed off, Zhao Xing was invited to visit the capital of the Wanhe Demon Kingdom.

In reality, they had arrived at the [Desert Sea] region of the Wanhe Demon Kingdom.

The Desert Sea is a star region filled with sand and ocean. Countless quicksands, like comets, fly out of the ocean, trailing long tails, flowing in the starry sky with unpredictable trajectories, and eventually fall into a Primordial Sea.

In the Desert Sea region, many precious mineral planets and Star Continent will form, but Life-Bearing World Star and Star Continent are rare.

Even the Demon Race, which can endure harsh environments, rarely settles and lives in the Desert Sea region.

Aside from the Demon Race mining and Mechanical Puppet, only one ten-thousandth of the Desert Sea region has Demon Race residents.

Zhao Xing sat cross-legged on a meteorite, moving forward along a starry sand river.

Puff puff puff!

As the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle was expelled from his body, Zhao Xing's purple hair gradually faded, and he transformed into human form.

"The fifth level of the Nine Marsh God is finally complete!"

It took Zhao Xing more than 20 years to cultivate from the fourth level of the Nine Marsh God Marquis Transformation Art to the fifth level of the Dao.

"The Nine Marsh God have nine talents: Void Breaking Claw, World Burning Divine Eyes, Heavenly Ruins Five Organs, Longevity Wheel, Myriad Tribulation Golden Marrow, Profound Darkness Transformation, Earthly Realm Divine Travel, Thunder Body, and Instant Eternity. Now, after Hou Transformation, I also possess the fifth one, Myriad Tribulation Golden Marrow."

"However, the Nine Marsh God's talents are of little use to the Human Race body," Zhao Xing with some regret.

As Innate God, Nine Marsh God possesses god-level talents and secret techniques, such as the Myriad Tribulation Golden Marrow, which is said to allow one to survive countless tribulations.

Of course, there's a lot of exaggeration in that. Who can survive ten thousand calamities?

However, after Zhao Xing transformed, he felt that surviving the sixteenth tribulation was quite easy.

"I can withstand the sixteenth tribulation using the fifth level of the Nine Marsh God Marquis Transformation Art. After all, my soul core is still human; essentially, it's me who is suffering the tribulation." Zhao Xing felt hopeful. "The Six-Winged Mountain Spirit can withstand another tribulation, and I will soon reach the level of a seventeenth-tribulation Demigod."

"If I collect all the mountain spirits of the top ten levels in the mountains of the Xuanling Star Domain, it should be able to help me through another tribulation, which is the eighteenth tribulation."

Eighteen Tribulations Demigod – that was Bowei's level during his Demigod stage.

"The more times Demigod undergoes tribulation, the stronger their combat power will be after becoming Free God."

"Back then, Bowei became Free God at the Eighteen Tribulations Venerable, so he could disregard the Hall Master Tu Ning and even alarmed the Great Emperor to personally capture Bowei."

Zhao Xing still remembered the scene that the Mysterious Spirit History showed him. After Bowei became a god, if it weren't for the appearance of the Great Emperor, even with the help of the Hall Master Tu Ning, it would have been impossible to make Bowei surrender.

"Bowei became a god after eighteen tribulations, and soon became Divine General."

"After twenty-two tribulations, Gu Luo River became a god and even stepped into the Divine General Level."

The more one Origin Godhood during the Demigod stage, the stronger one naturally becomes.

Bowei and Gu Luo River were the chosen ones of their respective versions, and after becoming gods, they were incredibly powerful.

"If all 200 of my true spirits undergo the eighteen tribulations, then after becoming Free God, I will at least have the combat power of Divine General Level."

The deadline for protectors is the day they become Free God.

"With my Divine General combat strength, even if Yan Ao and Lu Ya leave in the future, I will have the means to protect myself."

"As for whether I can reach the level of the Gu Luo River, that depends on the Nine Marsh God Marquis Transformation Art," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Using the True Self Divine Method to overcome the True Spirit Tribulation seems quite difficult at the moment."

The Five Great Divine Art of the True Self are fine when facing tangible calamities, but they are very difficult to defend against intangible calamities.

Cangwu World Method, Void Divine Seed, One Realm Divine Essence, Primal Chaos Divine Foundation, True Self Divine Sacrifice.

Of the five great Divine Art, only the Cangwu World Method, the Void Divine Seed, and the True Self Divine Sacrifice can be considered offensive techniques.

However, the True Self Divine Sacrifice is ineffective against the True Spirit Tribulation; this Parasitic Method cannot parasitize the heavenly tribulation.

The Void Divine Seed is Variant Method, which requires a certain amount of time to release and needs to be used in conjunction with the Cangwu World Method to be effective.

In the pursuit of the ultimate tribulation, the Nine Marsh God Marquis Transformation Art, Innate God, is still the most effective.

"If I can reach the level of the Gu Luo River, after I become a god, my divine power foundation will be so strong that it will definitely be able to support the simultaneous advancement of the secret techniques of my three sects," Zhao Xing thought to himself. Being involved in the three sects also has a problem, which is that his magical power is not enough. The Divine Art he is currently learning consume too much energy.

If it is used to cast the True Self Divine Method, it will drain oneself, and can only be cast once. Techniques such as the Layered World Mountain, the Spacetime Earth Passage Art, and the Earth Palace Art will be completely unusable.

Everyone knows that cultivating all three schools of thought leads to greater strength, so why are there so few practitioners who do it? Mainly because cultivating all three is fraught with difficulties.

"Hehe, Zhao Xing, I've found another familiar place." Palace Master Lu Ya flapped his wings. "Quick, let's go take a look over there."

"Okay, senior."

Zhao Xing immediately flew in the direction indicated by Palace Master Lu Ya.

Lu Ya had been to the lair of the Nine Marsh God before. Even though it had been completely changed, if Lu Ya could point out any place, there would still be some traces left by the Nine Marsh God.

Time flies, and a century has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the vast Desert Sea, Zhao Xing crossed a sandy river.

"Splash!"

Suddenly, a wave swept over, the light was too bright for Zhao Xing to react in time, but Yan Ao immediately swallowed Zhao Xing whole.

"Metaphor~"

The next moment, the light swept across the meteorite where Zhao Xing was, and the entire meteorite shattered. The surging sand river was also suddenly crushed, turning into even smaller fragments.

"Gah!"

The Palace Master Lu Ya landed on Yan Ao's shoulder with lightning speed, and even a single hair on it was shed!

Inside Yan Ao's belly, Zhao Xing belatedly felt a heart-pounding fluctuation.

Even after being swallowed by Yan Ao, she still felt somewhat unsafe.

"What have you discovered, seniors?"

Yan Ao frowned and scanned the surrounding starry sky. After the light wave swept over it, the entire starry sky changed.

"We have entered an independent space-time, completely isolated from the Desert Sea."

Swish~

The next moment, after confirming that Zhao Xing was safe, Yan Ao released him again.

Zhao Xing glanced at the panel and found that the coordinates displayed on the panel were still in the Desert Sea, but now there were more specific domain coordinates.

You have entered a Desert Sea sand, where the aurora borealis reflects the former Nine Marsh God Domain.

"A grain of sand preserved the aurora? And this ray of aurora even reflects the former Nine Marsh God Domain?" Zhao Xing was taken aback.

According to the historical records of the Chasing Light Society's exploration of the aurora, the powerful radiance of the Extreme Star can illuminate the Divine Realm, creating some "aurax-reflected spaces" that preserve extremely real and precious historical images.

Many Starry Sky Historian discover these auroras experience a rapid increase in their abilities, and some are even able to condense powerful avatars from their own time World Transfer Clone.

Zhao Xing obtained information from the coordinates, but he still released Bowei.

His opinion shouldn't be taken as a reference. Yan Ao and Lu Ya might find this place too dangerous and just use some kind of magic to take him away.

When Bowei was brought out to identify the source, this god-level scholar did not disappoint. With just one glance, Bowei drew a conclusion before Yan Ao could take any action.

"The aurora illuminates time and space, like a mirage preserving historical scenes."

"However, it is unknown which specific time period was preserved."

"If Zhao Xing could see the true form of the Nine Marsh God, it would be beneficial to his cultivation."

"How dangerous is it?" Yan Ao only cared about whether there was any danger and whether it was something Zhao Xing could handle.

Bowei calculated with his fingers and then said, "The aurora is mixed with the divine power of time, and it returns once every seventy-two hours in this spacetime."

"As long as we put it away before the power of time sweeps away the enemy, it will be safe."

Zhao Xing stared expectantly at Yan Ao. The decision-making power of the guardian Divine General also varied. Bowei only had the right to make suggestions, while Yan Ao, as the first guardian Divine General, was fully responsible for Zhao Xing's safety.

If he feels it's dangerous here and insists on leaving, then Palace Master Lu Ya, as the most skilled Divine General at escaping, will definitely carry out his orders.

Ignoring Zhao Xing's expectant gaze, Yan Ao pondered for a moment and then nodded:

"Let's wait and see, and make a decision after the aurora returns again."

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