"Above, Heavenly Dao, I am the Pure One Lingbao Heavenly Venerable. Today, I establish a sect known as the Interception Sect!"
"The Great Dao has fifty paths, while Heaven derives forty-nine. All things have a thread of vitality. Instructing disciples must naturally treat all equally, seizing that thread of vitality for all things."
"Interception Sect, arise!"
After hearing that voice resound throughout Heaven and Earth, Lin Xuan could not help sighing inwardly.
His nominal master had attained the Dao and become a Sage.
This meant that the Era of Sages had officially begun.
What came next was the earth-shaking Tribulation of the Witch and Demon.
Although he had become a disciple of Sect Master Tongtian before Daoist Duobao, thereby becoming the future Senior Disciple Brother of the Interception Sect,
he was currently only at the Golden Immortal realm.
With his thin arms and frail legs,
he would probably be reduced to ashes by accident during the Tribulation of the Witch and Demon, when Mount Buzhou was broken and a hole was smashed into the heavens.
Not to mention,
after that would come the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, which would destroy the Interception Sect!
Lin Xuan immediately made up his mind.
Seclusion!
He would never come out until he cultivated to the Quasi-Sage realm!
The Primordial World was too dangerous.
Lin Xuan immediately came before Sect Master Tongtian and explained his intentions.
Sect Master Tongtian had just attained the Dao and become a Sage, and his entire body still radiated the Daoist charm of a Sage. Upon hearing Lin Xuan's intentions, he could not help widening his eyes in surprise.
Why had this lazy disciple of his suddenly become so ambitious?
Still, ambition was a good thing.
Thus, he waved his hand, indicating his agreement.
After obtaining Sect Master Tongtian's approval,
Lin Xuan returned to his own cave abode and prepared to officially begin his life of seclusion.
However, just as he finished setting up the restrictions and sat cross-legged on his meditation cushion with his five hearts facing Heaven,
a notification suddenly rang out in his mind.
"Ding! The system has detected that the host has begun his first seclusion."
"The God-Tier Seclusion System has officially activated."
"Rewarding the host with a Novice Gift Pack. Would you like to claim it?"
After hearing the notification, Lin Xuan's face froze slightly.
What was going on?
Had the golden finger he received after transmigrating finally activated?
Without hesitation, he chose to claim the system's Novice Gift Pack.
"Ding."
"Congratulations, host. You have obtained one copy of the Nine Revolutions of Chaos Undying Heavenly Art. Please continue working hard and remain in seclusion to obtain more rewards."
Along with this notification,
a wondrous cultivation art appeared in Lin Xuan's mind.
The Nine Revolutions of Chaos Undying Heavenly Art!
This was the fundamental cultivation art practiced by Great God Pangu!
Once cultivated to great completion, it could completely allow one to prove the Dao by force!
Lin Xuan immediately began cultivating this art.
The Innate Spiritual Qi lingering around the cave abode began flowing in like water poured into a funnel.
It gathered inside Lin Xuan's cave abode,
providing him with the energy he needed to cultivate and circulate his breath.
Time continued to pass.
Very soon,
a year had passed.
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have remained in seclusion for one year. You are rewarded with ten leaves of the Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Root Dao Comprehension Tea."
"Would the host like to continue his seclusion?"
Was there even a need to choose?
Could one year of seclusion even be called seclusion?
The cultivation practitioners of the Primordial World spent longer than that just taking a nap.
Of course he had to continue his seclusion.
After consuming a portion of the Dao Comprehension Tea leaves, Lin Xuan continued comprehending the Nine Revolutions of Chaos Undying Heavenly Art!
Boundless Daoist charm began to appear around the place where he cultivated in seclusion.
Sect Master Tongtian had accepted several more disciples. After sensing this trace of Daoist charm,
he could not help turning his gaze toward the place where Lin Xuan was cultivating in seclusion, a smile curling at the corners of his lips.
It seemed
his disciple's seclusion had yielded some results.
He had only been in seclusion for a year, yet he had already manifested insights into the Great Dao.
Perhaps
he would become the disciple capable of inheriting his mantle.
After thinking of this, Sect Master Tongtian could not help feeling immensely pleased with himself.
Hmph.
His elder brother's disciples were of mixed quality, and they were all Spawned and Moisture-Born. They would never amount to much.
When the time came, he would bring Lin Xuan before him and let his elder brother have a good look.
He would let him know what it meant to be a naturally born seed for the Dao!
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have remained in seclusion for ten thousand years. You are rewarded with a High-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure: a set of twelve Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
When combined with the other twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, they can become a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure."
"Would the host like to continue his seclusion?"
The Sea-Calming Divine Pearls?
Wasn't that his junior brother Zhao Gongming's treasure?
Back then, he seemed to have been the one who introduced him and the Three Sisters of Sanxiao to their master and brought them into the sect.
He wondered how their cultivation was now.
After thinking of this, Lin Xuan felt an urge to leave seclusion.
But when he performed a divination,
he found that the heavenly secrets were a chaotic blur. Tribulation aura permeated the Primordial World, which was clearly in the midst of the Tribulation of the Witch and Demon.
Meanwhile, his cultivation had only barely reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Immediately,
Lin Xuan sat back down on his meditation cushion.
He continued his seclusion!
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You have successfully remained in seclusion for one hundred thousand years. You are rewarded with one drop of Pangu's Essence Blood and one Fragment of Pangu's Primordial Spirit."
"Would the host like to continue his seclusion?"
Pangu's Essence Blood? And a Fragment of Pangu's Primordial Spirit?
The system could actually reward him with such heaven-defying treasures?
Without delay, Lin Xuan chose to refine these two peerless treasures of the Primordial World into his body.
He used them to improve his innate foundation.
The body he had transmigrated into was a piece of Innate Divine Jade transformed from one of Pangu's fingernails.
This foundation was not bad, but compared to the top divine beings of the Primordial World, it fell far short.
However,
after refining Pangu's Essence Blood and the Fragment of Pangu's Primordial Spirit, everything changed completely.
Lin Xuan could use them to achieve the true body of a Chaos Demon God, instantly becoming one of the top-level innate foundations in the entire Primordial World.
However, immersed in seclusion and refinement, Lin Xuan failed to notice that outside his cave abode, several Sound Transmission Jade Talismans kept flashing.
"Senior Disciple Brother, how much longer are you going to remain in seclusion?"
"Senior Disciple Brother, I've already broken through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Elder Sister Yunxiao was bestowed a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Primordial Golden Dou, by Master. It's incredibly powerful."
"Senior Disciple Brother, Senior Martial Uncle and Second Martial Uncle are so mean. They won't let us live on Kunlun Mountain anymore. They said we're Spawned and Moisture-Born, and that living on Kunlun Mountain would only pollute its spiritual energy. Are we really born lowly?"
"We only wanted to cultivate the Dao. What did we do wrong? Why do Senior Martial Uncle and Second Martial Uncle hate us so much?"
"Senior Disciple Brother, Master, Senior Martial Uncle, and Second Martial Uncle have fallen out. Now all the senior and junior brothers and sisters have moved to Golden Ao Island. When you leave seclusion, you must remember to come find us."
"Let me tell you secretly: I'm a senior sister now too! Master has accepted so, so many disciples. Everyone gets along especially well. Hee-hee."
Time was uncounted in the Primordial World, and a leisurely million years flashed by in an instant.
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