Cheng Xinzhan was very pleased with the incarnation before him. His Taiguang Primordial Spirit immediately flew out of his fleshly body and entered the fire lotus incarnation.
He stood up and stretched his limbs, finding it even easier to control than the water lotus incarnation.
He pointed at the Yellow Court Palace within his fleshly body. The Dragon-Tiger Golden Core flew out, and he swallowed it. Immediately, Third Realm magical power filled his entire body.
After taking a few necessary items from his fleshly body and cave abode, Cheng Xinzhan's Taiguang Primordial Spirit piloted the freshly made incarnation out of Bright Governance Mountain and headed straight for Origin Yin Hall.
Cheng Xinzhan reported a few matters to Vice Sect Master Dong, then soon left Flat-Top Mountain and departed the sect.
Meanwhile, his Shuangling Primordial Spirit was still piloting his Bamboo Body in Carefree Cave, reading scriptures and studying techniques. Within Mysterious Yang Cave, his Inner Landscape Deities and Seven Po were independently practicing Qi Ingestion inside his fleshly body, continuing to open acupoints and digest the tribulation lightning without a moment's pause.
After leaving Three Pure Ones Mountain, he traveled west until he reached Yuan Prefecture, south of Nanchang City.
This was where Gezao Mountain stood.
Gezao Mountain was the sacred domain of Celestial Master Ge Xuan and the ancestral seat of the Numinous Treasure Sect. Dedicated to aiding the world and delivering its people, it brought fasting rites and ritual ceremonies to their highest expression, and was a holy land in the hearts of cultivators throughout the world.
Gezao Mountain stood imposingly in central Jiangxi, stretching north to south for over two hundred li. Gazing toward it from the east, Cheng Xinzhan could faintly make out northern slopes as sheer as cut cliffs, with ancient vines growing thickly across