The Various Factions Are Coming! Breakthrough to the Ninth Level of the Nascent Soul Realm!

Was he about to wake up?

Hearing this, Ji Zining and Ji Chenkong hurriedly looked at Xiao Jiu beside them.

Sure enough, Xiao Jiu's presence had become much more lively than before, no longer like a pool of stagnant water.

It was a sign that he was waking up!

Ji Zining estimated that Xiao Jiu should wake up in another four or five hours.

Going by the current time, that should be around ten at night.

Ji Chenkong cupped his hands to Li Changsheng.

"Ancestor, you don't mind if we wait here, do you?"

He intended to leave Xiao Jiu undisturbed and let him wake on his own.

Li Changsheng smiled and shook his head.

"I was just worried that this peach blossom grove lacked life. It's only good that you two are staying here. Why would I mind?"

"To tell the truth, I don't usually want to spend much time here myself. I cultivate on the immortal mountains outside instead."

"There, I can always see some living creatures, rather than these peach trees I created."

Peach trees he created?

Ji Zining's expression grew grave.

Could a Quasi-Emperor already create things? That truly was somewhat terrifyingly powerful.

Li Changsheng rubbed his forehead, as though he had remembered something. He looked at Ji Zining as realization dawned on him.

"Right, Zining, there's something I forgot to tell you."

"Earlier, we bestowed the title of divine child on you, and the major factions of the True Martial Dao Domain learned that you had received the blessing of half its fortune."

"Unwilling to be outdone, these factions have sent their prodigies and envoys to our Ziwei Holy Land."

"They say they want to... spar with you?"

"What do you think about this?"

Spar?

Ji Zining and Ji Chenkong couldn't help exchanging surprised looks.

There was such a thing?

They were sending prodigies to their Ziwei Holy Land to spar?

Ji Zining smiled with interest.

Did they want to step on the fame she had just gained from receiving the blessing of half the True Martial Dao Domain's fortune and use it to elevate their own prodigies?

Unfortunately for them, they had miscalculated.

"Ancestor, what cultivation realm are the prodigies they're sending at?"

As long as they weren't in the Saint Manifestation Realm, she could beat them with ease!

And the sparring was tomorrow. By then, perhaps even Saint Manifestation Realm experts wouldn't be her match.

Li Changsheng thought for a moment, somewhat uncertain.

"Qianyan told me they seemed to be in the Spirit Transformation Realm? Yes, they should be in the Spirit Transformation Realm."

"He didn't go into detail earlier, because the envoys and prodigies from those factions hadn't yet arrived at Ziwei Holy Land."

"But I expect they'll start arriving one after another tomorrow."

The Spirit Transformation Realm?

Hearing their cultivation realm, Ji Chenkong couldn't help shaking his head before Ji Zining even reacted.

Ning'er had just beaten a batch of Spirit Transformation Realm inner disciples from Ziwei Holy Land. The mere Spirit Transformation Realm was nothing to Ji Zining.

Were they coming to spar?

They were coming to get beaten up!

Ji Zining didn't hesitate for long. She gave Li Changsheng a toothy smile.

"Ancestor, let them come. It'll be a perfect chance to show off the strength of our Ziwei Holy Land."

"Only by beating them into submission can we truly make them submit."

"Leave those prodigies to me when the time comes, Ancestor. If one comes, I'll beat one; if two come, I'll beat both!"

Li Changsheng nodded in approval.

"Well said. Only by beating them into submission can we truly make them submit."

"Since you're so confident, give the prodigies from the other three major factions some special attention when the time comes."

"They've always wanted to measure themselves against our Ziwei Holy Land."

He was quite confident in Ji Zining's strength. After all, she had just comprehended Sword Intent, so her strength naturally couldn't be lacking.

Give the prodigies from the other three major factions special attention?

Ji Zining smiled meaningfully.

Even as a Quasi-Emperor, the ancestor couldn't rise above such things!

She pondered briefly and began searching through the original owner's memories.

The original owner's memories contained an introduction to the four major factions of the True Martial Dao Domain.

There was no need to look at or discuss her own Ziwei Holy Land again. If she remembered correctly, the other three major factions were:

The Heavenly Sound Buddhist Temple in the Western Domain, the Wuji Divine Sect in the Northern Domain, and the Great Emperor Wang Lineage in the Southern Domain!

Of these, only the Great Emperor Wang Lineage of the Southern Domain was a lineage faction. The Heavenly Sound Buddhist Temple and the Wuji Divine Sect were sect factions, just like Ziwei Holy Land.

Moreover, the Great Emperor Wang Lineage was a newcomer among the four major factions in ancient times. As it rose, it suppressed the long-established Chaos Holy Land of the Southern Domain and took its place.

The reason the Great Emperor Wang Lineage held such sway was that the last Great Emperor of ancient times had come from their Wang Lineage.

It wasn't hard to understand why the ancestor had told her to take good care of those three factions.

As fellow members of the four major factions, they all surely wanted to prove they were the strongest. Since they had the ability this time, they naturally had to show their strength and suppress the other three.

Ji Zining gathered her thoughts and smiled confidently.

"Ancestor, you can just watch when the time comes. They're offering their faces up for a slap, so naturally I'll have to make it a loud one!"

Tomorrow would be her first battle representing Ziwei Holy Land. It was a battle that would thoroughly cement her position, and she absolutely couldn't afford to be careless.

Ji Zining had already decided to spend all her remaining time cultivating and raising her cultivation.

She would strive to break through her current cultivation and reach the final minor realm of the Nascent Soul Realm.

If possible, reaching the Peak Nascent Soul Realm wasn't out of the question either.

Of course, there was also the check-in after midnight. She wondered what she would get from it this time.

Li Changsheng nodded in satisfaction.

"We'll be counting on you then. For now, you two can wait here."

"When that little fellow wakes up, I'll send you out."

Ji Chenkong and Ji Zining both cupped their hands slightly.

"All right, Ancestor."

With that, each of them found a place and sat down cross-legged.

Ji Chenkong needed to stabilize the cultivation he had just broken through to, while Ji Zining intended to use this time to break through to the Ninth Level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Four or five hours should be enough for her to break through!

Li Changsheng glanced at the two absorbed in cultivation and shook his head, bored.

The path to becoming an Emperor was already closed, and his cultivation had reached the Peak Quasi-Emperor level. Advancing again to become a Great Emperor seemed to have become an extravagant hope.

The only thing he could do now was drink tea to pass the time.

Cultivation was something he had done a long time ago.

Ji Zining circulated the Seven Orifices Exquisite Immortal Art to absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around her and began cultivating.

As soon as she began, Ji Zining felt her cultivation improve a little.

This led Ji Zining to quietly guess that perhaps she could reach the Ninth Level of the Nascent Soul Realm before Xiao Jiu woke up!

Time passed, and three hours went by.

During those three hours, silence reigned in the peach blossom grove's small world.

"Pop!"

Suddenly, a faint sound came from within Ji Zining's body.

As the faint sound rang out, Ji Zining's presence abruptly surged.

She had broken through to the Ninth Level of the Nascent Soul Realm!