A Sudden Development: An Immortal Vein Emerges
"Retreat! Retreat now!"
Patriarch Xuanji's face turned deathly pale, and all his previous arrogance vanished.
He knew that if the fight continued, he would die here today.
The Ancestral Vein True Spirit, relying on the earth's veins, is virtually invincible within the Dao Realm.
He thought his Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivation was enough to crush everything, but he never expected to be defeated by the Northern Dark True Spirit.
"Walk!"
He grabbed Wei Xiao and the others, his body radiating a burst of spiritual light, transforming into a streak of black light, and fled towards the direction of Primordial Beginning Valley without looking back.
Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Primordial Beginning Dao Sect were terrified and hastily used their escape techniques to flee in panic.
"Trying to run?"
Li Yunjing's eyes turned cold, and he was about to order a pursuit.
The giant dragon, formed from the Northern Dark True Spirit, extended its claws, ready to pursue and capture the group completely.
But at this moment,
Buzz!!!
An indescribable buzzing sound resounded from the deepest part of the Great Wilderness.
Immediately afterwards, a milky-white beam of light, piercing through the heavens and earth, suddenly shot up from the depths of the Great Wilderness.
The beam of light was pure, vast, and supreme, with a faint golden halo, piercing straight into the sky and illuminating the entire dark sky as if it were daytime.
Within the pillar of light, countless crystalline runes of Principle flowed slowly, emanating an intoxicating Immortal Spirit Qi.
At this moment, throughout the entire Dao Realm, Five Provinces and four seas, all living beings simultaneously stopped what they were doing and stared in astonishment at the direction from which the pillar of light rose.
A beam of light shot into the sky, overflowing with celestial radiance.
Centered on the pillar of light, concentric rings of milky-white spiritual light spread outwards like a tide.
Wherever the spiritual light passed, the cracked earth healed automatically, withered grass and trees sprouted new branches and blossomed with spiritual flowers, the exposed Black Stone surface shone with a warm jade light, and even the violent spatial cracks slowly calmed down.
Even the fleeing Patriarch Xuanji and his companions couldn't help but stop in their tracks, turning back to gaze at the celestial light that pierced through the heavens and earth, their eyes filled with shock and greed.
"This is Immortal Spirit Qi?!" Patriarch Xuanji exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible? How can there be Immortal Spirit Qi in the Dao Realm?!"
He had lived for tens of thousands of years and witnessed countless grand scenes, but he had only ever heard of such rich and pure Immortal Spirit Qi in High Antiquity legends.
The members of the Luozhen Sect forgot to give chase and stared blankly at the celestial light.
Li Yunjing stood still, his brows slightly furrowed.
He could clearly feel that the Dao Realm Origin was pulsating violently, a joy of new life.
It was as if something of paramount importance had been conceived in the Dao Realm and was being proclaimed to the entire world.
The giant dragon formed from the Northern Dark True Spirit also slowly withdrew its aura, its dragon eyes fixed on the direction of the immortal light, its body trembling slightly.
"Immortal Vein." Northern Dark True Spirit murmured softly, his voice filled with disbelief, "It's actually Immortal Vein."
"Immortal Vein?" Li Yunjing turned to look at him.
Just then, nine beams of light of different colors rose simultaneously from all over the Five Provinces, spanning the sky and converging towards the depths of the Great Wilderness.
Blue light, red light, Golden Light, yellow light, blue light, purple light, black light, white light, colorless light.
Nine pillars of light, nine different auras, each carrying a rich source of earth vein energy, originating from the same source as the aura of the Northern Dark True Spirit, yet each possessing different attributes.
Nine beams of light landed one after another on the open ground in front of Li Yunjing. As the light dissipated, they transformed into nine figures of different shapes.
Leading the group was an elderly man dressed in an earth-yellow Daoist robe. He had a kind face, a slightly plump figure, and exuded a profound and steady aura, as reassuring as the earth beneath his feet.
These are the remaining nine Ancestral Vein True Spirit of the Tianyuan Dao Realm.
The ten Ancestral Vein True Spirit have gathered in the Great Wilderness today.
The giant dragon formed from the Northern Dark True Spirit slowly shrank, transforming back into the appearance of a black-robed youth. His expression remained cold and stern, but he nodded slightly to the group.
"You've all arrived."
"With such a commotion, it's hard not to come." The girl in red skipped and hopped forward.
At this moment, Li Yunjing also nodded slightly. "Greetings to all the true spirits."
The Primordial Origin Spirit looked solemnly at Li Yunjing and slowly said, "Young friend Li, as you've probably guessed, the first Immortal Vein in the history of the Dao Realm has just been born deep within the Great Wilderness."
"Immortal Vein."
The Primordial Origin Spirit's own admission only deepened Li Yunjing's shock.
Immortal Vein are Spirit Vein that only exist in the Immortal Realm.
It is not filled with Spiritual Qi, but with Immortal Spirit Qi; it nurtures not ordinary spirit medicine, but celestial materials; and the cultivators nurtured within it can ascend directly to the Path of Immortal Ascension.
A single Immortal Vein is enough to support the foundation of a major Immortal Realm in the immortal realm.
The Dao Realm is merely a newly upgraded lower realm; how could Immortal Vein suddenly emerge there?
Seemingly sensing Li Yunjing's confusion, the Primordial Origin Spirit slowly explained, "When the Dao Realm was first opened, the source was insufficient, and only the Five Provinces and Five Continents evolved. Only a portion of the Ten Ancestral Vein were awakened."
With this ascension of the Dao Realm, the Principle have been perfected, and the source energy has greatly increased. Coupled with your efforts to promote the Return to the Origin and activate the earth's veins, the ten Ancestral Vein have awakened one after another. The accumulated source energy of the Dao Realm has finally reached a critical point.
"When the water is full, it overflows; when the source is sufficient, the first Immortal Vein is naturally born."
Li Yunjing nodded slowly, already understanding.
No wonder the phenomena were so astonishing, with even the ten Ancestral Vein True Spirit appearing together.
The first Immortal Vein is of paramount importance.
"The Immortal Vein has just been born and is still unstable," said Star Abyss True Spirit. "Its origin is scattered and dissipated in all directions. If no one guards it, it will collapse on its own before long. At that time, the Dao Realm Origin will be greatly damaged, and it may even fall back to its state before the ascension."
"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and stabilize the Immortal Vein!" Southern Li Fire Essence urged.
"Stabilizing it is easy, but where can we put it?" The Western Extreme Golden Radiance True Spirit frowned. "The Immortal Vein is extremely precious. Once the news spreads, forces from all sides of the Five Provinces will inevitably flock here. In that case, they will fight and scramble for it, and the Immortal Vein will undoubtedly be destroyed."
Everyone fell silent.
This is indeed a difficult problem.
Immortal Vein are not inanimate objects; they cannot be buried anywhere arbitrarily.
It needs a stable environment to nurture it, the earth's veins to nourish it, and even more so, order to protect it.
If left unchecked, it will soon attract countless covetous individuals.
Just then, Li Yunjing suddenly spoke up, "Gentlemen, I have an idea."
Everyone turned to look at him.
Li Yunjing pointed to the already planned area of the sixth state on the map and said in a deep voice, "I originally planned to activate the earth veins of Luozhen Province in the near future and open up the sixth state. The location of the earth eye of Luozhen Province is not far from the place where the Immortal Vein were born. The earth vein foundation is stable, and it is also connected to the Northern Darkness Ancestral Vein."
"What I mean is to draw the Immortal Vein to the territory of Luozhen Province, and establish the sixth prefecture with the Immortal Vein as the core."
Firstly, the stable state order and the solid network of ley lines provide a boost to the Immortal Vein, aiding their growth.
Secondly, with the Immortal Vein guarding a state, they can nourish the entire Luozhen Province, accelerate the formation of the state, and make Luozhen Province the number one state in the Dao Realm.
Thirdly, our Luozhen Sect is based in Luozhen Province, with the ten Ancestral Vein protecting us, ensuring the safety of our Immortal Vein and preventing them from being coveted by villains.
After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent.
The ten Ancestral Vein True Spirit exchanged glances, each seeing surprise and interest in the other's eyes.
Will the Immortal Vein be incorporated into the newly established sixth state?
This idea is bold, yet perfectly reasonable.
"Wonderful!" The Eastern Extreme Azure True Spirit clapped his hands in praise first, "Nurturing the Immortal Vein in the province, and using the Immortal Vein to prosper the province, the two complement each other and form the foundation for each other. This is a hundred times better than hiding the Immortal Vein in some deserted place!"
"Excellent!" The eyes of the Central Thick Earth True Spirit gleamed. "The Immortal Vein is originally formed from the Dao Realm Origin. It is used to expand territory and evolve states, which is to make the best use of resources."
With Immortal Vein guarding it, the formation speed of Luozhen Province will increase at least tenfold. In less than a hundred years, it will become a truly great prefecture.