Peng Huang pondered for a moment. His Golden-Winged Dapeng clan had more than thirty Nascent Soul Demon Kings, while the Ye family had only a dozen Nascent Soul True Lords. So he only needed to arrange for a dozen Nascent Soul Demon Kings to go into seclusion.
The extra Nascent Soul Demon Emperors can still participate in the war against the western region of Chixia Continent, which can be regarded as fulfilling the instructions of the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor.
Thinking of this, Peng Huang nodded and said, "If that's the case, then we'll make this an agreement."
On this point, the two parties reached an agreement. After finally negotiating the candidates, Ye Linyuan left with the Fighting Golden Ape.
After leaving Wan Yao Mountain, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile.
Reaching an agreement with the Golden-winged Roc clan this time is an extremely beneficial thing for Ye Linyuan.
The two sides agreed to use deterrence as the main approach. Now that both the human and demon races have exchanged their children, this does not seem to affect the balance of combat power between the two sides, but it is the best choice for both the Ye Immortal Clan and the Golden Wing Clan.
For the Golden-Winged Roc clan, the Ye family is a tough nut to crack. Once a fight breaks out, even if they win, it will most likely be a pyrrhic victory.
These golden-winged rocs have the support of giants in the late Nascent Soul stage. They are not ordinary peasants in the early and middle stages of the Nascent Soul stage. There is no need for them to sacrifice their lives for a war.
This is also a good thing for the Ye family. After all, the Golden-winged Roc clan is very powerful. If the Ye family really fights to the death with them, there is a high probability that they will be taken advantage of by other forces in the end.
But now, the so-called deterrence by both sides is actually for each side to return to their own homes and practice in seclusion.
This kind of deterrence does not require constant preparation for war, and one can return to the mountain gate for deep retreat and cultivation.
They could even go to the Cangling Sea, without having to guard the seven immortal cities and the Red Dragon Mountain, and without having to worry about war suddenly breaking out overnight.
Ye Linyuan can also return to Cangling Sea, after all, that is the most suitable place for him to practice.
The premise of all this is that Ye Linyuan is powerful enough. As a giant figure in the late Nascent Soul stage, he is no longer comparable to ordinary Nascent Soul forces.
According to Peng Huang, Ye Linyuan is already a top figure and one of the highest-level chess players in the entire Nanling cultivation world. There is no need for him to fight to the death for a war of this level.
Unless he came across a fourth-grade, top-quality longevity elixir, or some rare and precious treasure that was rarely seen in the world, ordinary treasures or opportunities were not worth his personal effort.
After all, when the benefits gained from the war are not as valuable as the elixirs you need to heal your wounds, no one would be so bored as to go down and fight others to the death.
At this moment, Ye Linyuan, as one of the giants in the Nanling cultivation world, was already able to make himself aloof from the world. Unless he had a truly top-notch treasure in his hands, even the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor might not attack him personally.
After all, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor also has rivals. If it is not necessary, he would not push Ye Linyuan, a giant with great potential, to the side of his powerful enemy.
"Owner."
Just at this moment, a voice came from the side.
Ye Linyuan looked back, but saw the Fighting Golden Ape lowering his head and saying, "I disappoint you."
"What's disappointing?"
Looking at his depressed expression, Ye Linyuan asked calmly.
The Fighting Golden Ape was silent for a moment, and said with a frustrated look, "I was defeated by Emperor Peng, so you had to take the risk yourself."
"you are wrong."
Ye Linyuan interrupted him, and then said calmly: "It is not shameful to fail, and it is not shameful to be suppressed by others."
"In this world, the most precious thing is not the invincible heart of Taoism, but the unyielding perseverance, the belief that one will never give up, the courage to face the flames and swords, and the virtue of being able to climb up again from purgatory."
His words were deafening, like a huge bell striking the Fighting Golden Ape's heart.
The Fighting Golden Ape stood there in a daze, and at this moment he suddenly felt as if he had realized something.
Ye Linyuan stood with him for a long time, and finally said calmly: "It is not shameful to be defeated by a strong man. If you really don't want to accept the shame today, then go back and practice hard to reach the late Nascent Soul stage, and then fight back next year."
When the Fighting Golden Ape heard this, he did not answer him, but there was a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan breathed a sigh of relief. He had high hopes for the Fighting Golden Ape.
After all, the ancient immortal golden ape is one of the most powerful true spirits in heaven and earth. In terms of individual combat power, it is not much inferior to the celestial demon clan.
If the Immortal Golden Ape's population was not too small, this lineage might have a chance to be among the top ten true spirits of heaven and earth. If the Fighting Golden Ape could transform into the Immortal Golden Ape, it might be able to become one of his left and right arms.
After awakening the Golden Fighting Ape, Ye Linyuan did not delay any further and just got up and headed towards Red Dragon Mountain.
Soon after he returned to the Western Regions, all the major forces in the Western Regions Immortal Alliance received the news, and immediately all factions began to prepare for war with great solemnity.
The fact that Ye Linyuan, a powerful giant, was unable to take action shocked all the major forces in the Western Regions.
After all, without this powerful warrior of the Dinghaishenzhen level, the Golden-Winged Demon Clan has a group of Nascent Soul Demon Kings free up, which is enough to bring about a huge change in the war situation in the entire Western Region.
But they had no way to accuse Ye Linyuan of violating the alliance. After all, Ye Linyuan needed to deter Peng Huang, so it was understandable that he could not spare any effort.
While all major forces were preparing for war, the demon clan also launched the largest war in history.
This time, dozens of Demon King clans launched a great war. Hundreds of Nascent Soul Demon Kings and countless demon armies marched all the way to the Western Regions, and a massive war broke out.
And this war has nothing to do with Ye Linyuan.
At this time, he had left Chixiazhou and returned to Cangling Sea to begin his cultivation. This time of cultivation lasted forty years without him noticing.
"call--"
"After three thousand six hundred cycles of mana, my cultivation has finally reached the perfection of the initial stage of the Nascent Soul."
On this day, Ye Linyuan slowly woke up from the retreat room. Sensing this majestic magical power, he couldn't help but exhale slowly, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
With only the initial stage of Nascent Soul cultivation, he already has three thousand six hundred cycles of powerful magic power, which is ten times the basic magic power of Nascent Soul Great Perfection.
With the blessing of tremendous magic power, his overall strength has also improved slightly.
Compared with the improvement of his magic power, what made Ye Linyuan most satisfied was that after his cultivation was fully accumulated, he was able to try to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
"It's time to break through to the middle stage of Nascent Soul."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then stood up and left the floating islands.
This time when he broke through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, he did not plan to do so in the Floating Islands because the amount of magic power he absorbed for the breakthrough was too enormous.
Once he breaks through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul in the Floating Islands, it will be enough to completely drain this giant spiritual vein, and by then it will definitely be discovered in advance by someone with ulterior motives.
Fortunately, Ye Linyuan now uses himself as his spiritual vein, so he doesn’t need a specific environment to break through.
At this time, Ye Linyuan quietly sneaked out of the floating islands, and then came to an uninhabited deep sea near the meteorite forbidden area.
"Let's break through here."
Ten thousand miles away from the Meteorite Forbidden Land, Ye Linyuan stopped with a serious expression.
This location is actually very close to the Meteorite Forbidden Land. A breakthrough here is likely to alert the forbidden existence in the Meteorite Forbidden Land.
However, for Ye Linyuan, a breakthrough here can be achieved through the art of heavenly secrets, with the help of the power of the Meteorite Forbidden Land to cover up the movement of his breakthrough.
As for the danger, after all, he had only broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. True Lord Yuanyue was not in a hurry to take action against him. I am afraid he is not qualified to awaken the existence in the Jiexu Forbidden Land.
Before deciding to break through, Ye Linyuan used the divination technique to do a few divinations. After confirming that it was not a very bad omen, he immediately began to work on his way to the middle Nascent Soul stage.
There is no bottleneck for the Tiandao Yuanying to break through the middle Yuanying stage, and Ye Linyuan's magic power is so powerful that this breakthrough is naturally a natural result.
At this moment, Ye Linyuan was using all his strength to activate the Xuanyuan Sea-Suppressing Flag. In an instant, endless water element power swept in like a tsunami.
Countless vital energies entered his dantian, and were then quickly refined into spiritual energy by taking advantage of the opportunity to break through the bottleneck.
This breakthrough lasted for nearly three months. Only when Ye Linyuan felt that his cultivation had reached its limit did he slowly end this breakthrough.
"Phew, it worked."
Ye Linyuan whispered slowly, then sensed the vast magical power in his body, and couldn't help but smile.
This breakthrough immediately greatly improved his strength, and the biggest change was the change in the quality and thickness of his mana.
First of all, the quality of his mana has increased by about 20%. This 20% increase in the quality of his mana is enough to increase the power of his various magical powers by 20%, and also allow him to unleash the full power of the fourth-order intermediate-grade Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag.
The improvement in his mana was even more astonishing. After this breakthrough, his mana was quite great. He refined a large amount of mana at one time, and his mana increased directly from 3,600 Zhoutian mana to more than 5,100 mana.
Increasing so much magic power at one time is enough for Ye Linyuan to open up fourteen acres of top-quality spiritual fields.
Of course, there are also weaknesses to increasing mana too quickly, because in order to quickly improve his cultivation when he broke through, the newly refined mana contained too many impurities, which caused his foundation to become much weaker.
It will take another twenty years to repeatedly polish and temper these new magical powers in order to thoroughly consolidate the gains of this breakthrough.
Compared with the increase in mana, the increase in his mana limit is truly astonishing, because after this breakthrough he will have a basic mana limit that is two hundred times that of a mid-Nascent Soul.
The upper limit of basic mana for the perfection of the middle stage of Nascent Soul is one hundred and eight cycles. With two hundred times the mana blessing, Ye Linyuan needs to repair 21,600 cycles of mana to reach the perfection of the middle stage of Nascent Soul.
"Fortunately, my current cultivation level has nothing to do with spiritual roots."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart and exhaled slowly. Now, he has stepped out of the ordinary cultivation system. His cultivation speed no longer depends on his spiritual roots and qualifications, but on the speed of the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag absorbing vital energy, and the speed of the Wanhua Xianlu and Tiangang Leilong Pillar refining spiritual energy.
Now that the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag is about to be fully upgraded to the fourth-grade intermediate grade, the speed of absorbing water energy will be increased by several times again. The only obstacles to his cultivation will be the Wanhua Immortal Furnace and the Tiangang Leijiao Pillar.
As long as the Wanhua Immortal Furnace is promoted to the fourth-grade upper grade, and the Tiangang Thunder Dragon Pillar is fully promoted to the realm of spiritual treasure, it can produce large amounts of high-purity spiritual energy for Ye Linyuan. Ye Linyuan's cultivation speed will surely be extremely rapid.
"No, the effect of the Water Spirit Pearl has been greatly reduced, and my speed in refining spiritual energy has also slowed down a lot."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and his brows slightly frowned.
The combination of the Xuanyuan Zhenhai Flag, the Tiangang Leijiao Pillar, and the Wanhua Immortal Furnace can provide him with high-quality spiritual energy.
However, the speed at which cultivators can refine high-quality spiritual energy is limited, as can be seen from elixirs such as the Peiying Pill.
The essence of these cultivation elixirs is to provide extremely high-quality spiritual energy, but cultivators cannot refine it infinitely.
After all, no matter how high the quality of the spiritual energy is, it will still have tiny impurities. Even if the impurities are very low, they will reduce the cultivator's cultivation speed.
Even if Ye Linyuan was promoted to the Lingbao Leilong Pillar and cultivated the Mahayana level of Wanhua Xianlu, obtaining a large amount of extremely high-quality spiritual energy, the speed at which he could convert spiritual energy into magic power was still limited.
The final transformation speed is directly related to his cultivation and his own foundation.
"After breaking through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, the benefits of the three spiritual refining artifacts on me have been greatly reduced."
"So even if I break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, my speed of converting mana will probably only be about 50% higher than that of the early stage of the Nascent Soul."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, but in the early stage of Nascent Soul, due to the insufficient grade of Thunder Dragon Pillar and Wanhua Immortal Furnace, the speed at which he converted mana did not actually reach the upper limit.
If he were to be promoted to the Lingbao Leilong Pillar and then cultivate to the Wanhua Xianlu of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and the spiritual energy produced reached the limit of what he could transform, then his cultivation speed would probably be doubled compared to the early stage of the Nascent Soul.
By this calculation, by then, one would be able to cultivate about twenty cycles of magic power every year, and in about eight hundred years or so, one would be able to reach perfection in the middle Nascent Soul stage.
Ye Linyuan calculated with his fingers for a moment and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Eight hundred years is not a long time for him, and the speed of converting magic power can be made up for by refining spiritual water beads in the future.
He only needs to refine a water spirit bead of the fourth level or above, and it would be easy for him to increase the speed of converting spiritual energy several times.
However, opportunities to refine spirits are rare, and with his current strength, a fourth-order mid-grade water spirit bead is no longer of interest to him.
"There is no rush for soul refining. I can wait for eight hundred years. The most urgent task is to consolidate my cultivation."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and then flew all the way to the floating islands.
All the way back to the Floating Islands, Ye Linyuan did not alarm anyone and went straight to a huge Thunder Fairy Island.
But above this huge Thunder Island, there stands a giant mountain filled with thunder power. Endless thunder bombards it, emitting an incomparable and domineering destructive force.
On the top of the Thunder God Mountain, an ancient Thunder Fairy Pond was floating, filled with a pool of extremely powerful thunder tribulation treasure liquid.
"I merged the two spiritual buildings of Tianlei Mountain and Leijie Pool into one, and built this relatively special fourth-level spiritual building."
Ye Jingzhe appeared beside him and said with some pride: "With the two spiritual structures combined together, the power of the Thunder Tribulation Pool and the Heavenly Thunder Mountain has increased by about 30%."
"You did a great job."
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said with satisfaction: "I'll give you a great achievement. If you want anything, just go to the clan library and choose it."
"Thank you for the reward, clan leader."
Upon hearing this, Ye Jingzhe was immediately surprised and bowed to Ye Linyuan.
Ye Linyuan waved his hand to let him leave, and then came to the thunder pool alone.
"Zizzizi!"
As he stepped in, an incomparably domineering force of thunder and lightning surged into Ye Linyuan's body. Endless thunder energy and precious liquid tempered his body and magic power.
This power made the foundation of his physical body more and more solid, and could even refine the impurities in his magic power, improving the quality of his magic power and the potential of his Nascent Soul.
The most important thing is that these thunder liquids are also full of special spirituality, and they are all used in the Tiangang Thunder Dragon Pillar, making the spirituality of this set of magic weapons even more intense.
"With the large amount of fourth-level soul-nourishing elixirs I have, this set of Tiangang Thunder Dragon Pillars can be upgraded to spiritual treasures within sixty years at the latest."
Ye Linyuan's mind was floating, and he couldn't help but feel a little certain in his heart. He was once again surprised by these two spiritual buildings.
Moreover, Ye Linyuan knew very well that this spiritual building could not only help him practice, but also improve the thunder resistance of Fushan Ao, Han Ji, Shuican, and others, increasing their hope of surviving the great catastrophe of the true spirit.
You know, if the King Blood Spirit Beast wants to transform into a true spirit of heaven and earth, there is a crucial step of thunder and fire disaster, which is a life-and-death situation for the Nascent Soul Demon King.
"Let those spirit beasts also step into Tianlei Mountain to temper their bodies in the future."
Ye Linyuan gave the instructions and then continued his retreat to consolidate his cultivation.
This time, Ye Linyuan's goal of consolidating his cultivation and honing his magic power was secondary; his main goal was to improve his various supernatural powers.
In the four hundred years since he broke through the Nascent Soul stage, Ye Linyuan has cultivated many great supernatural powers, some of which have reached the realm of Hinayana, but none of them has reached the level of great supernatural powers.
The main reason why he failed to break through was that the essence of the Dao of Heaven and Earth was not obvious, and he could not find a suitable fourth-grade top-grade rare treasure. Secondly, his cultivation was ultimately insufficient.
In fact, Ye Linyuan has extremely high talent and understanding for the magical powers of spiritual plants, as well as core magical powers such as the Wanhua Sword Technique and the Wanhua Immortal Furnace. If he were placed in the ancient times when the environment of heaven and earth was better, he should have cultivated them to the Mahayana realm long ago.
Now that Ye Linyuan's cultivation has reached a higher level, it is time to further perfect these magical powers.
This time, the first thing Ye Linyuan comprehended was the Wanhua Sword Art. He concentrated his energy on perfecting and deducing the wonders of Wanhua, and it only took him three years to break through to the Mahayana realm of the Wanhua Sword Art.
"The Wanhua Sword Art has finally reached the Mahayana realm."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then calmly stretched out his hand.
But in an instant, countless thunders from the entire Tianlei Mountain gathered in his palm like silk threads. These thunders instantly turned into peerless sword intents, and evolved into various illusions such as the Human King, Xuan Yue, Xi Ri, Cang Xu, etc.
Finally, these sword intentions returned to their original state and transformed into a pure thunder sword intention, unleashing a terrifying power that was enough to terrify even the giants of the Yuanhou period.
"Changes into thousands, and then condenses into one, is this the wonder of all changes?"
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart. At this moment he had a deeper understanding of the future path.
The path he wants to take is not the path of all changes, nor is it the path of attaining enlightenment, but the path of embracing all rivers and seas and being inclusive, bringing all the paths of the heavens into the palm of his hand.
If one day he could break through to the level of the Taoist Ancestor of Integration, what he would seek would be the supreme status of the Ancestor of All Daos, the Immortal Lord of All Daos, and the Lord of All Daos.
"Boom!"
At the moment when Ye Linyuan's thoughts emerged, the sound of thunder between heaven and earth became louder and louder, and the power of thunder that seemed to destroy the world bombarded the nine heavens, as if heaven and earth were angry.
Ye Linyuan's brows were slightly wrinkled, and he watched the world-destroying thunder with calm eyes, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Don't even think about it. Does this road scare you so much?"
He casually released the Wanhua sword in his hand, looked at the thunder that gradually spread out across the sky, and seemed to understand something in his heart at this moment.
"The fate of heaven and earth cannot be described in words."
"The secrets behind the Black Tide and the Battle of Heaven are probably not as simple as we imagined. This world-destroying catastrophe may have occurred in order to prevent the birth of something..."
Ye Linyuan suppressed the thought instantly and didn't dare to think about it any further.
After suppressing the thought, Ye Linyuan sensed the power of the Wanhua Sword Technique again, and couldn't help but feel slightly certain in his heart.
This time, the power of the Wanhua Sword Technique has been improved by about 30% from the original level. The reason why it has not been improved by more than 50% is mainly because the power of the Wanhua Sword Technique mainly comes from the blessing of various magical powers.
The original blessing of various magical powers has made the Wanhua Sword Art stronger than ordinary fourth-grade superior magical powers. Now that the various magical powers have not been greatly improved, the improvement of the Wanhua Sword Art will naturally not be too great.
Of course, a 30% increase in power is still not small. With Ye Linyuan's current cultivation level, it is enough to make the giants in the late Nascent Soul stage feel fatally threatened.
"Continue to settle down and wait until the Thunder Dragon Pillar is successfully promoted before coming out."
Ye Linyuan’s mind wandered here, and then he continued to comprehend other magical powers.
With his painstaking comprehension, his other magical powers made great progress. About five years later, Ye Linyuan cultivated the Rising Moon over the Sea to the Mahayana stage, and his overall strength was greatly improved again.
More than ten years later, Ye Linyuan's Wanhua Immortal Furnace was promoted to the Mahayana realm.
The other core magical powers, such as Wanhua Xiaoyaoyou and other great magical powers, are still some distance away from the Mahayana realm, so Ye Linyuan, you didn't waste your time.
Next, he focused his energy on the art of spiritual plant cultivation. Over the following decades, Ye Linyuan successively comprehended the art of nurturing spirits, the art of ripening, and the art of spiritual rain to the fourth-level upper level.
At this point, Ye Linyuan has become a fourth-level upper-grade spiritual plant husband.
It is a pity that after reaching this realm, because the blessing of the Longevity Wood on the magical powers of spiritual plants has been greatly reduced, his spiritual plant skills have not improved much, and the value has only increased by about 30%.
Even so, Ye Linyuan is now considered a senior fourth-level high-quality spiritual plant master, and may even be comparable to the Nanling Medicine King. (End of this chapter)
