Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 48Book 4: : Dao-Seeking Is Enough

Vol 4 Chapter 48: Dao-Seeking Is Enough

Not long after, a near-immortal-grade immortal sword fell into Cold Moon Sword Immortal’s hand.

Cold Moon Sword Immortal understood—this sword was none other than her Master in transformed form.

After receiving the sword, she activated her technique and instantly felt countless insights into the sword dao.

These insights were obscure and hard to grasp, but holding the immortal sword, Cold Moon Sword Immortal had a feeling that as long as she used it, she herself would be a Dao-Seeking-level Sky-Splitting Sword Cultivator, as if her Master had possessed her.

“Master said, upon hearing the news that the Second Ancient Emperor was injured, factions like the Gu God Sect started to stir, trying to investigate the truth...”

“The Snow Plains are also itching to move, intent on seeking revenge against the Ancient Kingdom.”

“The Ancient Imperial Prince and Ancient Clan Princess have used the True Dragon Secret Art to temporarily govern in place of the Second Ancient Emperor, gathering the entire nation's fortune into themselves....”

“Now, with the Ancient Kingdom facing threats from all sides, Master told me I must delay the Netherworld Hall, hold out until she recovers... in this kind of situation, if the Netherworld Hall captures the Artifact Spirit, the Ancient Kingdom will be in danger.”

Of the Three Major Demon Sects, the one they hate most is actually the Ancient Kingdom—after all, the kingdom has repeatedly boosted its national fortune by wiping out demon sects.

By comparison, the other Dao-Seeking factions don’t have deep grudges with the demon sects, and the demon sects wouldn’t provoke Dao-Seeking-level forces for no reason.

“It’s the same situation in the Demon Court.” Lin Jing and Cold Moon Sword Immortal faced each other, both frowning tightly.

“Intelligence from the Qingzhou Demon Court reports that beasts from Poseidon Palace and Misty Forest have been constantly pressuring the Demon Court. It probably won’t be long before the beast army coming to capture me arrives in the Western Desert.”

“No worries. As long as I’m here, even if the Yin-Yang Whale Emperor and Forest Sea Dragon Emperor come, I might still be able to fight them.” Cold Moon Sword Immortal looked at her Master’s sword, feeling that she could perfectly channel her Master’s power.

“Let’s not.” Lin Jing smiled bitterly and said, “Even if you can wield Senior Sky-Splitter’s power, you’d better go easy. If you damage the sword and she can’t wake up, that’d be a disaster.”

The immortal sword flashed with light, as if strongly agreeing with Lin Jing’s words.

“Right now, our top priority is to find the Artifact Spirit. As long as we find the ultimate celestial artifact, we can suppress those harboring ill intent.”

Feng Ning asked, “Then will you still go through with your duel against Wan Renzong?”

“Of course.”

Lin Jing narrowed his eyes and said, “That battle is the perfect chance to shake up the forces pressing down on the Demon Court.”

The Heavenly Demon Physique has that kind of power.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the appointed date for Lin Jing’s duel with Martial Emperor’s heir Wan Renzong. freewёbnoνel.com

In fact, compared to the Demon Court, Martial Emperor City was in a much better position.

Although the Martial Emperor was also seriously injured, Martial Emperor City wasn’t surrounded on all sides like the Demon Court.

During this time, Martial Emperor City had already learned of the Demon Court’s situation.

As it stood, the Demon Court was barely holding on—it was no threat to Martial Emperor City at all.

The experts in Martial Emperor City had thought Lin Jing, as the Holy Son of the Demon Court, would definitely cancel the duel, slip away, and hide from danger.

But to Wan Renzong and the others’ surprise, Lin Jing’s clone had shown no reaction these past few days—as if he was still waiting for the duel to arrive.

“If I said I’ll fight, then I’ll fight.”

Although Wan Renzong, Martial Emperor’s heir, wasn’t in the mood to fight, on the appointed day of the duel, he still stood below the city walls of Martial Emperor City’s peak, patiently waiting.

Many cultivators gathered to witness the battle, mainly from the Eight Martial Families of the city, but also some Buddhist powerhouses and Ancient Kingdom cultivators—all converged on Martial Emperor City. In truth, they weren’t just here to watch the outcome of a duel between the Holy Son of the Demon Court and the Martial Emperor’s successor.

It was also because—with the Demon Emperor gravely injured and Lin Jing of the Longevity Physique back on the radar of many demons and monsters—his appearance in Martial Emperor City could trigger those monsters to bare their bloodthirsty fangs. They wanted to see whether the Demon Emperor and the Martial Emperor were truly too injured to fight anymore...

“Why isn’t he here yet...”

“Did he run off?”

“Probably. The Fishman Ancestor from Poseidon Palace and the Flower Ancestor under the Forest Sea Dragon Emperor are both here. Clearly not here with good intentions. If the Demon Court’s leader really is, as rumored, gravely injured, then this Longevity Physique who can refine Transformation Pills is definitely a prize the other factions will fight over. In that case, I don’t believe the Holy Son of the Demon Court would dare show up...”

Above Martial Emperor City, a green-skinned fishman monster with a terrifying aura sat cross-legged among the clouds.

Besides him, a seductive red man-eating flower rooted itself in midair, watching the city.

These two creatures both had peak Void Mystical cultivation, just one step from Dao-Seeking.

Originally, such beings couldn’t even enter Martial Emperor City—but now that both the Martial Emperor and the City Spirit were “slumbering,” the city had no way to stop them.

In fact, not just these two. Elder Wind Gu of the Gu God Sect had also reappeared in the city. Failing to retrieve the Golden Light Gu last time, he now believed this could be the key to reclaiming several Rare Gu at once—if the rumors were true!

Of course, on his own, he couldn’t do it. But if the Gu God Sect’s leader—the one with the Yang Gu—joined in, then maybe.

“The Gu God Ancestor did sense an extraordinary battle in the heavens,” said the white-robed Sect Leader of the Gu God Sect. “But we must investigate further to avoid being tricked.”

BOOM!!!

BOOOOM!!!!

Just as everyone was starting to think Lin Jing wouldn’t show up for the duel, thunder exploded in the void. A thunder dragon with peak Void Mystical cultivation burst forth from lightning currents.

Standing atop its head, dressed in green robes, was Lin Jing, hands behind his back.

He came!

Seeing Lin Jing really appear, everyone was stunned—but what shocked them even more was that while the Gold List said Lin Jing’s cultivation was Mid Core Formation, the Lin Jing before them had actually reached Perfected Nascent Soul, completely inconsistent with the list!

“I’ve come to answer the challenge.”

Lin Jing stood on the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s head, tapped his foot lightly, and landed on the city wall across from the Martial Emperor’s successor.

“But you’d best just surrender.” Lin Jing said lightly.

“Your cultivation...” Martial Emperor’s heir Wan Renzong frowned.

“Don’t the cultivators of Martial Emperor City know that I once taught another Longevity Physique the secret art called Heavenly Demon Physique? She can use it, so naturally, I can too. With this technique, I’m Core Formation, I’m Nascent Soul, I’m Nascent Soul Transformation.”

“Even if you’re invincible in the Transformation Stage, it won’t matter. With my Heavenly Demon Physique, Void Mystical is enough. Even if you can challenge Void Mystical from Transformation Stage, it’s still useless. I am Dao-Seeking—that’s all that matters. So, you’re no match for me. Just hand over the Stone Man Gu and we’ll all walk away peacefully.”

“This Heavenly Demon power of mine isn’t meant for someone like you. It wasn’t prepared for you.” Lin Jing smiled.

“Impossible.” Wan Renzong’s pupils shrank. Of course, he knew of the Heavenly Demon Physique, but the Martial Emperor had once said clearly that this secret art couldn’t be cultivated by ordinary people. Not only did it require enduring endless torment and a death-defying mindset, but even among billions of cultivators, perhaps not one would have the aptitude to match the Heavenly Demon Physique.

The Martial Emperor said even the Ancient Emperor had failed to cultivate it.

It was a technique meant for those from beyond the heavens.

In the Tianyuan Realm, few could ever hope to succeed.

Compared to the death-defying mindset, aptitude was actually more important.

The fact that the Sky Lion Holy Maiden managed it was already a miracle. But Lin Jing, with his Longevity Physique, didn’t have those conditions—how had he succeeded?!

Could it be because of the current situation in the Demon Court? That was impossible. At the time of the duel agreement, none of this had even happened!

And even if the circumstances aligned, the odds of two Longevity Physiques both having matching aptitude were just too slim.

“Huh? When did he master the Heavenly Demon Physique? Could he really have triggered it just by hearing bad news? Is his talent that freakish?”

Beyond the skies, still maintaining the boundary wall, the Demon Emperor of the Demon Court split her attention to monitor the lower realm. She was especially delighted, and couldn’t help but transmit to the black-lined Martial Emperor: “You don’t even need to write a script anymore. Look, my Demon Court’s Holy Son is already enough of a headache for your Martial Emperor City.”