Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming-Chapter 450 - 447: Xiang Liu the Fierce Deity, the Nine Headless Forms
"Cough, disciple..."
Ning Wuxu spoke with a weighty tone, "As a teacher, I have seen and personally witnessed several great cultivators with profound Dao cultivation try to take a different path by integrating the teachings of Confucianism into their cultivation. However, they all ended in failure.
Even they couldn’t succeed, let alone you. To be honest, your nature is even less suitable for cultivating the way of Confucianism. Moreover, you have already practiced so many Dao principles; your cultivation path is much harder than that of ordinary cultivators. So you mustn’t be greedy for the divine powers of Confucianism.
Otherwise, you’ll waste many years in vain and delay the cultivation of other Dao principles, which would be a loss indeed, a definite loss!"
"Master, rest assured, after cultivating so many laws, I am already mentally and physically exhausted; how could I possibly Greed for other schools? Besides, even if I wanted to cultivate them, I lack the strength and spare time," Qin Feng assured.
In truth, Qin Feng had no intention of cultivating the Confucian method anymore.
It wasn’t that he disdained the divine powers of Confucianism, frankly, the Confucian technique is indeed formidable. From just a few words from his master, he could glimpse its profound effectiveness.
Had Qin Feng been born in the Central Region, entered an academy at a young age, and studied the Confucian method, and coupled with his past life knowledge about the All Schools, including the influential thoughts of Wang Yangming, Zhu Xi, Dong Zhongshu, and his familiarity with countless poets and Confucian scholars over the dynasties, and most importantly, having memorized a great deal of poetry and articles, he would have absolutely thrived in the Confucian-preferred Central Region.
Even more, maybe he could have forged a new path with some ideas from his mind, established a new school, and passed down his ideals.
Sadly, that opportunity was no longer available to him.
If he had started cultivating the unwavering moral energy from the very beginning, embedding his spirit in ethical articles daily, even though he had some small thoughts, they would have gradually been transformed.
But now, having achieved some success in the Daoist method, his attitude and temperament towards cultivation had been formed, making it even harder to change.
Even if he could change, it was impossible for him to cultivate the Confucian method again. His energy was already entangled with the nine major Dao laws he had planned for himself, leaving him no time to cultivate another completely different tradition.
Consuming so much energy every day, he hadn’t even fully comprehended the nine laws. If not for the Demon Refining Pot backing him up, and the prospect of nine spiritual beasts enhancing his cultivation in the future, he truly wouldn’t have dared to embark on this path.
Because he was self-aware, knowing he was not an incredibly brilliant genius. Without the Demon Refining Pot, being able to cultivate one or two paths to achieve longevity would have already been extremely fortunate.
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"You understanding this is good," Ning Wuxu nodded with a touch of relief, "The Confucian path is too difficult to cultivate, and my discouraging you from it is for your own good."
"Master, your sincere intentions for your disciple will always be remembered in my heart."
As master and disciple conversed, they were nearly at the palace gates ahead.
"Let’s go in, and I will explain more about the Daoist technique," Ning Wuxu smiled, "Since you are to participate in the grand event of the Five Domains Alliance and face the trials given by the ancestors to the younger generation of disciples, I naturally hope that you can achieve good results, stand out from thousands of geniuses, and receive the bolstering of heavenly Fortune. If so, your cultivation will progress by leaps and bounds, and as long as you do not encounter calamity, you will inevitably become a great power in the cultivation world.
If that happens, even if I’m not a great power myself, having taught a great power disciple will be enough for me to be proud!"
"Master, I will certainly fulfill your wishes," Qin Feng said earnestly.
"Hehe…" Ning Wuxu glanced at him, unable to suppress a light chuckle, "You certainly dare to make such a promise!"
"Hehe..."
Qin Feng maintained a calm façade, merely joining in with a soft chuckle.
Ning Wuxu didn’t talk further but instead led his disciple into the grand hall, where he started explaining the marvelous uses of the Dao Principles in simple terms.
Although the laws he cultivated were different from those of Qin Feng, his vision and understanding of the Heavenly Dao Laws allowed him to offer many suggestions. This enabled Qin Feng’s manipulation of the Power of Laws to grow more ingenious, and occasionally, inspired by bursts of insight, he also deepened his own understanding of the laws.
Ning Wuxu clearly held high hopes for this disciple and didn’t hesitate to use his own Daoist Energy during the teachings to trigger as much enlightenment as possible in Qin Feng. He hoped that these insights could strengthen Qin Feng’s abilities at a crucial moment, which could prove vital.
Once Qin Feng stood out from countless talents across the Five Domains to become one selected by the Heavenly Dao as the Master of Qi Luck, all of Ning Wuxu’s efforts would be worthwhile.
In fact, Ning Wuxu wasn’t the only one doing this; other True Disciples in the Beast Taming Sect were also receiving individual instructions from immortals.
Although the other True Disciples’ masters were not immortals, the Supreme Elders behind each lineage did not skimp on giving proper guidance at this time.
Especially for Li Miaozhen, Lianxing, and Gu Wumou, the True Disciples with stronger capabilities and greater potential received extra attention, and various resources and life-saving divine treasures were bestowed upon them.
Although this assembly was meant for a trial among the younger generation of disciples, and under normal circumstances, they would not be allowed to use treasures far beyond their own cultivation, as long as the difference wasn’t too great, it was generally overlooked.
After all, treasures are part of a cultivator’s strength, especially for those skilled in treasure refinement and talisman making. Many talented cultivators with a primary focus on the cultivation arts might create Spiritual Treasures or draw higher-level Spirit Talismans exceeding their own realms.
Just like how Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, the geniuses of the Beast Taming Sect, had subdued Spiritual Beasts of the Purple Mansion Realm while they were at the Golden Core Realm, it wouldn’t make sense to forbid them from commanding their own Spiritual Beasts in battle.
While the True Disciples were receiving teachings, the talented disciples from various lineages within the Sect began their fierce competition.
After all, this was an opportunity that could lead to rapidly Becoming an Immortal and Proving Dao, and no disciple wanted to miss this chance.
Thus, not only did those who believed themselves competent within the Sect join the competition for positions, but even disciples far away in the Red Flame Demon Realm and other continents returned through Space Gates once they heard of this event.
These disciples, having weathered many years of battle in otherworlds, not only had enhanced combat abilities but had also gathered various resources and treasures, significantly boosting their Cultivation and strength. Hence, many disciples who seemed average in the comfortable environment of the Sect felt empowered by their battlefield experiences, believing they even had the strength to challenge True Disciples.
Consequently, with many talents returning from otherworlds, the number swelled dramatically, disrupting the Sect’s original plans.
Fortunately, the Internal Affairs Hall had enough manpower. They decided to set up nine grand fighting platforms. Under the supervision of the Law Enforcement Hall, the lineages battled among themselves, each selecting a talented disciple fairly and justly.
Even with the Daoist magics being contested across different camps on the platforms, it took half a month to complete the trials and finalize the positions.
Mainly, it was the returnees from the Otherworld Battlefield who consumed much time. Although traveling through Space Gates was convenient, returning to the gates from the battlefields took several days of travel.
Another reason was that all disciples confident and audacious enough to compete were at the Golden Core Realm. These disciples had profound True Yuan and astonishing Divine Skills, commanding formidable Spiritual Beasts, making the battles lengthy and unable to conclude quickly.
Otherwise, if it were like the previous competitions among Outer Disciples, many Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment cultivators lacked sufficient True Yuan to sustain prolonged battles. And since some Foundation Establishment disciples had prematurely condensed Divine Power Seeds, their combat prowess was significantly stronger than their peers, making victories easier to achieve.
It was different for Golden Core Realm disciples; unless they had prematurely grasped the Power of Laws, they couldn’t easily overwhelm peers of the same level.
In the Beast Taming Sect, there were quite a few who understood the laws at the Golden Core Realm, but most were cultivators at the Golden Core Peak who had cultivated for many years. Apart from True Disciples like Qin Feng and Gu Wumou, none were under a hundred years old.
And during the Five Domains Alliance, those chosen by the Heavenly Dao were inevitably the younger talents. The older generations, even those several generations older, of course, could not participate.
Even if they shamelessly participated, the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t choose them as the bearers of Qi Fortune.
That’s also why Sects must select suitable candidates from among the younger disciples.
Not just the Beast Taming Sect, all the Major Sects participating in the Five Domains Alliance chose their targets from the younger generation of disciples.
Being young means having greater potential, more malleability for the future, and a higher chance of being recognized by the Heavenly Dao!
After several rounds of selection, nine prodigious disciples were finally chosen from the nine lineages.
They were Fang Zheng from the White Tiger Lineage.
Hongluan from the Vermilion Bird Lineage.
Zhang Tianlai from the Profound Turtle Lineage.
Shi Tiansheng from the Spiritual Ape Lineage.
Gao Shanyue from the Wild Beast Lineage.
Ma Xingkong from the Divine Bull Lineage.
Xie Ling’er from the Strange Insect Lineage.
Lin Jingxin from the Creation Lineage.
Liu Wuxiang from the Spiritual Snake Lineage.
Among these nine, Fang Zheng was the oldest—only two or three years younger than Gu Wumou. However, his temperament was steady, and though his combat style seemed somewhat rigid, he was impervious in defense and exceptionally powerful in offense.
Especially his Primordial Divine Power, the Evil Exorcism Eye—once used, any opponent with even a hint of darkness in their heart felt as if Fang Zheng could see through all their secrets, making them restrained in combat.
Furthermore, the Evil Exorcism Eye had various other marvelous uses. Even if an opponent harbored no distractions, it could still launch various attacks. Coupled with Fang Zheng’s solid cultivation, he ultimately defeated the belligerent members of his own lineage and secured a place.
Hongluan was a genius from the Vermilion Bird Lineage, who joined a year later than Qin Feng, but was astutely talented and possessed astonishing aptitude. During her Qi Refinement stage, she fortuitously subdued a Red Bird as her Lifebound Spiritual Beast.
This being a Spiritual Bird with Phoenix bloodline, its Fire Technique was powerful and ferocious, overwhelming ordinary Golden Core Cultivators with just a few attacks.
Zhang Tianlai from the Profound Turtle Lineage, being a branch member, yet managed to gain the favor and recommendation of the Great Elder of the Profound Turtle, clearly was an extraordinary figure.
This fellow had fed his Lifebound Spiritual Beast something that not only greatly enhanced its combat strength but also made its size enormous—a Giant Deep Sea Octopus with eight tentacles that could extend hundreds of feet with ease, covering the entire arena with its massive form, leaving ordinary Golden Core Disciples no room to utilize their Divine Skills.
Moreover, his Lifebound Spiritual Beast had the Innate Divine Ability of limb regeneration, allowing it to recover from injuries in moments. Along with formidable physical combat, it also mastered Water Element Techniques, making him the most effortless of the nine lineages to seize a spot.
As for Ma Xingkong, he got somewhat lucky. There were many powerful disciples in the Divine Bull Lineage, all vastly strong and quite different from speed-focused cultivators like Ma Xingkong.
Particularly, Qi Hengshan, the disciple initially favored the most, who, after being carelessly defeated by Ma Xingkong due to his speed during the contest for the True Disciple’s position, had felt ashamed but then spurred on to excel. Now his cultivation was even more refined than Ma Xingkong’s, with tremendous brute strength, yet unfortunately, he first faced another formidable opponent. Although he won the fight, he was grievously injured, then frustratingly lost to Ma Xingkong once again.
Shi Tiansheng from the Spiritual Ape Lineage was an anomaly, a wild child who had been picked up from the wastelands by an Elder of the Spiritual Ape Lineage. Perhaps because he had grown up in the wilds from a young age, he had a robust physique and a ferocious nature, practically fighting as if life didn’t matter.
Moreover, his Lifebound Spiritual Beast was a Mountain Demon, an overlord of the mountains with a long lifespan, capable of splitting tigers and leopards, and fighting various demons. Aside from its tremendous strength and skill in Earth Escape, it possessed a strange Divine Power that could evoke fear in the hearts of living beings.
Thus, when ordinary cultivators fought him, they often became intimidated before the battle even began, giving him a great advantage.
Gao Shanyue, the Lifebound Spiritual Beast of the Wild Beast Lineage, was a massive, single-horned rhinoceros. This individual was known for his steady and robust character, with unparalleled defenses.
Xie Ling’er, of the Strange Insect Lineage, was the legitimate daughter of one of the nine great families in the Sect, the Xie Family, and the younger half-sister of Xie Ding.
However, Xie Ling’er was considerably stronger than Xie Ding. Since her mother was not the Family Head’s wife and knowing her brother was arrogantly ambitious, she chose not to stand out. After all, the position of True Disciple had already been taken by Wei Yan, so she had no interest in contending for it.
But this time was different. During the Five Domains Alliance, the ancestors had prepared many opportunities for the younger generation of disciples. Naturally, she did not want to miss out. Considering Xie Ding’s abilities were still lacking and even if he seized a spot, he wouldn’t achieve much, she didn’t hold back. She defeated all her opponents, including her brother, and seized the spot!
It was not necessary to say much about Lin Jingxin of the Creation Lineage. This woman had an Innate Dao Heart and cultivated at an astonishingly fast pace. She had already begun to comprehend the Dao Principles. If the position of True Disciple of the Creation Lineage hadn’t already been occupied by Lianxing, it would certainly have fallen into her hands.
As for the other lineages, they were more or less fine, but what truly surprised Qin Feng was Liu Wuxiang managing to seize a spot of the Spiritual Snake Lineage.
It wasn’t that he had any prejudice against Liu Wuxiang; in fact, their relationship was quite good.
The key point was that a few years ago, when he had returned from the Red Flame Demon Realm, Liu Wuxiang had not yet shown such formidable strength. And since the Spiritual Snake Lineage was full of geniuses with formidable strength, with several holding a top-level Spiritual Snake as their Lifebound Spiritual Beast, it was impressive that he broke through and seized a spot given these circumstances. It seemed Liu Wuxiang had gained significant fortunes in the Otherworld over these years.
Indeed, when Qin Feng was still in the Red Flame Demon Realm, he had mentioned to Liu Wuxiang about obtaining a Nine-Headed Snake in another world.
Liu Wuxiang’s cultivation Technique was the extremely unique "Bone-Eroding Soul-Destroying Heavenly Evil Technique" from the nine true inheritances of the Spiritual Snake lineage, which used poison to prove the Dao, standing alone in its uniqueness.
Originally, because Liu Wuxiang’s path in cultivation was different from Qin Feng’s, they didn’t discuss much about cultivation techniques.
But when he heard about the Nine-Headed Snake, he suddenly became interested.
His master, Zhong Wandu, had told him about an ancient legend from the Primordial Era in the Human Clan Ancestor Realm. It was said there was a fierce god, Xiang Liu, with a snake body and nine heads, whose every passing left bogs in its wake.
However, what was even more formidable was its unparalleled toxic divinity. The areas Xiang Liu spewed its venom would turn into toxic swamps, and the blood it splashed around would kill all plants within a thousand miles, poisoning heavens and earth, gods and immortals, reigning supreme with its toxicity, causing endless suffering, until an Emperor from the Human Clan, unable to stand it anymore, personally took action to slay this fierce god!
Liu Wuxiang felt a connection to the name Xiang Liu, as they both practiced the Poison Dao, and he wanted to become as powerful as that ancient fierce god.
Originally, the Nine-Headed Snakes did not exist in the Biluo Great World, and Liu Wuxiang had no extra plans. But since Qin Feng informed him about the Nine-Headed Snakes in the Otherworld, the guy started plotting how to harvest the bloodline of these Nine-Headed Snakes.
Then, when several Supreme Elders in the Red Flame Demon Realm were choosing candidates to enter that continent, Liu Wuxiang asked his master to speak up for him, allowing him to go along. Eventually, he infiltrated a church, and incredibly, using the power of that church, he managed to hunt down two Nine-Headed Snakes, harvested their bloodlines, and integrated it into his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, the Black Water Mysterious Snake, cultivating it into a Nine-Headed Black Water Mysterious Snake.
During the arena contest, Liu Wuxiang directly released his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, with all nine heads spitting Black Water Poison Liquid, enveloping the arena.
It must be said, the Black Water Mysterious Snake itself was a highly toxic demon. Paired with Liu Wuxiang’s own practice of "Bone-Eroding Soul-Destroying Heavenly Evil Technique," it was tremendously fierce, allowing him to defeat many opponents and successfully seize the spot of the Spiritual Snake Lineage.
When Qin Feng heard this news, he was slightly surprised for a moment but soon felt happy for Liu Wuxiang.
After all, their relationship was excellent, and now they could go together to the Central Region to participate in the grand event, supporting each other, which couldn’t be better.
Although Qin Feng’s Dao cultivation was stronger than Liu Wuxiang’s, he wouldn’t dare claim he could be invincible everywhere. Any disciple of the Beast Taming Sect could be seen as an independent cultivator’s small team, as their Spiritual Beasts were definitely not limited to one or two and would cover various systems, capable of handling most combat scenarios.
Even someone with a free-spirited nature like Li Miaozhen had subdued various types of Spiritual Beasts under the arrangements of her Sect’s elders, not to mention a clever disciple like Liu Wuxiang.
Thus, Qin Feng felt very pleased and celebrated well with Liu Wuxiang.
As days went by, the preparations at the Mountain Gate of the Beast Taming Sect were all set, and finally, it was time to leave the Sect and head to the Central Region.
