Beast Taming: I Have an Immortal Mansion

’But now, he understood one thing. This Immortal Mansion belonged to him. In this relationship, he had to be the one in control. He couldn’t accept the Immortal Mansion having its own independent consciousness, even if that consciousness completely obeyed him. That was unacceptable. What he wanted was absolute dominion.’

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After a period of deep meditation, Fang Qingyuan had a preliminary understanding of the mystery behind the Immortal Mansion’s strange activity. However, he still had no clue about the Immortal Mansion’s origins.

’I’m only at the Golden Core Cultivation level right now. It’s not the time to get to the bottom of this. I’ll have to wait until I step into the Divinity Transformation Realm to pursue the reasons behind it. But that will probably take a thousand years.’

Realizing this, Fang Qingyuan’s spirits rose slightly. He now began to summarize the gains from this Core Formation.

First, the territory of the Immortal Mansion had expanded. This was the most conspicuous and greatest reward.

It had leaped from 450 acres to a vast Spiritual Land with a radius of twenty-five kilometers. This kind of upgrade was an absolutely explosive leap.

However, how to utilize such a large expanse of land was now a difficult problem facing Fang Qingyuan.

’Rely on that Long-armed Ape Tribe?’

Fang Qingyuan thought it best not to. A few hundred acres was something the troop of apes could manage, but this was equivalent to nearly half a million acres of Spirit Fields. How many Long-armed Apes would that require?

’Ten thousand? Or a hundred thousand?’

Apes were not human. They lacked the framework of civilization. Once their numbers exceeded five thousand, the group would collapse and destroy itself. If there were multiple clans, tribal wars would erupt. Even if Fang Qingyuan tried to restrain them, he couldn’t erase their wild nature.

Fang Qingyuan was from the Beast Taming Sect and had read many case studies on Demon Beast Tribes. There were few exceptions. As soon as a tribe’s population grew too large, it would be on the verge of self-destruction.

This involved the laws of nature; it was true even with an abundant food supply. Thinking of how this world possessed a heavenly will, Fang Qingyuan couldn’t help but feel that this was the work of the Heaven and Earth Law Will.

But the land still needed to be farmed. Fang Qingyuan couldn’t manage half a million acres of fields by himself. Even though his divine soul had now solidified to be as real as his physical body in the outside world, he couldn’t look after so much land, let alone handle harvesting, sowing, and pest control.

Moreover, cultivating Spirit Fields required Cultivators. For nearly half a million acres of Spirit Fields, even if one person tended to fifty acres, it would require ten thousand Qi Cultivation Disciples. Where could he find so many people? And even if he did, could he bring them all into the Immortal Mansion?

For a moment, Fang Qingyuan felt troubled. It was like looking at an open treasure vault but being unable to take much of its wealth. The feeling was truly disheartening.

Setting the matter aside for now, Fang Qingyuan circulated his divine soul and began to inspect the Divine Techniques that had manifested during his tribulation.

Currently, there were three great Divine Techniques within the Immortal Mansion: the Great Sun, the Full Moon, and the Myriad Stars.

The Great Sun’s origin was Innate Primordial Qi, drawn from the vital energy of all things within the Immortal Mansion. Manifested through Fang Qingyuan’s divine technique, it had become a great sun that illuminated all living beings.

The Moon’s origin came from Fang Qingyuan’s Soul Dao cultivation. It had fused with the Divine Technique of the Godslaying Needle, allowing it to perceive truth in the netherworld, refine the spectral, and extinguish demons. It targeted all malevolent things such as yin, death, corpses, fiends, demons, and ghosts.

When the Demon Tribulation struck that day, Fang Qingyuan had channeled all of the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Lights Essence Qi he had drawn by opening the Heaven and Earth Sect’s gate, empowering this Divine Technique. He had annihilated all the demonic shadows in a single blow. The Godslaying Needle’s Divine Technique played a crucial role in this, and afterward, some substance was extracted from the destroyed Demon Tribulation, which the Godslaying Needle then swept back into the Full Moon, making it more complete.

Fang Qingyuan hadn’t had time to examine these things back then. Now, upon careful inspection, he found that they were some form of pure soul energy.

No wonder Fang Qingyuan felt his divine soul had become so solid and real. He had originally thought it was due to his own cultivation improvement, but it turned out to be a gift from those demonic shadows.

The Laws of Heaven and Earth were most fair. The more severe Fang Qingyuan’s tribulation, the greater the rewards after successfully passing it. It was just that the Immortal Mansion was even greedier. Fang Qingyuan would have been satisfied with a tenfold expansion, but the result was a thousandfold absorption that left him speechless.

After understanding these two fundamental Divine Techniques, Fang Qingyuan shifted his gaze to the myriad stars in the sky above. As he looked at the billions of stars in the Four Directions Star Realm and the Central Heaven Land, Fang Qingyuan felt both joy at the initial formation of his Divine Techniques and, at the same time, a different worry crept into his heart.

’Should I continue to practice according to the *True Scripture of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form* for my future cultivation method?’

The creator of this cultivation technique, the brilliant and talented late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator Zuo Changsheng from the Beast Taming Sect, probably never imagined that one day someone could cultivate his ultimate art to such a level.

Before Core Formation, Fang Qingyuan had completely followed the path Zuo Changsheng had walked. The only difference was that the Illusion Beasts Fang Qingyuan visualized possessed some special Divine Techniques, a result of him feeding them high-grade spiritual materials.

But these methods still hadn’t gone beyond the scope of Zuo Changsheng’s cultivation technique. It wasn’t until Fang Qingyuan’s Core Formation that, under the pressure of the Celestial Tribulation, he sent all of these Five Elements Illusions into the sky of the Immortal Mansion. At that moment, the cultivation path Fang Qingyuan walked had already diverged from Zuo Changsheng’s and set foot upon another great road.

The *True Scripture of the Five Spirits Transforming Baleful Qi and Refining Form* was originally about collecting baleful qi to condense a Dharma Aspect. But in all the world, was there any baleful qi more immense than Star Power?

The Five Elements Dharma Aspect had already settled among the myriad stars. Fang Qingyuan didn’t know what kind of baleful power he needed to collect to nourish these star aspects, because these Five Spirit Star Aspects were themselves incarnations of baleful power.

Of course, the Four Directions Star Realm and the Central Heaven Land were the sky of the Immortal Mansion, not the true stars of the outside Cultivation Realm. Otherwise, if the full Star Power of even a single outside star were poured into the Immortal Mansion, Fang Qingyuan would be blown to pieces.

In other words, the tens of millions of stars in the Immortal Mansion’s sky were just phantoms. Their fundamental composition came mostly from Fang Qingyuan’s century of cultivation, partly from the True Meaning of the Great Dao obtained after the Celestial Tribulation, and a very small part from the original consciousness nurtured by the previous five aspects.

Seeing the stars of the Star Realm above twinkling yet appearing exceptionally illusory, Fang Qingyuan was momentarily at a loss. ’Should I draw on the Star Power from the outside world and channel it into this Star Realm within the Immortal Mansion?’

’But the Immortal Mansion is already on the radar of the Heaven’s Will. If I absorb star power, will it be recognized?’

’Besides, what method should I use to gather this Star Power?’

Fang Qingyuan sank into contemplation, his thoughts also turning to the Cloud-Clawed Lizard and the matter of his master’s Nascent Soul Formation.

Dealing with an Ancient Beast of the Wilderness like the Cloud-Clawed Lizard would require at least two Nascent Soul Cultivators just to suppress it. And for Lechuan to undergo the Spirit Transformation Technique, two Nascent Soul Cultivators might not even be enough.

The difficulty of suppressing or even killing it was on a completely different level from capturing and imprisoning it alive.

’It seems that three Nascent Soul Cultivators would be the safe bet. But where am I supposed to find three Nascent Soul Cultivators right now?’

’Hmm, if I offer enough benefits, Bear Wind could barely count as one. I wonder if this bear would be willing to move against his old neighbor.’

At this moment, Fang Qingyuan recalled his friendship with the Nanchu Sect. Over the past century, Lechuan had at least been neighbors with the Nanchu Sect for many years and had traded with them several times. Fang Qingyuan remembered the characteristics of Chu Hongshang’s cultivation technique, which required powerful Fire Element Spiritual Materials for her practice. It seemed the Nanchu Sect hadn’t been very well-off these past few years.

’Could I rope Chu Hongshang into this? After all, a Nascent Soul Ancient Beast like the Cloud-Clawed Lizard has many valuable parts.’

’As for the last Nascent Soul Cultivator...’ Fang Qingyuan’s thoughts turned to the Black Hand Organization. He wondered if Xiqi Leopard, whom he had met in the Outer Sea all those years ago, had achieved Nascent Soul Formation yet.

’Even if Xiqi Leopard hasn’t formed his Nascent Soul, I could use him as a connection. If Lechuan and I offer a high price, we should be able to hire a Nascent Soul Cultivator to help.’

’Of course, the prerequisite for all this is having a large amount of Spirit Stones on hand. But after this Core Formation, Fang Qingyuan only had a little over ten thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones left.’

In the eyes of a Golden Core Cultivator, this was a huge sum. But to a Nascent Soul Cultivator, were ten thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones really enough to make them act?

After spending three days in quiet meditation sorting through all these issues, Fang Qingyuan finally left the Quiet Chamber. He then summoned Liu Xun and asked about another matter: the Qingyuan Sect’s cultivation method.