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During the month Ning Zheng was in seclusion, Xi Rong reached its peak of development.

Thanks to the prestige of the Immortal Venerate title, no one dared provoke them. During Xi Rong’s prosperous times, they always encountered "good people" who were kind and generous, turning the Daoist civilization into a truly powerful alliance.

This allowed Ning Zheng to focus all his energy on cultivation, condensing his Dharma Aspect, and mastering the new Jiumu Qing, continually enhancing his foundation and strengthening himself.

"True Immortal, Sixth Layer."

Ning Zheng slowly opened his eyes and stretched lazily.

It’s not easy.

Once again, he found himself poor.

During his seclusion, he not only broke through a realm but also enhanced the quality of his Dharma Aspect.

From among his seven hundred Dharma Aspects, he mobilized a second batch of a hundred True Immortals to prepare for riding the soon-to-awaken second Jiumu Qing.

How many resources does a hundred True Immortals require?

Ning Zheng could barely manage.

Even though he was very affluent recently, such expenditure was unsustainable.

But fortunately, the rewards were rich.

He was about to nurture a second Jiumu Qing Immortal Venerate.

As for the recent plight of this Jiumu Qing, it’s better left unsaid, as he was seriously troubled by the first Jiumu Qing.

Ning Zheng didn’t intervene much, leaving everything to the other party’s discretion.

Having the second Jiumu Qing assist in iron forging, this was yet another Treasure Basin.

"Life is going well," Ning Zheng felt quite happy; having achieved a breakthrough, he possessed a Shadow Crocodile Giant God still absorbing battlefield energy to grow stronger, along with two Jiumu Qings.

That counts as three Immortal Venerates.

This wave has indeed strengthened Xirong Manor.

Of course, one must not become overly inflated. The two Jiumu Qings and Shadow Crocodile Immortal Venerate are all new Immortal Venerates, with limited foundations.

They possess combat power typical of three ordinary Immortal Venerates.

Against any of the Immortal Realm’s major figures personally, with their full divine gear and outrageous combat power, they could easily defeat dozens.

"Equipment, more equipment is needed. Otherwise, the three Immortal Venerates cannot fully exert their power; bare-handed fighting offers too little value."

Ning Zheng stood up, again troubled by his financial struggles, with expenses everywhere. He contemplated:

"I don’t urgently need my own Immortal Venerate equipment, with already two bases; the primary combat Supreme Treasure is Sun Moon Su Yuniang, the second Logistics Supreme Treasure is the Manor server, these can gradually be upgraded."

The current priority is to see what the Law Avatar of Bottle-Storage Immortal Venerate could forge.

From Nether Cauldron Immortal Venerate, he obtained two Supreme Treasures of Immortal Venerates, considering whether to remold or use directly.

...

Immortal Realm.

Zhongluan Domain, Chongshan Town.

On the bustling streets, Ning Zheng, just out of seclusion, was casually chatting with a Holy Spirit True Immortal.

Since revealing himself as an Immortal Venerate, Ning Zheng has openly stepped into the top circles of the entire world.

Not to mention the camaraderie with the three camps of Neutral Immortal Venerates, banding together for mutual warmth, striving to survive in both the Immortal and Netherworld realms.

Even the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate dispatched an independent and self-aware offspring to help him guard his side, pledging allegiance.

And.

Ning Zheng received the surveillance report by the Holy Spirit True Immortal during his month of seclusion.

The Daoists occasionally divulged little secrets intentionally or unintentionally to see if he would leak them back to the Immortal Realm.

But so far, this Holy Spirit True Immortal has been quite disciplined.

Entering a family means becoming family.

No betrayal from within.

After all, when you think about it.

The Holy Nether Immortal Venerate from the Netherworld must know about the Netherworld’s Time Ancient Tomb cloning plan, yet he hadn’t informed the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate of the Immortal Realm.

So.

The other indeed possesses professional integrity!

From another perspective, the approach of the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate is indeed fitting and his true path for survival.

The survival strategy of their race involves maintaining neutrality and abiding by the rules, regardless of who wins, they can always enjoy the feast.

Why take sides?

Today I betray you, the Netherworld, and help the Immortal Realm win.

But the Immortal Realm would plant distrust; betrayal only ever happens once or becomes countless times. Betraying the Netherworld yesterday, will you betray me tomorrow?

On the street.

Ning Zheng casually ambled with the Holy Spirit True Immortal, who sighed, "Speaking of which, Your Excellency is another Jiumu Qing, a standard for every powerful faction."

The Holy Spirit True Immortal laughed: "It’s different. Jiumu Qing is self-willed, cruel, and self-centered; two Jiumu Qings simply cannot coexist peacefully; they would inevitably kill each other."

"Whereas we Holy Spirits differ. Separated, we are individuals; united, we are a collective."

Ning Zheng chuckled, marveling at this intriguing lifestyle.

The Holy Spirit Race and Jiumu Qing Race, while sharing the same foundation, have completely opposite characters.

Since welcoming this ancient artifact into his faction, Ning Zheng naturally aimed to extract some ancient Immortal Venerate secrets, "I dare ask, how many prehistoric Immortal Venerates are there?"

Seemingly expecting this question for some time, the Holy Spirit True Immortal didn’t conceal:

"The majority of prehistoric, Multi-Dimensional True Immortals know nothing about the specific number of Immortal Venerates, as they represent unreachable, profound eternal concepts."

"Let me tell you, regarding the third realm, aside from the future Netherworld and Immortal Realm... the origin creators."

The Holy Spirit True Immortal explained.

First tier: Time, Space, Life, Physics.

Second tier: Yin, Yang, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Magnetism, Ice.

There are a total of fifteen Immortal Venerates.

But some Immortal Venerates still have vacant holy positions, as those obscure laws are extremely difficult to prove, and some barriers are so unique that they are impossible to prove!

After all, the prehistoric era was a multi-dimensional timeline, where talents emerged, and countless parallel versions of oneself testing numerous possibilities, yet still struggling to prove the Dao.

"Physics? Is it Xian?" Ning Zheng suddenly said, "Can one person resist the combined efforts of three Immortal Venerates?"

"It’s said there was an element of surprise, it’s easier to succeed with a plan than without, but I don’t know for sure."

The Holy Spirit True Immortal shook his head, "Here, physics refers to the principles governing the operation of all things, tangible or intangible, all under the jurisdiction of this Immortal Venerate."

Ning Zheng understood.

Ning Zheng asked a question known to all, "Can the Immortal Venerates of today defeat the ancient ones?"

The Holy Spirit True Immortal continued:

"There is an essential difference between the prehistoric Immortal Venerates and the ones today."

"The prehistoric Immortal Venerates were concepts, natural phenomena."

"Today’s Immortal Venerates are individuals, independent lives."

"If any prehistoric Immortal Venerate were to descend directly, we would be destroyed."

"They are phenomena itself. Let me describe it this way: can humans defeat an earthquake? Can humans defeat time? Can they defeat space?"

"This is not a combat type."

"Therefore, we must respect phenomena, we must revere nature. They, in the distant prehistoric mythological era, harmonized with heaven and earth, transformed into nature, and proved the Dao of laws."

The Holy Spirit True Immortal said profoundly: "They proved the Dao in the [past], so that we can cultivate the Dao in the [future]."

Ning Zheng contemplated: "Was their Dao tradition that they proved in prehistory what we can cultivate?"

This conversation is quite philosophical, appearing very hollow, even somewhat profound and unfathomable.

It is perfectly in line with the enigmatic style of the Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate.

The Holy Spirit Immortal Venerate said calmly: "In the current era, the Immortal Venerates have already harmonized with Dao; they are the very essence of the Yin Yang Five Elements, omnipresent in the universe. The wind we breathe, the sky’s thunder and lightning we hear, the earth we tread upon, today we cultivate their bodies, the rules of their harmonization with heaven and earth."

"They can occasionally invite us as guests to the prehistoric era, we count ourselves fortunate. In some sense, we are their followers in the future generations."

"Practice their techniques, hear their Dao, walk their path, understand their mind; this era’s cultivators pursue the essence of truth, but in reality, they pursue... their essence!"

This era is perfect for cultivation.

Yin, Yang, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth are the mainstream, with obscure Spiritual Roots like Wind, Thunder also having practitioners in the Nine-State.

The above are seven of the perfect ten.

As for Fate, Soul, Body?

Soul and Body are two major parts of the laws left by the Life Immortal Venerate.

Unlike the complete concealment of the Time and Space laws in heaven and earth in this era.

Because humans are intrinsically a part of the Life laws, governed by the Life Immortal Venerate, humans can naturally cultivate their life.

Hence, humans can cultivate Soul and Body, which belong to cultivating their life’s essence.

The nine systems we cultivate are all Dao traditions left by the Immortal Venerates.

Only Fate has no master...

This is a unique and mysterious product that emerged after the changes in heaven and earth in this era, after the solidification of laws and the appearance of deeper cosmic laws.

People spoke of the fifth Supreme Immortal Venerate: Destiny.

This supreme holy position will emerge in this era, allowing countless to compete for it.

"I see, the ten Dao traditions we cultivate are all left by the ancient Immortal Venerates." Ning Zheng laughed, "At the next Immortal Venerate banquet, I will certainly pay my respects to the Immortal Venerates."

"Thinking like that is very good." The Holy Spirit True Immortal smiled.

Ning Zheng suddenly had a whimsical thought, "If I were in prehistory, proving another Dao, would future cultivators gain one more system to cultivate?"

"Of course, it’s possible."

The Holy Spirit True Immortal hadn’t expected Ning Zheng to ask this and thought carefully before answering, "There are still a few vacant obscure Immortal Venerate holy positions in prehistory; if someone proves them, we will also spontaneously get new Dao traditions in the future."

This conversation is quite interesting.

There are vacancies even in Venerable Positions, and proving the Dao in prehistory becomes a celestial phenomenon, allowing us in the future to witness the might of this new Immortal Venerate.

Ning Zheng suddenly changed the topic with a smile: "By the way, your Holy Nether Immortal Venerate in the Netherworld should know about the Netherworld’s ancient tomb plan, right? Why not disclose it to the Immortal Realm?"

The Holy Spirit True Immortal’s expression changed, "What ancient tomb? Do not speak nonsense; after splitting, we are all independent entities, and memories do not coincide; everyone has their thoughts and lives and serves their master; definitely won’t do such disgraceful acts."

"And don’t speak of such secrets; I won’t listen."

Ning Zheng just smiled, but inwardly did not believe.

Having professional ethics is because it’s beneficial to survival.

When life is threatened, and the status of being the strongest first-ranked Immortal Venerate is challenged, ethics are meant to be broken.

Just as the two had walked down the street, the sky suddenly trembled.

The street was shaking.

The earth was shaking.

The entire Zhongluan Domain was shaking.

Then followed the entire Immortal Realm, and even all heavens and myriad realms, the entire current universe was trembling.

The sky cracked open.

Torrential floods poured down from heaven.