Chapter 164: Taiyang Ancient Saint, Standing Between Heaven and Earth

"Jun Wuji, are you joking? What big secret?"

The blood-colored figure sneered, thinking Jun Wuji was putting on a front.

Ordered by the Blood Demon Lord, he had come to win over Jun Wuji, hoping to use Jun Wuji to win over Jun Dongjin, a former high-ranking member of the Moral Immortal Sect.

Jun Dongjin had been abandoned by the Moral Immortal Sect, so he must harbor resentment in his heart. As long as the Blood Demon Sea paid a high enough price, the possibility of success was very high.

To ensure Jun Dongjin completely defected, there must be no coercion whatsoever when winning over Jun Wuji.

Otherwise, how could Jun Dongjin not harbor second thoughts upon seeing the Blood Demon Sea treat his youngest son this way?

Coercive methods could not be used.

Therefore, they could only promise heavy benefits or use semi-threatening methods.

Before sneaking into the Central Earth Divine Continent, the blood-colored figure had thoroughly reviewed the intelligence related to Jun Wuji.

As a result, he truly discovered a secret.

A secret related to Jun Wuji.

"I really want to know what big secret that is."

Lin Yuan said with a serious expression.

He had far too many secrets, and for a moment he wasn't sure which one the blood-colored figure was referring to.

Was it a hundred or two years ago, when he casually incinerated the Moral Immortal Sect's undercover agents, over a dozen Soul Transformation Heavenly Lords of the Black Veil Islands, and more than fifty Nascent Soul True Monarchs?

Or was it becoming the only Body Refinement Ancient Saint in hundreds of thousands of years in the Central Earth Divine Continent, and stomping to death the Demon Saint Nest's Eldest Prince—who claimed he could rival an Ancient Saint—with just a few steps?

Or perhaps fighting the Moral Immortal Sect Sect Leader Mu Qingliu atop the Nine Heavens in the posture of a Taiyin Primordial Spirit, and retreating unscathed in the end?

Furthermore, that Lord of Yuanyang Island in the East China Sea was not just a half-step Ancient Saint as the world perceived.

"Humph."

Seeing that Lin Yuan seemed truly unaware,

the blood-colored figure intended to remind him.

"Jun Wuji, you shouldn't be a Golden Core Stage Body Cultivator, right?"

The blood-colored figure whispered.

"Oh?"

Lin Yuan looked straight at this blood-colored figure, who was less than an ant in his eyes.

"Twenty years ago, a batch of Cultivation resources you had your subordinates purchase from outside included Ancient Tibetan Flowers."

"These are Cultivation resources needed by Nascent Soul Stage Body Cultivators."

"Your Body Cultivator Realm should have already stepped into the Nascent Soul Stage."

The blood-colored figure spoke eloquently, feeling completely in control.

This was his greatest trump card to threaten Jun Wuji.

In a mere one or two hundred years, Jun Wuji had gone from a cripple to a Nascent Soul Stage Body Cultivator. With such Body Cultivator Aptitude, stepping into the Soul Transformation Stage Body Cultivator in the future would not be a problem.

If this matter had happened more than a hundred years ago, it naturally wouldn't have been an issue, but now, Jun Wuji's parents had both been transferred to Mangya Mountain, which was equivalent to losing their backing in the Moral Immortal Sect.

Coupled with Mu Mengting's rise to power, if he were to find out that his peer competitor's son possessed such potential, would he have other ideas?

And this was the blood-colored figure's greatest bargaining chip.

This chip originated from within the Moral Immortal Sect, and it could also take advantage of the situation to provoke Jun Wuji's hatred toward Mu Mengting.

Multiple gains with a single stroke.

"Oh."

Lin Yuan remained expressionless.

He had thought the blood-colored figure actually discovered some big secret.

It turned out to be this matter.

Lin Yuan indeed had the habit of having his subordinates regularly go out to purchase Cultivation resources.

But that was for outsiders to see.

As for the 'Ancient Tibetan Flowers' mentioned by the blood-colored figure, Qiuyue must have casually bought them.

"You?"

After finishing, the blood-colored figure was originally full of expectation, wanting to see Jun Wuji's terrified expression, the panic of having his secrets exposed, and even the resulting thought of silencing him.

All of this was within the blood-colored figure's expectations.

He had even formulated a corresponding attitude to deal with it.

Only, the blood-colored figure was disappointed.

He did not see any expression change on Jun Wuji's face.

How could this be?

The blood-colored figure's thoughts were somewhat chaotic.

"Are there any other secrets?"

Lin Yuan asked with restrained patience.

"Isn't this secret enough?"

The blood-colored figure's tone raised by a few notches.

Hiding Nascent Soul Stage Body Cultivator strength, once exposed, would inevitably attract Mu Mengting's gaze.

At that time, no one knew what would happen.

The blood-colored figure's original plan was to rely on this secret to manipulate Jun Wuji.

"Jun Wuji, as long as you are willing to work for us, Mu Mengting can do nothing to you, and my master will grant you a Lifespan far exceeding those Immortal Cultivators."

Realizing the situation was developing abnormally, the blood-colored figure immediately said.

Winning over Jun Wuji could not rely solely on threats; at the same time, heavy benefits should be promised.

And the blood-colored figure's heavy benefit was Lifespan.

As everyone knows, the Lifespan of the Body Cultivator lineage is far inferior to Immortal Cultivators.

But the Blood Demon Lord could transform Jun Wuji into a 'Blood Divine Son' through his own methods.

The Blood Divine Son was bound to the Blood Demon Sea, and his Lifespan was terrifyingly long.

Moreover, the life and death of the Blood Divine Son were within a single thought of the Blood Demon Lord.

Once Jun Wuji became a Blood Divine Son, he would be completely integrated into the Blood Demon Sea and couldn't betray even if he wanted to.

"It seems I overthought it."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

He had long since sensed that the blood-colored figure came from the Blood Demon Sea.

The aura on his body could fool others, but it couldn't fool Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan initially thought the Blood Demon Sea really knew something.

Now it seemed he had worried needlessly.

Even the Moral Immortal Sect right beside him hadn't detected his true identity.

The Blood Demon Sea was far away in the north of the Divine Continent, and there was actually not much it could do.

"Let me see what the Blood Demon Lord really wants to do."

Lin Yuan cast his gaze toward the blood-colored figure.

The reason he chatted so much with the blood-colored figure was out of worry that the figure actually knew something.

Now that he was certain the other party understood nothing at all,

he naturally intended to act directly.

Hearing these words, doubt welled up in the blood-colored figure's heart.

But the next moment,

the blood-colored figure perceived his consciousness rapidly plummeting.

Boom.

Rays of blood light exploded across his body.

Clearly, these were all the blood-colored figure's life-saving methods.

Daring to sneak into the Central Earth Divine Continent and the Yunwu Blessed Land,

how could the blood-colored figure not have a single trump card?

However,

all trump cards,

all life-saving methods,

and even the blood-colored crystal bestowed by the Blood Demon Lord,

rapidly collapsed entirely.

"You?"

At the very last moment before the blood-colored figure's consciousness completely sank,

the gaze he cast at Lin Yuan surged with endless terror.

He was wrong.

He was wrong.

The Blood Demon Lord was also wrong.

Everyone in the world was wrong.

Jun Wuji, whom they regarded as fish on the chopping block,

was not at all as simple as he appeared on the surface.

Even the blood-colored crystal bestowed by the Blood Demon Lord couldn't block it for a split second.

This Jun Wuji

was at least at the Ancient Saint level.

A few breaths later,

Lin Yuan finished browsing the blood-colored figure's memories.

"So he planned to start a war in the Central Earth Divine Continent."

Lin Yuan roughly understood the Blood Demon Lord's scheme.

"The Blood Demon Sea, the Demon Saint Nest, the Nether Palace—why do these ancient Refining Void Ancient Saints repeatedly want to initiate a war in the Immortal Cultivation world?"

Lin Yuan pondered with a thoughtful expression.

The Moral Immortal Sect anchored the Central Earth Divine Continent and was suppressed by the Taihao Immortal Mirror; no matter what kind of war broke out, it could not damage its Foundation.

In the Blood Demon Sea,

the Blood Demon Lord sitting on the island deep within suddenly opened his eyes.

"Dead?"

"Dead so quickly?"

The Blood Demon Lord found it hard to believe.

With the backup plan he left on the blood-colored figure, even if he were truly discovered by the Moral Immortal Sect, he should have been able to put up a fight for a while.

"Could it be that fellow Mu Qingliu made a move wielding the Taihao Immortal Mirror?"

The Blood Demon Lord could only think in this direction.

Yunwu Blessed Land.

Lin Yuan was still lying on the reclining chair.

After dealing with the blood-colored figure, Lin Yuan began considering a problem.

"My current strength…"

After a hundred years of cultivation, besides comprehending the Physical Body Divine Ability 'Rebirth from a Drop of Blood',

Lin Yuan had also made tremendous progress in martial arts, having already expanded the martial arts cultivation system to the sixth Rank, eleventh stage.

The cultivation Ranks of the Main World and the Immortal World corresponded; the sixth Rank corresponded to the Void Refining Stage.

The Void Refining Stage was further divided into the 'Entering Void Realm', 'Void Tempering Realm', and 'Void Refining Realm'.

The Entering Void Realm corresponded to the sixth Rank, stages one to three.

The Void Tempering Realm corresponded to the sixth Rank, stages four to six.

The Void Refining Realm corresponded to the sixth Rank, stages seven to nine.

Lin Yuan was currently at the sixth Rank, eleventh stage. Although he hadn't reached the Peak of the sixth Rank, his Realm and strength had already surpassed the limit of the Void Refining Stage.

Perhaps he was still inferior to the Dao Integration Stage above the Void Refining Stage, but the difference wasn't very far, and he was at least much stronger than the Peak of the Void Refining Stage's Void Refining Realm.

"Sixth Rank Peak."

Lin Yuan pondered with a deep expression.

The sixth Rank, twelfth stage, held no difficulty for him.

In as short as ten or twenty years, or as long as fifty or sixty years, he would be able to step into it.

What Lin Yuan was thinking about was how to step into the seventh Rank.

Whether in the Main World or the Immortal World, going from the sixth Rank to the seventh Rank, as well as from Void Refining to Dao Integration, was a major threshold.

In the Chi Kun Star Region of the Main World, with 1.2 million living planets accumulated over thousands and tens of thousands of years,

the number of sixth Rank Falling Stars exceeded 100,000.

But for the seventh Rank—even counting the three Senior Brothers on the Crimson Kun Main Star—the number of seventh Rank Evolvers would not exceed one hundred.

Even on the Alien Race Battlefield known as a meat grinder, seventh Rank Evolvers could command a region and become generals, marquesses, or kings.

Moral Immortal Sect.

Deep within the Moral Secret Realm,

an immense aura suddenly surged out.

Inside the Secret Realm,

a look of joy surfaced on Mu Mengting's face.

"The Void Refining Stage, this is the Void Refining Stage, this is an Ancient Saint!!"

Feeling the completely transformed Dharma power within his body, Mu Mengting felt soaring ambitions for a moment.

He, Mu Mengting, also had this day.

He also had the day of becoming an Ancient Saint!

"Sect Master."

Mu Mengting took a deep breath,

calming the excitement in his heart.

Stepping out of the Secret Realm, he respectfully said to Mu Qingliu.

Although he was now also a Refining Void Ancient Saint, Mu Mengting knew that he still had a huge gap compared to Sect Master Mu Qingliu.

This gap did not stem from strength,

but from the sect-镇ing Immortal Artifact, the Taihao Immortal Mirror.

Let alone Mu Mengting just entering the Void Refining Stage, even if he stepped into the Peak of the Void Refining Realm deep within the Moral Immortal Mountain, facing Mu Qingliu who had refined the Taihao Immortal Mirror, he would be suppressed in an instant.

The Taihao Immortal Mirror was not only an Immortal Artifact with infinite might, but also the hub of the entire Moral Immortal Mountain.

Mastering the Taihao Immortal Mirror meant mastering the countless Formations laid out by the Moral Immortal Mountain over hundreds of thousands of years.

"Rise."

Mu Qingliu looked at Mu Mengting, a smile appearing on her face.

Although she had long known that with Mu Mengting's Aptitude and the assistance of the Moral Immortal Sect's resources, stepping into the Void Refining Stage would not be a problem,

Mu Qingliu still breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

The two sat down,

and Mu Qingliu began discussing her subsequent plans with Mu Mengting.

"With you anchoring the Immortal Sect, I plan to hold the Taihao Immortal Mirror and go out for a trip."

"Too much time has passed, and many people have forgotten what the Moral Immortal Sect relies on to govern the Central Earth Divine Continent."

A hint of coldness appeared on Mu Qingliu's face.

Over the past century, wasn't she aware of the movements of the Nether Palace, the Blood Demon Sea, and the Demon Saint Nest? She had merely ignored them temporarily in order to protect Mu Mengting's path.

Now that Mu Mengting had stepped into Void Refining and was anchoring the Immortal Sect,

Mu Qingliu could go out with peace of mind.

Although the Moral Immortal Sect was guarded by countless Formations,

if no Ancient Saint anchored it, being besieged by other Refining Void Ancient Saints would exact a heavy price.

This was also the reason why Mu Qingliu's true body had always anchored the Moral Immortal Mountain over the years.

As long as her true body dared to step out of the Moral Immortal Mountain,

regardless of whether she went to deal with the Blood Demon Sea, the Nether Palace, or the Demon Saint Nest,

the other two factions would definitely attack the Moral Immortal Mountain.

But now there was no such threat.

With Mu Mengting, an Ancient Saint, anchoring the Immortal Mountain,

even if three or five Ancient Saints besieged it, it would be impossible to shake the Foundation of the Moral Immortal Sect.

Thus, Mu Qingliu could let go and re-impose the prestige of the Moral Immortal Sect over all living beings.

"Which faction does the Sect Master plan to strike first?"

Mu Mengting asked in a low voice.

"Which faction?"

Mu Qingliu pondered for a moment. "Let's start with the East China Sea."

Over the past century, the White Jade Pavilion in the East China Sea had developed at an extremely fast pace, almost unifying the islands of the East China Sea.

Furthermore, that Lord of White Jade Island, Yuanyang, was only a half-step Ancient Saint. Over the years, even if he had made a Breakthrough, it was impossible for him to step into the Void Refining Stage.

Since that was the case, Mu Qingliu's true body combined with the Taihao Immortal Mirror had the certainty to completely kill him.

Conversely,

if Mu Qingliu struck the Nether Ghost Palace, the Demon Saint Nest, or the Blood Demon Sea first, the Lord of Yuanyang Island would probably hide in fear upon hearing the news.

Anyway, the Moral Immortal Sect was an old rival of the Nether Ghost Palace, the Demon Saint Nest, and the Blood Demon Sea.

The latter three had special trump cards; even with Mu Qingliu holding the Taihao Immortal Mirror, she could only suppress them rather than kill them.

Therefore, striking the East China Sea best met Mu Qingliu's expectations.

"The East China Sea."

"That Lord of White Jade Island deserves to die."

Mu Mengting nodded and said.

Back then, the Lord of White Jade Island had destroyed the Black Veil Islands he had operated for many years; he still remembered this grudge.

"I leave the Immortal Sect to you."

After saying these words, Mu Qingliu's figure disappeared into the distance.

The East China Sea.

White Jade Island.

Hundreds of thousands of White Jade Pavilion Disciples gathered on the island.

In addition, a large number of Mortals gathered on White Jade Island. Although White Jade Island was called an 'island', its size was nearly two million miles across, equivalent to the size of several Canglan Stars.

If the Central Earth Divine Continent weren't too vast, White Jade Island should have been called the White Jade Continent.

In the core area of White Jade Island,

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged.

Dozens of Disciples below were raising questions about Cultivation, and Lin Yuan answered them casually.

A century passed, and the Foundation of the White Jade Pavilion increased greatly. There were over 100,000 first-Rank martial arts Cultivators, more than 10,000 second-Rank martial arts Cultivators, over 2,000 third-Rank martial arts Cultivators, and 322 fourth-Rank martial arts Cultivators.

There were eight fifth-Rank martial arts Cultivators.

It could be said that

in today's East China Sea islands, the White Jade Pavilion was undeniably number one. As long as Lin Yuan was willing, unifying the East China Sea islands would be effortless.

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan seemed to have sensed something,

raising his head and glancing toward the sky.

On White Jade Island,

countless Disciples were either gathered together or walking alone, studying and cultivating the martial arts Cultivation Technique.

Suddenly—

high above the Nine Heavens,

an Immortal Mirror exuding terrifying immortal light floated and sank.

The Immortal Mirror rotated slightly, and a terrifying mirror beam descended from the Nine Heavens.

The terror of the mirror beam was such that even space faintly stood still, and wherever it passed, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi turned into nothingness.

It could be foreseen that

once this mirror beam fell and landed on White Jade Island,

the entire White Jade Island would be pierced through, and this Cultivation Holy Land would be completely destroyed.

The aftermath of the mirror beam would cause all living beings below the Ancient Saint level to perish completely.

"What is that?"

"Not good, run quickly."

"We can't run; we're all going to die."

Countless White Jade Pavilion Disciples looked up at the sky, filled with despair.

Under the terrifying mirror beam of the Immortal Mirror, everyone had only one thought in their hearts:

That was death.

No matter how they ran,

it was death.

Just at this moment,

a figure appeared above White Jade Island.

Then, adopting the Law of Heaven and Earth, his height reached an unknown number of myriad zhang, and the Taiyang power was as dense as a second great sun.

Only to see this towering, colossal figure standing between heaven and earth gently raise a hand, completely blocking White Jade Island—which was the size of several Canglan Stars—beneath his palm.