Chapter 1181: Chapter 736: Surprise (Part 3)

With this much accumulation, Gao Xuan was also advancing by leaps and bounds in Thunder Skill. He had now already visualized the Shenxiao Thunder Emperor.

He just needed endless Power of Thunder to nourish it, in order to truly temper the Shenxiao Thunder Emperor into form.

The endless Power of Thunder here was not something you could get just by triggering a Celestial Tribulation.

The Thunder Power of a Celestial Tribulation was far too violent and was not suitable to be absorbed to nurture the Thunder God Emperor.

To obtain endless Thunder Power, the simplest method was to set up a Grand Array that would draw in Spiritual Qi and continuously convert it into Thunder Power.

The range of this Grand Array had to be large enough. According to Gao Xuan’s calculations, in the Primordial Celestial Realm he would need at least a territory as large as an Eastern Province to lay the array, to meet the requirements.

A Grand Array of this level would have no idea how much Spiritual Qi it would absorb, and it would also cause an enormous impact within the area covered by the array.

Therefore, Gao Xuan had to first seize a sufficiently large place to arrange the array.

Other Earth Immortals all attained the Dao in the same way. No matter what path they took to achieve Earth Immortal, they first needed a big enough place to draw Power.

The Immortal Realm was different from the Interstellar Cosmos. In the Interstellar Cosmos, the Sea of Source Power was spread in all directions; as long as you had the ability, you could freely use Source Power in the Void.

In the Immortal Realm, however, Primordial Qi was attached to the Celestial Realm and divided into different strata. The Primordial Qi contained in all mountains, rivers, and lakes was also different.

The Cloud Forest Sea was brimming with Spiritual Qi, so all kinds of demons gathered here. There was also a Demon Emperor who had entrenched himself and ruled over this place.

Although Gao Xuan did not know much about the Primordial Celestial Realm, judging from common sense, with so many Earth Immortals in the Primordial Celestial Realm, finding a huge tract of land rich in Spiritual Qi yet ownerless would probably not be easy.

Furthermore, arranging a Grand Array to draw Spiritual Qi was not something that could be done overnight. Once this process was disturbed or destroyed, things would become extremely, extremely troublesome.

So, if one wanted to achieve Earth Immortal, one absolutely had to first seize a very large territory. Then subdue all the demons and devils within that territory. On the other hand, one also had to ensure that no powerful external enemies were provoked.

There was another path to attain the Dao: find a place where the Thunder Power was especially strong. Then there would be no need for such a large territory. Perhaps one could quietly and silently become an Earth Immortal.

Gao Xuan’s current plan was to first refine the Shenxiao Thunder Emperor and achieve Earth Immortal. After he had the power to protect himself and resolved the Celestial Mandate Curse, he would then study how to prove the Dao with the sword.

An Earth Immortal could also condense multiple Earth Immortal Laws. At the very least, according to Gao Xuan’s Formless Nine Revolutions Inference, two kinds of Earth Immortal Law could completely coexist.

By that time, with two kinds of Earth Immortal Law as his foundation, achieving Celestial Immortal would be much easier.

It was said that many Celestial Immortals had joined forces and sealed off the Upper Three Realms, absolutely forbidding the appearance of any new Celestial Immortals.

This was indeed a problem. However, the matter of Celestial Immortals was too far away, and Gao Xuan would not consider it too much for the time being. Right now he still had to think first about how to become an Earth Immortal.

Gao Xuan thought the Cloud Forest Sea was pretty good. If he could completely take this place, it would more or less be enough.

The problem was that there was still the Demon Emperor Shi Wanqiu here. Judging from the Golden Ape King’s words, this one had lived for at least several hundred thousand years.

The key point was that this one also liked Human Race beauties, Human Race splendid clothing, delicacies, and etiquette.

For a demon from such a barbaric land, liking these things meant he had accepted the culture and knowledge of the Human Race.

This was actually extremely important.

A demon without wisdom, no matter how strong its Power, in the end could not be much better than a wild beast.

Judging from the situation of the Primordial Celestial Realm, Earth Immortal Demon Emperors without wisdom were also very likely to exist.

Shi Wanqiu was clearly very intelligent, and it was very likely that he had come into contact with powerful Human Race Cultivators, which was how he came to like this Human Race stuff.

Shi Wanqiu had profound accumulation and great wisdom. A Demon Emperor like this would probably not be easy to fight, would he?

Normally speaking, Gao Xuan should go out and travel more, look around, and pick a relatively weak Earth Immortal to make a move on.

Then again, once you reached the level of Earth Immortal, where would you find any true weaklings?

According to the perception of Gao Xuan’s Ninth Consciousness Spiritual Sense, he felt this matter was completely worth a try.

Even if it didn’t work out, he wouldn’t really fall here.

The visit from the Golden Ape King’s few Demon Generals had just happened to let Gao Xuan see this opportunity.

However, he couldn’t be too reckless either. He still had to first test what the Demon Emperor was capable of.

"The Golden Ape King is a pretty good probe..."

Thinking of this, Gao Xuan called Ripples in again.

Ripples was carrying a small gourd in her hand, looking quite excited. She presented the little gourd like a tribute and passed it to Gao Xuan. "Master, I found something good."

She sighed with emotion. "I didn’t expect that little monkey to actually have quite the family fortune."

Ripples had gone to squeeze the Golden Ape King on orders, and indeed she had gotten a lot of good things off him. The best was this gourdful of Purple Gold Spirit Sand.

This Purple Gold Spirit Sand had all been spurted up from deep underground caverns and flowed into the river, where it was discovered by these demons.

The Golden Ape King had also had his subordinates dredge the big river for ten or twenty thousand years before finally collecting this small gourdful of Purple Gold Spirit Sand.

Such a supreme treasure, the Golden Ape King hadn’t been willing to offer it to the Demon Emperor Shi Wanqiu and had been secretly hoarding it all along.

Only after being tormented by Ripples to the point he couldn’t bear it anymore did he hand over the Purple Gold Spirit Sand.

Although Ripples didn’t know exactly what use the Purple Gold Spirit Sand had, she could see that this item was extraordinary.

Even if Gao Xuan hadn’t summoned her, she would have come to offer this treasure to him.

Gao Xuan opened the gourd and took a look. Inside, the Purple Gold Spirit Sand shone with countless flickers of purple-gold light.

Looking closely, the Purple Gold Spirit Sand was like gold yet not gold, like light yet not light. This small gourdful didn’t look like much, but the Purple Gold Spirit Sand within numbered in the billions.

This was also the first time Gao Xuan had seen it, but at a glance he could tell how important the Purple Gold Spirit Sand was.

He couldn’t help but smile. "It really is good stuff."

He praised Ripples, "Very good, you did very well. This time you’ve earned great merit."

Ripples beamed from ear to ear at the praise, though on the surface she still put on a modest act. "Master, this is what I should be doing."

Gao Xuan put away the gourd, then had Ripples call the Golden Ape King in.

The Golden Ape King had already been beaten into submission and respectfully bowed with cupped fists to Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan said gently to the Golden Ape King, "Go and tell Fellow Daoist Shi Wanqiu that Daoist Gao Xuan invites him over as a guest..."

The Golden Ape King was very surprised, then wildly overjoyed. Gao Xuan actually dared to let him go seek out Shi Wanqiu—he could finally escape from the Sea of Suffering!

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