Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 833 - 816: Zhouyang Becomes Immortal!

The Zhou Family cultivators on Lingxi Peak had been cautious ever since Zhouyang, the clan ancestor, left.

During the nine days and nights Zhouyang focused on refining the [Void True Demon], he couldn't be distracted to send any messages back, causing Zhou Guangcheng and others to wait anxiously, contemplating sending someone to seek him for information numerous times.

However, due to Zhouyang's strict instructions before leaving, Zhou Guangcheng and others ultimately couldn't carry out this idea.

At this time, upon seeing Zhouyang return safely and learning that he had already slain the cross-boundary True Demon, the Zhou Family cultivators, while relieved, were also astonished and elated, admiring their clan ancestor's unprecedented feat immensely.

Just as the Thunder Feather True Spirit had said back then, Zhouyang, with the identity of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, defied with true courage, defeated the True Demon, and even refined it.

Such a feat was unprecedented in the history of the "Spirit Realm," unparalleled in tens of thousands of years.

Before this, Zhouyang was already recognized as the first Nascent Soul Stage cultivator in the "Spirit Realm."

After achieving this unprecedented feat against the True Demon, in the eyes of many cultivators, his identity and status now rivaled those of the Tribulation Crossing True Immortal.

When this news spread, even those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators with lifespans shorter than his would automatically add the word "senior" when mentioning him, as a show of respect.

Of course, all of these occurred after Zhouyang went to retreat in the [Dome Heaven Immortal Realm].

It was said that Zhouyang, after returning to Lingxi Peak, apart from lifting the alarm and having someone contact the Great Brightness Immortal Palace to explain the situation, called his Dao companion Xiao Ying, his son Zhou Guangcheng, and disciples Lu Xuewei and others to his side, and spoke of his plans to immediately go to [Dome Heaven Immortal Realm] to retreat for healing and break through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

"My retreat this time is undetermined in duration, Fellow Daoist Lan needs to be stationed in the Zhou Family in my stead, so the protection duty falls on you, Cheng'Er."

Zhouyang's gaze fell on his son, speaking his arrangements with a gentle tone.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Guangcheng responded with joy, "It's my honor!"

Xiao Ying gazed tenderly at Zhouyang, softly asking, "Husband, how confident are you in breaking through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage this time?"

"With the celestial favor gained from slaying the [Void True Demon], combined with the preparations made through three hundred years of secluded cultivation, I have a fifty percent chance of successfully breaking through!"

Facing his closest Dao companion, Zhouyang had no need for concealment, immediately expressing his confidence.

A fifty percent chance of success would shock other Nascent Soul Stage cultivators if they heard this.

Even those Tribulation Crossing True Immortals might suspect him of exaggerating.

But those present were Zhouyang's closest ones, and they never doubted his words.

Hearing this, Zhou Guangcheng and Lu Xuewei showed genuine delight.

While Xiao Ying, though happy, didn't display it as prominently as others.

She glanced at her son and goddaughter, softly saying, "Cheng'Er, Xuewei, please step out for a moment; Mother has something to discuss privately with your father."

Zhou Guangcheng and Lu Xuewei were momentarily stunned upon hearing this, glanced at Xiao Ying, then complied respectfully and stepped out.

"Not even letting Cheng'Er stay, Ying'Er, what do you intend to speak about?"

Zhouyang looked at his Dao companion in puzzlement, unsure of her meaning.

"It's really not convenient to let Cheng'Er know now."

Xiao Ying glanced at her Dao companion, biting her lips as if making a decision, suddenly said, "You should take Qin Yue'Er, husband. Yue'Er cultivates the "Profound Yin Su Girl Scripture," which is a supreme dual cultivation technique; with her current sixth-layer Nascent Soul cultivation, husband could borrow the dual cultivation technique to obtain her Primordial Yin, thereby increasing the chance of immortal ascension by an additional ten percent!"

Zhouyang's face immediately froze, completely unexpected that these words would come from his Dao companion.

He looked at Xiao Ying in surprise, his eyes slightly narrowing, solemnly asking, "Ying'Er, how did you come up with this idea? Was it Qin Yue'Er who said this? Or Fellow Daoist Lan?"

"None of them; it was the solution I thought of when I helped Sister Yue'Er overcome her heart's barrier on [Donglai Immortal Island]!"

Xiao Ying shook her head, gazing earnestly at Zhouyang, "I told Sister Yue'Er back then, should she dual cultivate with you, husband, and have someone she wishes to guard and care for, she would naturally have hope for living and strive to cultivate to higher realms, accompanying those she cares for longer."

"As you saw, husband, Sister Yue'Er has indeed undergone significant changes later, showing my solution's viability."

Saying this, Xiao Ying leaned into Zhouyang's embrace, softly saying, "I know after what happened with Sister Feng Xian, husband no longer wants to court romance, wishing not to make me and Guangcheng feel distressed."

"But Sister Yue'Er is not an outsider; she served as a concubine to you diligently for over twenty years, husband, having saved her life, just give her hope, as kindness to the end!"

"Moreover, husband's potential immortal cultivation concerns not just your own path, but also determines if I can later learn from [Master Withered Wood] the [Life and Death Qi of Withering and Flourishing] divine technique, and decides the Zhou Family's future honor and prosperity, husband, take Sister Yue'Er for my sake, and for the Zhou Family!"

Never did Zhouyang think that his primary Dao companion would plead with him to take a concubine.

Even with more than two thousand years of cultivation, about to break through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, he found himself somewhat amused and exasperated.

Looking at his Dao companion helplessly, he said, "Even if you, Ying'Er, do not mind me taking concubines, have you considered Guangcheng? About Tonghui and Tong Yue, their siblings? And Xuewei?"

"They're all at an age where suddenly gaining a little mother, a second grandmother, someone they once called sister now calling teacher's wife, how would they feel?"

Xiao Ying scoffed, raising her brows disdainfully, saying, "That doesn't matter; Yue'Er is much older than them and they have always regarded her as elder sister, and they've always admired you, husband. Why would they mind this?"

Then she confidently said, "If they knew dual cultivation with Yue'Er could help husband achieve immortality, undoubtedly, they would support it."

Then why send them away!

Faced with his confident Dao companion, Zhouyang ultimately left this unsaid.

Truthfully, Zhouyang harbored little objection or resistance towards taking Qin Yue'Er as a concubine.

After all, as Xiao Ying said, Qin Yue'Er had served him as an ineffective concubine.

His reluctance stemmed not only from avoiding heartache and jealousy for Dao companion Xiao Ying, but also because obtaining Qin Yue'Er's Primordial Yin Qi to advance conflicted with his original intention of saving her.

At first, he purely sympathized with Qin Yue'Er's tragic situation, offering aid without personal interest.

Now, however, since Dao companion Xiao Ying didn't oppose and actively sought this, with Qin Yue'Er willing, should he refuse, he'd betray his Dao companion's goodwill and appear hypocritical and selfish.

He eventually nodded and said, "Alright, since Ying'er, you are truly intent on making this happen, let it be so. I will take Qin Yue'er with me to the Dome Heaven Immortal Realm for secluded cultivation!"

"Wonderful, then I'll go share this good news with Yue'er right away."

Xiao Ying's face lit up with joy, and she immediately went off to inform Qin Yue'er of the good news.

Seeing this, Zhouyang could only smile wryly without words.

Although he had decided to take Qin Yue'er as a concubine, before things were officially finalized, Zhouyang did not make it public and simply took her along while heading to the Dome Heaven Immortal Realm for secluded cultivation.

However, Zhou Guangcheng and Lu Xuewei were smart individuals. Even if they didn't understand that Qin Yue'er's cultivation of the Profound Yin Su Girl Scripture was a Dual Cultivation Technique, observing the situation, they faintly sensed what was happening and chose not to expose it.

This time, Zhouyang didn't conceal the fact that he intended to break through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, openly instructing his son Zhou Guangcheng to send handwritten letters to both the Liuyun Commerce Alliance and the Yuqing Daoist Sect. He requested that all their personnel, along with those of the Profound Sun Immortal Sect, withdraw from the Dome Heaven Immortal Realm and temporarily close the Teleportation Array leading there.

Even though word of Zhouyang's counterattack against the Void True Demon had not yet spread through the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, both the Liuyun Commerce Alliance and the Yuqing Daoist Sect responded honorably to his formal letter, recalling all their people cultivating in the Dome Heaven Immortal Realm and temporarily closing the Teleportation Array.

In the end, within the vast Dome Heaven Immortal Realm, besides Zhouyang who was in seclusion healing his injuries in a cave palace, only Zhou Guangcheng and Qin Yue'er were outside as his guardians.

To recover from his injuries as quickly as possible, Zhouyang spared no expense, consuming all sorts of rare Spirit Pills and Spirit Elixirs like snacks, with the value of a single session's consumption reaching two to three million Spirit Stones.

The result of such costlessness was that, in less than a year, he had completely healed the internal injuries sustained in the battle against the Void True Demon.

Once his injuries healed, Zhouyang wasted no time and immediately went to the side palace where Qin Yue'er resided to engage in Dual Cultivation with her.

Whether it was due to the uniqueness of the Profound Yin Spirit Body or the characteristics of the Profound Yin Su Girl Scripture, the process of Dual Cultivation with Qin Yue'er not only brought Zhouyang an unprecedented pleasure, but also benefits far beyond imagination.

One of them possessed the Qianyang Treasure Body, an extremely yang constitution, practicing the Qianyang Immortal Scripture, an Extreme Yang Technique. The other had the Profound Yin Spirit Body, an extremely yin and frigid spirit body, practicing the Profound Yin Su Girl Scripture, a Dual Cultivation Technique.

Upon formal Dual Cultivation, they instantly reached the ultimate state of Yin Yang Harmony, with their physical bodies, magical power, and primordial spirits mingling and complementing each other.

Originally, Zhouyang thought his magical power was already very strong and pure, but in formal Dual Cultivation with Qin Yue'er, nourished by her extremely pure Primordial Yin Power, his Extreme Yang Magical Power was suddenly greatly elevated, swiftly reaching a new height.

Boom!

After his magical power had ascended, Zhouyang felt as if he had touched something. He had planned to wait until after the Dual Cultivation session to retreat and break through, but he unexpectedly initiated a breakthrough in the Dual Cultivation state.

His Divine Sense reached perfection, his body reached perfection, his magical power reached perfection, and with these three perfected states combined, Zhouyang just lightly struck the Door of Immortality, and the once immovable door suddenly shook violently, even revealing a crack!

Hmm...

Qin Yue'er seemed to sense something, lightly moaned.

Then she glanced at the man lying motionless on her, blushing slightly, and suddenly helped him up and pushed him onto the Jade Couch, assuming a sitting posture on top of him. She then fully activated the Profound Yin Su Girl Scripture, voluntarily channeling her extremely pure Yin Yuan through the Dual Cultivation Technique into the man's body, assisting him in breaking through the Door of Immortality.

Zhouyang was naturally aware of the changes outside, yet he no longer cared about them.

The earlier collision due to achieving perfection in his magical power made him feel that the opportunity for Immortal Ascension was right in front of him, so he gathered strength briefly before attempting again to breach the Door of Immortality.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With each successive strike from Zhouyang, the previously impregnable Door of Immortality swayed more violently each time.

After a series of seven strikes, Zhouyang felt it was about enough.

So he suddenly initiated the Dual Cultivation technique, quickly increasing the speed at which he absorbed Qin Yue'er's Yin Yuan, in moments drawing nearly eighty percent of her Yin Yuan, causing Qin Yue'er to let out a sharp cry and collapse unconscious onto the Jade Couch.

Then Zhouyang rapidly refined this Yin Yuan, using it as resources to swiftly restore his strength, launching an eighth strike.

This time, the "Three Treasures Ruyi" held by his Nascent Soul also suddenly broke apart, transforming into three-colored Spiritual Light that merged into his Nascent Soul, causing his Nascent Soul, originally nine inches tall, to grow an inch taller out of thin air.

Rumble!

With a sound like a thunderclap in a clear sky, Zhouyang's full-power strike instantly smashed the Door of Immortality that had blocked him for centuries.

Then his Nascent Soul autonomously emerged from his body, appearing above his physical body's head.

He saw Qin Yue'er, who had fainted due to his sudden extraction of large amounts of Yin Yuan, he saw Zhou Guangcheng outside who was acting as his guardian.

But at that moment, for these two people who had the closest relationship with him, he felt no attachment, and his gaze did not linger on either of them for even a breath of time.

Instead, his indifferent eyes looked up toward the sky, seemingly piercing through the Chaos Void to see a vast world shining with brilliant silver light.

A strong impulse surged from his heart, compelling him to rush into the Chaos Void and enter that vast world.

But just as this feeling rose, before he could act on it, a sense of imminent catastrophe suddenly descended upon him.

Then that vast world vanished from his sight, no matter how he looked up, he could not see even the slightest glimmer.

Sigh!

A sigh filled with indescribable emotion suddenly echoed through the entire Dome Heaven Immortal Realm.

Zhou Guangcheng, who had been meditating outside, abruptly opened his eyes to see a figure of his father, Zhouyang, hovering above the side palace where Qin Yue'er was.

"No, that's not Dad, that's not, that's not Dad's body, that's Dad's Nascent Soul!"

Zhou Guangcheng's eyes widened in astonishment as he stared at Zhouyang's Nascent Soul, as tall as his true body, suspended in mid-air.

At this moment, it should no longer be called a Nascent Soul, but an Immortal Embryo or perhaps an Immortal Soul!

Simultaneously, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi throughout the entire Dome Heaven Immortal Realm became unprecedentedly active, with endless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi transforming into streams of multicolored Spiritual Qi torrents that surged toward the figure in the sky, effortlessly being absorbed and refined.

"He made it, Dad successfully ascended to immortality!"

Zhou Guangcheng watched this scene with eyes wide open, shivering with excitement all over.