Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 607 - 605 Randeng Star Lord

The battle ended quickly; a group of Golden Core Stage robbery cultivators wasn’t even enough for a slaughter.

Corpses floated across the sea, and the Sea Dragon Immortal Boat raised its sails once more, passing through Iron Horn Gorge as it headed toward the Taixu Secret Realm.

Several days later.

The sea was eerily calm.

True Monarch Du’e retreated to another private room; for a long while, his main project would be refining lamp oil.

True Monarch Liu Yun, with little else to do, decided to play a game of chess with Ning Daoran.

Neither of them was exceptionally skilled, so the match turned into a back-and-forth duel of evenly matched opponents.

"Fellow Daoist Du’e hasn’t shown his face in days—what could he be doing?" True Monarch Liu Yun asked.

"He said he was refining lamp oil," Ning Daoran replied.

"Huh?"

True Monarch Liu Yun’s delicate face was full of question marks, as she thought to herself: Why has True Monarch Du’e suddenly switched from the Divine Power System to the Chemical Engineering Department? How bizarre.

"Fellow Daoist Ning."

She pursed her red lips, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.

"Fellow Daoist Liu Yun, feel free to speak your mind."

Ning Daoran glanced at her. "We’ve been friends for years; there’s no need to be so reserved."

"In that case, I’ll be frank."

"Please do."

"Your Falling Star Array... may I ask how you came upon it? As far as I know, the Falling Star Array first appeared centuries ago during the five skirmishes of the border wars. Back then, the robbery cultivators of Sangyu Country used this array to ambush Xia Country’s Lin Baoping. However, that version of the Falling Star Array was incomplete, its power less than twenty percent of its potential. But the array you set up, Fellow Daoist, is fully functional and extremely powerful. How is that so...?"

"Fellow Daoist Liu Yun, there’s something you don’t know."

Ning Daoran explained, "At that time, I pursued and killed Sangyu Country’s Jing Tiancheng and obtained that incomplete Falling Star Array. After over a century of reverse-engineering and refining it, I finally received the complete inheritance of the Falling Star Array. What you’ve seen is the version I refined—it’s not the incomplete one."

"As I suspected."

True Monarch Liu Yun’s expression was one of envy. "Fellow Daoist’s talent in the Array Path is truly astonishing—enough to make anyone jealous."

"What’s the matter?"

Ning Daoran smiled faintly, "Fellow Daoist Liu Yun, are you perhaps interested in the Falling Star Array?"

"Indeed," she admitted.

True Monarch Liu Yun said, "As a Fourth-order Array Master, how could I not be tempted by a Fourth-order Middle-grade Killing Array like the Falling Star Array? But I understand that its inheritance is incredibly precious and that you spent countless years refining it. Still, I..."

"There’s no need for you to say anything further."

Ning Daoran interjected, "How about this? You give me the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation’s inheritance, and I’ll exchange the Falling Star Array inheritance for it. That way, we can both fill in some gaps in our understanding of Fourth-order Middle-grade Arrays. What do you think?"

"Really?"

True Monarch Liu Yun’s eyes sparkled with joy, though she quickly hesitated. "But doing so would be taking great advantage of you, Fellow Daoist. The White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation’s inheritance couldn’t possibly compare to the Falling Star Array, which hasn’t seen a full inheritance in millennia and is far more powerful."

"Fellow Daoist Liu Yun, you’re mistaken."

Ning Daoran smiled lightly. "Both are Fourth-order Middle-grade Arrays. The difference lies in the Falling Star Array being a Killing Array and the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation being an all-purpose offensive and defensive Array. Truthfully, I’ve long coveted the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation as well. Even if you hadn’t brought it up, I might have made the same request."

"In that case..."

True Monarch Liu Yun’s bright eyes sparkled like stars. "Then I’ll take advantage of you just this once, Fellow Daoist."

"No need for formalities!"

Ning Daoran immediately stroked his storage ring and retrieved a thick handbook—the complete Falling Star Array inheritance he had painstakingly reconstructed.

True Monarch Liu Yun, in turn, retrieved a white tome from her storage ring, its cover inscribed with the words "White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation" in seal script.

"This is the original inheritance of the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation."

She pushed the ancient book forward. "Since you’re so sincere, Fellow Daoist, I should naturally give you the original inheritance in return."

"Thank you!"

Ning Daoran nodded with a smile, putting the original inheritance away. He wasn’t in a hurry to study it—there would be time for that later.

"Fellow Daoist Ning..."

True Monarch Liu Yun also stowed the Falling Star Array inheritance and said, "There’s something I don’t quite understand. By all rights... an inheritance as rare as the Falling Star Array, which has been lost for thousands of years, wouldn’t normally be offered up by any Array Master. Why are you so magnanimous, willing to exchange it with me?"

"It’s quite simple."

Ning Daoran explained, "While it’s true that the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation is inferior to the Falling Star Array in power and rarity, consider this: even if the Falling Star Array were rated a ’1,’ and the White Dragon Sea Splitting Formation a ’0.5,’ if I hoarded that ’1’ for myself, it would remain just that—’1.’ But if I exchange it, I gain ’1.5.’ This is a no-loss, all-gain deal. As for you, Fellow Daoist Liu Yun, whether you hold ’0.5’ or ’1.5’ has no impact on me."

He smiled faintly. "Besides, Fellow Daoist Liu Yun, you hail from Xia Country and are my friend. Even more reason for me not to keep the Falling Star Array all to myself, don’t you think?"

"Fellow Daoist..."

True Monarch Liu Yun’s eyes glimmered. "Your clarity of thought is truly admirable—this one is utterly convinced!"

Ning Daoran didn’t say anything further and focused his attention back on the chessboard.

"Fellow Daoist Ning," True Monarch Liu Yun smiled, pursing her lips, "There’s one more thing you might not know."

"Oh? What is it?"

"It concerns the Taixu Immortal Realm we’re heading to."

True Monarch Liu Yun said softly, "Actually, my purpose in going to the Taixu Immortal Realm isn’t for any Spiritual Treasure or Transformed Treasure. While the various fortunes within the realm are certainly tempting, my sole goal is a very precious inheritance."

"What inheritance?"

"The Void Returning Array!"

True Monarch Liu Yun said solemnly, "Legend has it that the original master of the Taixu Immortal Realm was a Great Formation Master who created a Fourth-order High Grade Array known as the Void Returning Array. This Array, an offense-defense hybrid, is said to be hidden within the Taixu Immortal Realm. If we can reach the core of the realm, we might actually find it."

"..."

Ning Daoran’s heart trembled.

Ordinary array inheritances no longer moved him, but a Fourth-order High Grade Array—in the mortal world, this was top-tier Array knowledge and enough to excite him greatly. After all, if he could obtain the Void Returning Array inheritance, he could join the ranks of Fourth-order High Grade Array Masters!

In the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World, it was said that the highest level of current Array knowledge was merely at the Fourth-order Middle Grade; there were no Fourth-order High Grade Array Masters, let alone any Fifth-order Arrays.

The Fifth-order Arrays were known as Divine Arrays, capable of killing Divinity Transformation powerhouses. The appearance of even one in the mortal world would cause cataclysmic upheaval.

"The Void Returning Array..."

Ning Daoran frowned slightly. "If we truly find its inheritance, let’s study it together."

"Alright!"

True Monarch Liu Yun agreed with a smile, though her expression soon darkened. "That said... While there is a legend about the Void Returning Array in the Taixu Immortal Realm, few have ever reached the heart of the realm, let alone obtained such an inheritance. I’ve heard that gaining this inheritance requires not just strength but extraordinary fortune as well."

"I see..."

Ning Daoran pursed his lips. "No matter. We’re heading there anyway. Even if fortune doesn’t favor us, we can still expand our horizons."

True Monarch Liu Yun’s smile brightened. Ning Daoran’s candid nature made him all the more endearing to her. What a shame he already had a Daoist couple, and she was exceptionally beautiful at that.

...

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

For six months, the Sea Dragon Immortal Boat drifted across the deep sea, finally nearing the Taixu Immortal Realm marked on their sea chart.

At dawn, a beam of sunlight pierced through the clouds and fell upon the deck.

Ning Daoran practiced his morning cultivation, performing a Body Tempering Pile from the Dragon Demon Heart Scripture under the moonlight. The Dragon Demon Realm faintly flickered around him.

"Fellow Daoist Ning’s body refinement is truly remarkable."

Nearby, True Monarch Liu Yun sat at her tea table, sipping Spiritual Tea. After their many days together, she had grown accustomed to casting herself in the role of a "little admirer," as Fellow Daoist Ning was indeed deserving of such respect.

"Ahem..."

From a distance, True Monarch Du’e let out a light cough.

"Hope I’m not interrupting the two of you?"

During his six-month seclusion, True Monarch Du’e had honestly worried that True Monarch Liu Yun might grow fond of Ning Daoran and that the two of them, constantly spending time together, would make his life miserable with their displays of affection. He had no appetite for such "dog food."

Fortunately, both Ning Daoran and True Monarch Liu Yun were quite reserved individuals.

True Monarch Liu Yun carried herself with dignity—after all, she was a Nascent Soul Middle Stage great cultivator who had reached Nascent Soul long before Ning Daoran. In fact, she had once been his senior; how could she stoop to "robbing the cradle"?

Ning Daoran, on the other hand, had his heart set on Lin Man alone. Other women never crossed his mind.

"Not at all,"

Ning Daoran turned around with a smile. "Brother Du’e, how goes the lamp oil refinement?"

"Heh!"

True Monarch Du’e lightly patted his waist. Ning Daoran and True Monarch Liu Yun saw a vine ball swaying there, remarkably similar to the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven Ning Daoran owned, though there were fundamental differences.

The Spirit Garden Cave Heaven claimed to be its own paradise, infinitely wondrous inside.

True Monarch Du’e’s vine ball, in contrast, was no better than a dilapidated lantern. Severely damaged, it had long lost its "grotto heaven" capabilities. But after True Monarch Du’e’s meticulous re-crafting, a small lantern was suspended at its core, the flame inside crackling and burning with extraordinarily dense soul energy.

"This..."

True Monarch Liu Yun was stunned.

Goodness—so this was the lamp oil he had been refining? The energy contained within that oil was actually Nascent Soul Power, and the flickering flame was none other than soul fire!

"Impressive."

Ning Daoran smiled. "Brother Du’e, I’ve even thought of your future Daoist title for when you advance to Divinity Transformation."

"Oh?"

True Monarch Du’e was delighted. "What title?"

"Randeng Star Lord."

"Marvelous, truly marvelous..."

True Monarch Du’e slapped his thigh and laughed heartily. "Excellent, truly excellent..." fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

True Monarch Liu Yun crossed her arms and looked at the two of them with incredulous despair.

...

Just then, the Sea Dragon Immortal Boat sailed into a thick fog. As the mist gradually dispersed, they found themselves navigating between clusters of shattered islands. Towering figures stood upon those islands!

The Taixu Immortal Realm was here!

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