I Can Fix My Talent in Hundred Lives-Chapter 379 - 308: Crisis Approaches

In the Spirit Realm’s Three Extremes Domain, the vast mountain range lies like a coiled giant dragon, with the Bai Chu Sect situated at the peak.

On the easternmost side of the Sect stands the Observatory, a White Jade Tower piercing the clouds. Its body is inscribed with Ancient Star Patterns and the tower’s top is surrounded by faint starlight throughout the year, its glow undiminished even during the day.

At this moment, in the cultivation secret chamber at the base of the tower, a golden-masked figure sits cross-legged. The intricate cloud patterns carved into the golden mask, with Divinity Transformation Pressure surrounding it, blends in resonance with the Star Power of the Observatory.

"Elder Bai Mu! The Observatory has detected an anomaly! It seems to be the fluctuation of an ascendant cultivator from the Lower Realm!"

An urgent Communication Jade Talisman resonated like a clap of thunder within the chamber, and the Spirit Light even made the Star Patterns on the wall shimmer faintly.

The golden-masked cultivator’s eyes suddenly opened, a sharp gleam flashing in his pupils beneath the mask. His body transformed into a streak of starlight merging into the heavens, appearing at the top of the Observatory in the next instant.

At the center of the platform at the top of the tower, there hovered a vast light map about ten meters on each side, filled with countless starlight points. Numerous fine coordinates were dispersed like grains of sand.

This is the "Circulation Supervision Map" meticulously laid out by the Bai Chu Sect over a millennium, covering the territory of billions of miles associated with the sect.

Two young Nascent Soul cultivators in blue robes stood anxiously beside the light map. Upon seeing the golden-masked cultivator appear, they promptly bowed with respect and awe in their voices: "Greetings to Elder Bai Mu!"

"No need for formalities!" Elder Bai Mu waved a hand, a surge of Spiritual Power lifting the two up. His gaze was locked onto the light map with urgency:

"Let me have a look! When did the anomaly occur?"

As he spoke, he sat cross-legged, forming complex Dharma Seals with his hands, his Primordial Spirit surging into the light map like a tide.

Under the guidance of his Primordial Spirit, the starlight rapidly circulated, and the brilliance of numerous coordinates fluctuated, tracing back all fluctuations within half a joss stick’s time.

Half a joss stick ago, in the southeastern direction on the light map, the Huangqiu Plain region suddenly flickered with five distinct spiritual light auras, existing only for a breath before vanishing, yet leaving faint boundary membrane fluctuations on the map.

"It’s Lower Realm cultivators! No mistake about it!"

Elder Bai Mu’s eyes snapped open, a joyful smile unconcealable beneath his mask:

"This is the fluctuation left when cultivators pierce through the boundary membrane."

He tapped on a coordinate on the light map, causing the Huangqiu Plain’s coordinates to enlarge instantly.

"Right near the Huangqiu Plain! Immediately inform the Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall, dispatch Divinity Transformation Elders to seal off the surrounding region! Also, inform the Guardian Envoy of the Huangqiu Hundred Countries to secretly investigate external cultivators, especially those in the Divinity Transformation Realm!"

The faces of the two Nascent Soul cultivators changed. They had not witnessed an ascendant fluctuation from the Lower Realm, but they knew the Observatory’s emergency protocol—only an anomaly potentially affecting the sect’s foundation could mobilize the Law Enforcement Hall and the Guardian Envoys of various countries.

The two dared not delay, receiving their orders with a bow before rushing downstairs, as the Spirit Light of their Communication Jade Talismans blazed consecutively in their hands.

Elder Bai Mu then took out a Jade Talisman engraved with the words "Supreme Elder," allowing essence blood to drop onto it from his fingertips as he solemnly reported:

"Respectfully reporting to the two Supreme Elders, the Observatory has detected the secretive passage fluctuations from five Lower Realm Divinity Transformation cultivators. The coordinates have been locked onto the Huangqiu Plain, suspected to be from an unconnected Small Thousand World!"

The Jade Talisman’s light flashed, transforming into a streak of flowing light shooting toward the back mountain of the sect.

Having completed all this, he exhaled a long breath, gazing in the direction of the Huangqiu Plain on the light map with expectation in his eyes—this was a chance the sect had awaited for twenty thousand years!

Meanwhile, in the "Star Cave" at the back mountain of the Bai Chu Sect, the ambient Spiritual Qi flowed like a physical entity, and dozens of Luminous Beads embedded in the cave walls illuminated the enormous Star Disc within.

Two cultivators dressed in plain Daoist Robes sat facing each other, their fingertips endlessly infusing Spirit Light into the Star Disc, yet the starlight on the disc remained chaotic and could not form a complete Small Thousand World coordinate.

The cultivator on the left, Bai Changqing, with hair fully white, had a majestic presence despite his emaciated face. He was the Supreme Elder of the Bai Chu Sect.

Withdrawing the Spirit Light from his fingertips, the starlight on the Star Disc instantly dispersed, and he could not help but sigh softly, his voice filled with undisguisable fatigue:

"Comrade, there are only five hundred years left until my third Longevity Dao Tribulation befalls me. Should I fail to evade it, the Bai Chu Sect, along with my Bai Family’s direct lineage, can only be entrusted to you."

Opposite him, Chu Renxiong quickly waved his hand. Being much younger than Bai Changqing, he had just crossed his second Longevity Dao Tribulation three thousand years ago:

"Elder brother, that’s not quite right! Blessed people are always blessed by the heavens. We can search for more ’Heaven-Covering Immortal Reishi’ and ’Soul-Stabilizing Lotus,’ to further delay it for some time. Perhaps we can even comprehend the Dao Principle during this period, enhancing our chances of Crossing the Tribulation."

"Delay? I have already delayed it thrice."

Bai Changqing shook his head with a wry smile, lifting his sleeve to reveal a faint gray aura around his wrist:

"This is the backlash from using the ’Heaven Concealment Technique.’ I have sacrificed 30% of my Yang Spirit’s essence to avoid the Dao Tribulation. Otherwise, I would have faced it a thousand years ago."

"With my current foundation, having only comprehended the Middle Grade ’Geng Metal Dao Principle,’ surviving the third Dao Tribulation is practically a one-in-a-million chance!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Renxiong’s smile faded, a chill of despair and sympathy rising within him.

He had comprehended the Middle Grade "Thick Earth Dao Principle," and although he had survived the previous two Dao Tribulations, the thought of the third lightning tribulation six thousand years later felt like an icy plunge:

"Brother, you’re right. We Void Refining cultivators seem to have undying Yang Spirits and endless lifespans, but the Longevity Dao Tribulation is the shackle of the heavenly path."

"The first two can be forcibly withstood, but the third... only those with the talent to comprehend a High Grade Dao Principle can narrowly escape, for those of our aptitudes, it is incredibly challenging."

He paused, his voice dipping in somberness:

"If I don’t advance to mid-stage Void Refining before the next Dao Tribulation, I may turn to ashes beneath the Dao Tribulation in a few thousand years."

In the Spirit Realm, Void Refining cultivators, after refining the Void Spirit and achieving the Yang Spirit, can theoretically live until the heavens and the earth’s end. Yet, the heavenly path has its determinations, with the birth of the Yang Spirit triggering the Longevity Dao Tribulation every nine thousand years, increasingly perilous each time.

Like the once-renowned Four Seas Wanderer who, having turned into a remnant spirit, possibly could have risen again, yet even while hidden within the Four Seas Bead, could not evade the Longevity Dao Tribulation, leading to his final demise.

While immersed in the helplessness of the impending Dao Tribulation, Bai Changqing’s Jade Talisman in his bosom suddenly emitted a golden Spirit Light.

Instinctively taking out the Jade Talisman, upon perceiving the message within, his previously turbid eyes instantly brightened. He stood up abruptly, his voice trembling:

"Comrade! The heavens indeed leave a path! The Observatory has detected infiltrators from the Lower Realm! And they are five Divinity Transformation cultivators!"

"What?!"

Chu Renxiong also sprang to his feet, briskly moving to Bai Changqing’s side, gazing intently at the Jade Talisman, his face filled with incredulous ecstasy:

"Truly? The heavens indeed bless you, elder brother!"

Bai Changqing nodded repeatedly, sweat emerging from the palms of his hands in excitement, his once pale face flushing with vigor:

"This is the first time the Observatory has detected infiltrators from the Lower Realm in the twenty-thousand-year history! They haven’t used an ascension channel, suggesting their Small Thousand World is most likely severed from the Spirit Realm and undiscovered by other sects!"

Grasping Chu Renxiong’s arm, his eyes glowed with hope:

"As long as we capture them and extract the Small Thousand World’s coordinate from them, we can descend realms to reap essence and break through our bottlenecks! This is a heaven-sent lifeline!"

"Indeed! Indeed!"

Chu Renxiong laughed aloud, the gloom within his heart swept away:

"Quick! Send a message to Bai Mu, telling him to capture those five at all costs!"