Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 395 - 92: Ancient Teleportation Array

"Lin Jing."

Qingzhou, Immortal Prison Mountain.

Lin Jing was waiting for the return of the Mechanical Turtle when he suddenly heard the call of the Demon Emperor.

"Your Majesty..."

"Is there something you need?" he asked with a head tilt.

"What do you think?" the Demon Emperor replied irritably.

"Your deeds have been reported to me."

"The Second Ancient Emperor wants to change the rules of the Golden Rankings..."

"Damn, that old geezer..." Lin Jing’s eyes widened. Changing the rules just like that? He must report this to the First Ancient Emperor...

"Of course, let him change it, but my Demon Court must not suffer," the Demon Emperor said. "Haven’t you always worried that pet beasts can’t be counted as one with the Beast Master to enter the Source Realm?"

"The Second Ancient Emperor plans to first take you to the unactivated ’Source Realm Teleportation Ancient Array’ to test if you will count as one slot or multiple. This will facilitate further changes to the rankings."

"Oh?" Lin Jing looked at the tiger tooth in his hand and nodded, saying, "That’s possible."

Without clarifying this issue, Lin Jing indeed could not fully rest easy.

......

Before long, Lin Jing and his group were transported via the Demon Emperor’s Great Divine Techniques, even the Mechanical Turtle, which had just found an opportunity to enter the Water Moon Immortal Island and was preparing to kidnap the opposing Senior Sister, was bewilderedly swept up into a space vortex.

When Lin Jing and the others opened their eyes again, they found themselves in a relic of an Immortal Palace. Around them stood ten towering columns with luminous pearls on the top, tightly encircling a ten-point star array.

The Demon Emperor and the Second Ancient Emperor were each standing on one of the giant columns, watching Lin Jing and the others who had been transported below.

"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, Your Majesty the Ancient Emperor," Lin Jing bowed slightly, and beside him, the Pine Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, Ice Soul Gu, and Mechanical Turtle also pretended to bow. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"So, you are Lin Jing." The Second Ancient Emperor scrutinized Lin Jing.

"Alright, let’s get on with it," urged the Demon Emperor.

The Second Ancient Emperor withdrew his gaze and gestured for Lin Jing and his pet beasts to enter the array.

Lin Jing glanced at the ancient teleportation array of the Source Realm, and with a gentle step forward, immediately, one of the luminous pearls atop the ten giant columns lit up.

"The ten celestial light pearls represent the ten slots available for the Celestial Essence Realm to enter the Source Realm. When the Source Realm was first formed, the great powers of the Immortal Realm limited the number of slots from each lower realm to maintain the Source Realm’s stability. Some lesser sects in the Immortal Realm might only have 2 or 3 slots, while more powerful sects might have a dozen or more."

"The Immortal Palace, which once dominated the Celestial Essence Realm, though not a hegemonic power in the Immortal Realm, was a first-rate force, hence it had as many as ten slots to enter the Source Realm."

After Lin Jing stepped on, the Pine Leaf Mouse teleported quietly onto his shoulder.

In this instant of teleportation, everyone looked at the celestial light pearl and found that only one pearl was still lit, and Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse were not counted as separate entities!

"As expected!" The Second Ancient Emperor sighed with relief, and the Demon Emperor also relaxed.

Next, the Dragon Carp and Ice Soul Gu stepped onto the array one after another, and the celestial light pearl still did not light anew, indicating that the Dragon Carp and Ice Soul Gu, like the Pine Leaf Mouse, were counted as one with Lin Jing!

Until...

The Mechanical Turtle cheerfully stepped onto the array as well, but in the next instant, a strong light from the array bounced the Mechanical Turtle away, rolling it far off.

Lin Jing and the others looked at the Mechanical Turtle: "..."

"Huh?" The Mechanical Turtle got up with a dissatisfied look at the Source Realm teleportation array.

The Second Ancient Emperor spoke, "It seems that the Source Realm rules set by the Immortal Realm indeed recognize that cultivators using the ’Beast Taming Technique’ and their pet beasts are considered one entity. However, the spirit of this mechanical being, which advanced from ’Void Profound Cultivation’ to ’Divinity Transformation Cultivation’ through a perfect contract, was still detected by the Source Realm’s rules."

"Within the Source Realm, only beings from the Nascent Soul to Divinity Transformation stages are allowed. Even if its cultivation was sealed by you, and sealed perfectly enough to fool the limitation of cultivation techniques, it still couldn’t deceive the Source Realm’s rules."

"What a pity." Lin Jing looked at the Mechanical Turtle. Indeed, the essence of the Mechanical Turtle’s spirit was Void Profound Cultivation, which didn’t meet the entry rules of the Source Realm.

So, it seemed he would only be able to enter the Source Realm with the Pine Leaf Mouse, Dragon Carp, and Ice Soul Gu, while the Mechanical Turtle would have to stay in the Celestial Essence Realm?

This meant... his combat power would undeniably be reduced by several levels.

Of all the quasi-immortal tier magical treasures, apart from the bell gifted by the Demon Emperor, which could barely be activated using the Golden Light Gu’s power combined with the special secret techniques of the Divine Tiger Race, the rest couldn’t be used.

"If the little turtle can’t enter, then so be it. Stay and guard the Demon Court with me," the Demon Emperor said with a smile. Lin Jing and the other pet beasts being considered as one entity was already a satisfactory result.

As for this little turtle capable of fully mobilizing an Immortal Artifact, the Demon Emperor was reluctant to let it go.

"Guard the Demon Court? I want to travel," the Mechanical Turtle muttered. It wasn’t keen on entering the Source Realm anyway and would rather travel around the Celestial Essence Realm. Without Lin Jing’s restraints, who could imagine how free it would be?

"Lord of the Demon Court, Demon Court Saint Child," the Second Ancient Emperor suddenly spoke.

"Since the Beast Taming Cultivators can be counted as one with their pet beasts, I propose to change the Golden Rankings rule to have Beast Masters and their pet beasts share one ranking slot on the Golden Rankings, treating them as a single entity and no longer listing separately... Meanwhile, the pet beasts can also enjoy the same fortune boosts as their Beast Masters’ rankings."

"What do you think? This way, the Demon Court not only won’t lose anything, but even the pet beasts can benefit from the highest ranking fortune boost of the Beast Masters, a greater benefit."

"Can it be done?" The Demon Court Lord’s eyes lit up.

"If the sixth position on the Golden Rankings is maintained, it could barely be possible," the Second Ancient Emperor said. "Currently, the operation mechanism of the Fortune Golden Rankings represents an extreme manifestation of the world’s fortune in the Celestial Essence Realm, but extreme doesn’t mean anything. I can overextend the consumption of the world’s fortune to strengthen the Golden Rankings. The cost is merely reducing the duration of the Golden Era by several decades or a hundred years."

"Very well, do as you please. I am aware of your troubles," the Demon Court Lord said generously, waving a hand.

All the while, he looked at Lin Jing and asked, "What do you think of this modification?"

"The main thing is that opening the Source Realm teleportation array requires the combined efforts of many Dao-seeking forces. If the entire quota of ten slots is occupied by the Ancient Country and the Demon Court, other Dao-seeking forces would gain no benefit, and they might not assist in nurturing geniuses for the Ancient Country and the Demon Court! Even if the top ten on the Golden Rankings are reached, you still wouldn’t be able to enter the Source Realm."

"The Second Ancient Emperor is likely concerned about this."

Lin Jing nodded, clasping his hands together, and said, "It’s all up to Your Majesty the Demon Emperor’s arrangements."

He didn’t particularly care, as long as he didn’t lose out.