Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 482 - 288: Return to the Sect! I Am an Inner Sect Disciple of the True Martial Sect
In the vast Cang Mang Domain, above Heavenly Rank Treasures, are the Dao Artifacts.
They are forged by beings above the Vientiane Realm, who meld a Great Dao and use all sorts of rare materials in their creation.
Every Dao Artifact can give birth to an Artifact Spirit.
Dao Artifacts can cultivate autonomously, their strength almost equivalent to that of Cultivators in the same realm.
The classification of their ranks no longer consists of Heaven Rank, Earth Rank, and Spirit Rank.
Instead, it parallels the realms of Cultivators.
Vientiane Realm Dao Artifacts can control all transformations and possess their own domains.
Mixed Cave Dao Devices create their own spaces, becoming worlds unto themselves.
As for Returning to Void Dao Artifacts, they wield the power of time, able to foresee past momentum and future fortunes.
And Wenxian Palace was a Returning to Void Dao Artifact!
However, on the path to becoming an Immortal, its master, the Wenxian Dao Lord, perished and his Dao dissipated.
It, too, was gravely injured, its realm so diminished that it couldn’t even maintain the most basic Vientiane Realm.
It frequently fell into extended periods of deep slumber.
Only when an intruder touched the stone gate with their spiritual power would it occasionally awaken.
In the long river of time, it witnessed too many island masters of the Nirvana Realm and Sect Elders perish here.
It watched as Transformed Demons exhausted their ten-thousand-year lifespans.
Nirvana Realm Cultivators and Transformed Demons, no matter how strong—it, having once been in the Returning to Void Realm, had seen far too many.
It knew that most of those it had seen could hardly advance to the Mixed Hole Realm.
This was not to mention the Immortal Realm, which in its eyes, was even more elusive.
The life and death of such Cultivators had nothing to do with it; it always observed coldly from the sidelines, until the arrival of Jiang Shu.
Immediately, it sensed that Jiang Shu practiced a different Cultivation Method.
This Cultivation Method was entirely unlike the Primordial Power Divine Abilities of the Cang Mang Domain.
Moreover, it faintly detected the aura of other worlds on this Primordial Pill Realm youngster.
This meant that within the Cang Mang Domain, this youngster was a true variable. And while variables might not necessarily become Immortals, they had the chance to walk a different path than other Cultivators. Perhaps, only uncertain paths might lead to immortality. And only through becoming an Immortal could one truly control everything and live forever. Only by becoming an Immortal could there be a chance to rescue its master from the river of time and space. Though, this variable was still far too weak, akin to a tiny ant. But, it was still a sliver of a chance compared to those dry bones.
Inside the stone gate, the Artifact Spirit of Wenxian Palace once again slowly slipped into slumber, as if nothing had ever happened.
Jiang Shu also returned to his initial cultivation. To him, the appearance of an Artifact Spirit meant he could no longer shuttle between the Two Realms without attracting undue attention. He had to cultivate within Wenxian Palace for the remaining time. After all, the senior Artifact Spirit sending him out only meant he could leave; it did not guarantee that he could enter and exit at will in the future. He needed to seize this opportunity: to constantly nourish and refine Primordial Power within this realm—where one day outside equated to a year inside—and to present all cultivation difficulties to the senior Artifact Spirit, seeking more Divine Skills and cultivation techniques. Every Dao Artifact Spirit commands a Great Dao, while Divine Skills are just derivations and appendages of the Dao. With the power of the Wenxian Palace Artifact Spirit, it could easily teach hundreds of Divine Skills.
「In Wenxian Palace, one lost track of day and night.」
As time passed, Jiang Shu’s accumulation of Primordial Power grew ever more abundant. His foundation became unyieldingly solid, perhaps even more so than some Nirvana Realm Monarchs at the Late-stage Yuan Dan.
One by one, Divine Skills coalesced on his Primordial Pill, the initial thirty-six Dao Patterns increasing to the current sixty-eight!
「Another hundred years of arduous cultivation passed, a period of dynamic progress within tranquility.」
In these hundred years, Jiang Shu attained thirty-two Divine Skills from the senior Artifact Spirit.
Through various insights, although his Primordial Power realm did not advance much, his combat strength multiplied many times over.
Each of these Divine Skills was an Earth Rank Divine Power, and each possessed the potential to become a Heavenly Rank Divine Power.
Jiang Shu’s eyes sparkled as he halted his cultivation, a myriad of thoughts flooding his mind. "This is the benefit of having a senior guide your cultivation. In the Sect, even if I became an Inner Sect Disciple, at most, I could only seek out a Peak Master who is a Lord of Wanxiang Realm. How could they compare with a senior Artifact Spirit who was once in the Returning to Void Realm? Not to mention a Vientiane Realm Peak Master; even Nirvana Realm Elders were incredibly busy. They had to refine Elixirs, forge Treasures, and every day, think about how to survive the Nirvana Tribulation, comprehend the Great Dao, in the hopes of ascending to the Vientiane Realm. How could they patiently provide daily guidance for a hundred years, like the Artifact Spirit of Wenxian Palace? Only an Artifact Spirit like Wenxian Palace’s, with the insight of the Returning to Void Realm and a nearly infinite lifespan, could do so. It could be said that for me now, entering Wenxian Palace was the greatest opportunity I had received apart from my panel."
"More than two hundred years of cultivation," he mused. "Both my Primordial Power and Divine Skills have reached a limit. Continuing to cultivate won’t increase my strength or combat effectiveness by much. After all, cultivation requires a balance of yin and yang, of stillness and motion. Only by sparring with peers in the same realm can I see more of my own shortcomings."
All that had been obscure in the past became clear during more than two hundred years of cultivation.
If I were to return to the True Martial Sect now... I could directly climb to the top of the True Inheritor Seed list. All I need is to ascend to the Nirvana Realm to compete for a True Inheritor position.
With his mind made up, Jiang Shu awakened the Artifact Spirit of Wenxian Palace.
