Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Muli Lake, Xuanfeng Island.

When the war to counterattack the Dolan Grassland came to an end, Zhou Chun and his apprentice Zhou Zhiying once again came to Xuanfeng Island on Muli Lake.

And accompanying them was Venerable Changchun.

After entering the island, looking at the ancient cave layout on the island, Changchun Venerable couldn't help but sigh: "The [Qiankun Reversal Formation] is also a famous forbidden formation in ancient times. In terms of mystery, it is more powerful than many of the mountain protection formations of major sects today. I didn't expect that in the heart of the alien race on the Duolan grassland, there is actually such a cave hidden for human cultivators."

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, I was also very surprised when I first entered this place. I didn't expect this place to be so special!"

After saying this, he continued with a look of emotion: "It is thanks to the opportunity here that I was able to pass the Jindan and Huaying stages relatively smoothly. If it weren't for the opportunity here, I might not be where I am today!"

Most people might be confused after hearing what he said.

But Venerable Changchun was such a powerful figure that after he came in, he took a quick look with his spiritual sense and found that there were no secrets on the island.

He nodded slightly and said, "The Five Elements Spiritual Fruit tree, the Heavenly Infant Fruit, and the Taiqing Immortal Ganoderma are all rare treasures. The opportunities left by the original owner of this cave are indeed extraordinary. It seems that he is also a person of noble character!"

“Although Xuanfeng Zhenren finally stopped at the gate of the God Transformation, he is indeed an admirable senior sage. He is a true seeker of the Tao. Even if he himself has not achieved the Tao, he is willing to bless the younger generation. I hope that the younger generation will inherit his aspirations and go further on the Tao!”

When Zhou Chun said this, he also bowed in the direction of Master Xuanfeng's final failure and death to show his admiration.

Next, he and Venerable Changchun sat on the island for half a day, discussing some matters regarding the subsequent development of the human race, especially compensating the Jiuyuan Sword Sect and developing the Dolan Grassland.

The injury of Lord Taigeng was serious, and he would not be able to recover without one or two hundred years of seclusion.

During this period, Zhou Chun needed to take his place in the Great Zhou Kingdom, monitor the Dolan Grassland, and coordinate and preside over post-war rewards and punishments.

Basically, it can be said that for the next period of time, Zhou Chun will be the steward of the human race, and he will need to manage all major affairs of the human race.

So he needs the support of Venerable Changchun, especially in terms of some high-end spiritual objects.

Fortunately, Venerable Changchun is also a man who understands the big picture and knows how much Taigeng Divine Venerable and Zhou Chun have paid this time. Therefore, he generally supports what Zhou Chun requested.

Not only was he willing to give Zhou Chun twenty portions of pine juice from the [Immortal God Pine] as a reward, he also agreed to start refining two batches of [Infant Transformation Pills]. All the necessary materials would be provided by his Changchun Valley!

With the support of these things, Zhou Chun will have enough confidence when rewarding people for their contributions.

This is how the world of cultivating immortals works. The most precious and scarce high-end materials are always in the hands of the top leaders.

As long as Zhou Chun can satisfy those Yuanying stage masters when rewarding them, he will be considered successful.

As for how to reward the others, that would naturally be handled by those Yuanying stage masters. All the major sects could just take out a portion of their reserve materials, which would be enough to reward them.

What's more, this kind of reward is mainly for those sects and families. If it is a self-cultivator, there will be no pension if he dies!

After talking for half a day, Reverend Changchun returned to Changchun Valley to make the elixir, while Zhou Chun stayed behind to clean up the mess.

He wanted to arrange for people to be stationed in various places on the Dolan grassland and occupy the original territory of the Multi-Winged Tribe.

At the same time, Xuanfeng Island can finally be openly brought under the control of the Zhou family.

For this reason, he directly settled the Silver Dragon Lord in Muli Lake to protect Xuanfeng Island.

He also openly divided the entire Muli Lake and some surrounding areas to the Zhou family as a reward for his and the Zhou family's contributions in this war.

After learning about this, Zhou Yuanshan immediately dispatched a large number of Zhou family cultivators to come here.

In this war, the State of Yu was not involved in any fighting at all, and the number of people from the Zhou family who participated in the war was not large, so the casualties were minimal.

But by borrowing Zhou Chun's name, the gains were not small.

Fortunately, after hundreds of years of development, the Zhou family now has a large number of members and controls many vassal families and sects. It is very easy to transfer personnel to build new territories.

And with the experience of building the State of Yu, they will not make any big mistakes when building new territories.

While dealing with various matters, Zhou Chun also took the time to learn about the gains of several demon kings' spiritual pets in the wilderness.

In the previous battle in the wilderness, his four demon king pets killed a total of three fifth-level demon kings, and obtained two fifth-level low-grade demon pills, one with water attribute and the other with wind attribute.

The one with wind attribute was easy. Zhou Chun directly gave it to Yishan Jun to help him become a fifth-rank intermediate-grade demon king.

He kept the water-attributed demon pill and gave it to Luo Qingni to use as material to refine a furnace of pills.

Two years later, Venerable Changchun refined two furnaces of [Infant Transformation Pills], a total of eleven pills.

Zhou Chun took one out of them as the Zhou family's heritage, and distributed the remaining ten as rewards.

Among them, the Jiuyuan Sword Sect obtained three [Infant Transformation Pills] to make up for the loss of three Yuanying stage masters!
Zhou Chun also gave two drops of the twenty drops of pine juice from the Immortal Pine to his disciple Zhou Zhiying to take to increase his lifespan.

In the past two years, the Multi-Winged Tribe seemed to have tacitly accepted the human race's right to occupy part of the Dolan Grassland. They no longer intended to provoke disputes, but just licked their wounds in silence.

The beast tide in the immortal cultivation world in the far west has also been extinguished by the human race, and many high-level monsters have fled back to the Wilderness of Ten Thousand Beasts.

As for Long Yuanze, there was no follow-up either.

It seems that after witnessing the true strength of Reverend Changchun and having several of them severely injured, these aliens have temporarily become quiet and obedient.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Chun also moved from Xuanfeng Island to the gate of Jiuyuan Sword Sect to take charge.

At present, the [Green-Faced Demonic Bee] insect plague in the territory of the Great Zhou has not been eliminated. For this reason, Zhou Chun has specially issued a decree, asking the sects in his own country and the sects in neighboring countries to work together to eliminate the insect plague.

For this purpose, he even asked Feng Yuanjun and Fushanjun to help eliminate insects and disasters, and he would destroy this insect plague by going to heaven and earth.

After another three years of pest control, the rampant swarms of [Green-faced Demonic Bees] were finally wiped out by more than 90%. The few remaining ones that escaped the net were no longer a threat.

At this point, the war can be said to be completely over.

"This is Zhou's own summary of his experience in spiritual transformation. Fellow Daoist Ye, you can take it and study it. You can study it on your own, but don't pass it on to others!"

Inside the mountain gate of Jiuyuan Sword Sect, after Zhou Chun called Ye Qingxuan, whose injuries had stabilized a little, to comfort him, he simply waved his hand and threw a jade slip to him.

This unexpected surprise also made Ye Qingxuan a little dazed.

But he quickly came to his senses, and with an excited look on his face, he bowed to Zhou Chun and said, "Senior Chunjun, I will never forget your kindness!"

After saying this, he raised the jade slip in his hand and said, "Ye Qingxuan swears here that he will never reveal a single bit of the contents of the jade slip. Anyone who violates this oath will be doomed forever!"

Seeing that he was so understanding, Zhou Chun nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, please read the contents of the jade slip first. After your injuries are healed, I will communicate with the sword spirit of the [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] and let it accept your control for a period of time. By then, you can use this sword to comprehend the power of the great principles contained in it!"

This promise made Ye Qingxuan full of surprise and he thanked him repeatedly.

Sword cultivators also have different magic power attributes. Ye Qingxuan happens to have gold-attribute magic power, so although he can use the holy sword inherited by the sect, he finds it difficult to comprehend the fire-based laws contained therein.

This is also the biggest reason why the spirit of the holy sword refused to recognize him as its master.

Otherwise, with his talent in swordsmanship, it is very likely that he will be recognized by the Tongtian Lingbao Flying Sword!

Now Zhou Chun is willing to lend him the [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword], which is also a gold-attributed flying sword, for temporary control and communication, which is equivalent to providing him with an opportunity to become a god, which is more important than the experience of becoming a god.

After all, as for the experience of transforming into a god, he already has the experience of the Holy Flame obtained from the Holy Fire Sect. There is also the experience of transforming into a god obtained by the ancestors from other places in the sect, so he is not actually short of this thing.

However, a flying sword of the Tongtian Lingbao level is something that a person of his level of cultivation cannot possibly obtain!
If Zhou Chun had not been moved by the spirit of him and the sword cultivators of the Jiuyuan Sword Sect who swore to defend the human race to the death, Zhou Chun would definitely not be willing to help to this extent.

At the beginning, Lord Taigeng was quite good to Zhou Chun, but not to this extent!
After making the promise to Ye Qingxuan, Zhou Chun let him leave.

If nothing unexpected happens, Zhou Chun may have to stay in the Jiuyuan Sword Sect for another hundred years.

Fortunately, although the concentration of spiritual energy here is a little low, there are enough sword-cultivation classics. With Zhou Chun's identity, all the classics of the Jiuyuan Sword Sect are naturally open to him.

He can also use this opportunity to practice swordsmanship.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye another fifty years had passed.

During these fifty years, Zhou Chun spent most of his time practicing at the gate of the Jiuyuan Sword Sect.

His injuries had long since recovered, and he had gained a lot of experience in the use of the power of the laws of the universe in the previous series of battles. After decades of summarizing and pondering, his strength can be said to have improved again.

Moreover, his self-created "Golden Tripod Divine Art" is also being continuously improved and optimized, becoming more perfect. At the same time, Zhou Chun has made great progress in swordsmanship after practicing swordsmanship in the top swordsmanship sect, Jiuyuan Sword Sect, for fifty years. Now, in terms of swordsmanship, only Ye Qingxuan in Jiuyuan Sword Sect can beat him.

This is the advantage of a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage. With the advantage of a high-level perspective, learning anything will gain great benefits.

If Zhou Chun were to learn the art of alchemy, weapons, talismans and arrays now, as long as he was willing to spend time, it would be no problem for him to reach the Grandmaster level!
In addition to his own considerable gains, people related to Zhou Chun have also made considerable progress.

Relying on the [Pure Yang Barrier Breaking Pill] and [Acquired Wood Essence] he gave her, Luo Qingni successfully broke through to the late Nascent Soul realm and became the new great cultivator of the Zhou family!
With the nourishment of that "Meat Ganoderma Lucidum", Feng Yuanjun's cultivation level has been steadily improving, and he is not far from being promoted to a fifth-rank upper-grade demon king.

The previous war had allowed the Zhou family to acquire the flesh and blood of many high-level monsters and alien races, enough for the "Meat Ganoderma" to eat for a long time.

In addition, Yishan Jun was finally promoted to a fifth-rank intermediate-grade demon king, and finally he did not fall too far behind!

Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul incarnation, True Man Bingming, has also made great progress in cultivation. It is estimated that after a few decades of practice at most, he will be able to advance to the late Nascent Soul stage.

In addition, because Xuanfeng Island was officially put into development, and the area around Muli Lake was allocated to the Zhou family, a family branch of the Zhou family was also established, and even many dragon-born monsters were released into the lake. Now there are four Jindan-stage cultivators from the Zhou family practicing on the island alone, and Tianfeng Leiying has also come here to take charge.

At this time, although the Zhou family had lost Wu Yuzhu, a poison cultivator in the late Jindan stage, the number of Jindan stage cultivators had increased to twenty-three!
As a matter of fact, the Zhou family now has as many as thirty-four fourth-level monsters of various types!

Yes, thirty-four!
Since the lifespan of monsters is generally longer than that of cultivators, many of the older generation of Zhou family cultivators left their spirit pets in the Zhou family after they passed away.

For example, the green dragon left by Zhou Daoyi, the red flame dragon python left by Zhou Xinyan and other monsters.

In addition, the Zhou family has obtained a large number of various high-level bloodline monsters over the years, and can often obtain fourth-level monster pills. Fifth-level dragons and fire phoenixes often bestow their essence and blood, which has led to the emergence of some fourth-level monsters in the family that originally had no owners!

Of course, these fourth-level monsters that originally had no owner would quickly recognize a Zhou family cultivator as their master after being promoted to the fourth level.

If the fourth-order monsters are included, the power that the Zhou family can mobilize now really exceeds that of many top forces!

The key point is that no matter in terms of the growth rate of Jindan-stage cultivators or the growth rate of fourth-order monsters, the Zhou family has not yet reached its limit!
Perhaps in a few hundred years, the number of Jindan-stage cultivators in the Zhou family will reach fifty, and the number of fourth-order monsters will reach seventy or eighty!

The Zhou family is so powerful that it has surpassed any immortal cultivation family in recorded history. Many independent cultivators and even cultivators from small families have begun to call the Zhou family by the special name "Zhou Immortal Clan."

Now, as long as a Zhou family disciple walks outside, his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation level can make Purple Mansion Stage cultivators bow down to him. Many Jindan Stage cultivators from immortal cultivation families even have to curry favor with the Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the Zhou family.

At this point, Zhou Chun can no longer give the Zhou family any guidance or advice. They can only trust in the wisdom of future generations!
All he can do is to force his way back if future generations go the wrong way!
At this time, there are only a few decades left until the turbid evil energy completely dissipates. All the cultivators who understand the significance of this matter are counting the years waiting for that day to come.

Because Ye Qingxuan's injuries had healed, Zhou Chun fulfilled his promise and temporarily lent him the [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] to communicate with him.

The result was as Zhou Chun expected. The sword spirit of [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] was not very resistant to Ye Qingxuan, and his pure sword intent made the sword spirit very appreciative.

On this day, Zhou Chun received a message from Venerable Changchun that the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint had died, and all his essence, blood and vitality had been used to serve Venerable Changchun!
After the [Ashura Blood-Transforming Gu] brought back the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint's essence, blood and vitality, Venerable Changchun also went into seclusion, trying to refine this rich essence, blood and vitality to restore his body to its prime.

During this period, his real body cannot take action, and the Green Robe Venerable also has to protect Changchun Valley, so Zhou Chun also has to keep a close eye on the alien races from all directions.

But according to his and Zhou Chun's speculation, it is basically impossible for those alien races to take any action during this period of time.

First of all, it is impossible for the injuries of the previous six-level alien warriors to recover so quickly.

Secondly, the Multi-Winged Tribe and the Triangle Tribe had both suffered severe damage before, so even if they wanted to do something, they were powerless to do it.

Therefore, Zhou Chun only showed up more often to inspect the border areas of the four ethnic groups, and was not very worried that another war would happen.

Another thirty-five years passed, and Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul transformed into Bing Ming Zhenren and advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage.

At this time, the turbid evil energy further dissipated, and Zhou Chun, a venerable in the Spirit Transformation Stage, could even feel that the world was cheering.

For this world, the existence of chaotic and evil energy outside the world is the virus that hinders the operation of the world. Now the viruses are dying one by one, and the world is about to recover. It is right for the world to cheer for it.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chun believes that the arrival of the spiritual energy tide is a very likely thing.

After thinking for a while, he called Ye Qingxuan and said, "The turbid evil spirit is about to dissipate completely. When it dissipates, perhaps some opportunity will appear. I will return to my own cave to wait for that moment. If you, Daoist friend Ye, still want to keep the [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword], then follow me to Yu State!"

Hearing his words, Ye Qingxuan responded without a second thought: "It is my blessing to be able to practice with Senior Chunjun. I naturally wish for it!"

It is hard to say how much progress he has made in comprehending the principles of the Dao through communicating and controlling the [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] over the years, but his sword intent has indeed improved, which is a very rare thing.

Therefore, as long as Zhou Chun does not forcibly take back the sword, he will naturally cherish this hard-won opportunity as much as possible.

Not long after, Zhou Chun brought Ye Qingxuan back to the Kunwu Mountains.

Afterwards, he asked Ye Qingxuan to go to Changgeng Peak to gain enlightenment and practice swordsmanship, while he himself practiced quietly in the cave. Occasionally, he would accompany Luo Qingni and call his son Zhou Xinyuan for some guidance.

At the same time, Zhou Chun did not forget some "old friends" and specifically informed monks such as Nangong Wuqing that there might be a God-given opportunity after the turbid evil energy dissipated.

Naturally, his demon king spirit pets, as well as relatives and friends, were all notified and made relevant preparations like him.

A day twenty-two years from now is destined to be recorded in the history of this world's cultivation world.

On this day, colorful clouds appeared in the skies all over the world. The sky was full of rosy clouds, illuminating the whole world with colorful lights.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is more active than ever before. Even the cultivators who have just started their practice of Qi training can feel that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is different from before.

Against this backdrop, all practitioners in this world, whether they were human cultivators or monsters and other races, all received a special baptism under the reflection of the colorful rays of light.

On this day, many cultivators broke through the realm barriers that had been blocking them for a long time, and many monsters broke through the shackles of their bloodlines and broke through to a higher realm.

In the State of Yu, at the place where Feng Yuanjun lived, a clear and melodious phoenix cry suddenly sounded.

She was originally just one step away from success, but with the help of this opportunity, she was successfully promoted to a fifth-rank upper-grade demon king!

A cultivator from the Zhou family who was in seclusion to form a pill also succeeded in doing so with the help of chance.

And for cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage like Zhou Chun, the gains were even greater.

They were able to directly comprehend the laws of the Dao and clearly feel that the laws of the Dao in this world were cheering and leaping, allowing them to glimpse many mysteries that were not easily visible in the past.

But in Zhou Chun's opinion, perhaps the people who benefit the most from this opportunity are those like Ye Qingxuan who have achieved the Perfect Nascent Soul.

Because the laws of the Dao were unprecedentedly active at this time, it was much easier for them to sense and contact the power of the laws of the Dao.

When Zhou Chun was realizing the truth, he discovered that there was a weak force of the law of gold emerging on Changgeng Peak, which must have been caused by Ye Qingxuan.

Although the power of the Law of the Gold Element is very weak, it is a crucial step from nothing to something!
After Ye Qingxuan took this step, the chances of surviving the "vitality catastrophe" later on became much greater.

The colorful glow in the sky lasted for about half a day and then dissipated. After that, everything seemed to be back to normal.

But all cultivators know that the world is no longer the same!

The turbid evil energy that had existed in the world for tens of thousands of years had finally completely dissipated from this world. From now on, cultivators would no longer have to worry about being harmed by it.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is increasing. It seems that the spiritual energy tide will indeed appear, and it may not last too long!"

On Kunwu Peak, Zhou Chun woke up from his enlightenment. After feeling the changes in the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, he sighed with realization.

Then he looked towards Changgeng Peak, where Ye Qingxuan seemed to still be in a state of enlightenment.

Seeing this, he was not in a hurry to disturb the other party, but just quietly sorted out his own gains.

After three days had passed and Ye Qingxuan had regained consciousness, Zhou Chun suddenly appeared in front of him and warned him solemnly, "The turbid evil spirit has dissipated, and the spiritual energy tide of heaven and earth may arrive within a hundred years. If Fellow Daoist Ye wants to impact the Divine Transformation, he must prepare early. Otherwise, after the spiritual energy tide arrives, the power of the forty-nine calamities will surely increase a lot!"

Hearing his words, Ye Qingxuan's eyes suddenly fixed, and then he bowed to him and thanked him: "Thank you, Senior Chunjun, for your advice. I now understand what to do!"

After saying this, he took off the [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] from his back with a hint of reluctance, held the sword in both hands and handed it to Zhou Chun, saying: "This sword returns to its original owner. Senior Chunjun gave me the sword to help me on my path, and I will never forget it!"

"Young man Ye, you should work hard to become a god. When you succeed, you can find a magical treasure to exchange this seat with Brother Zhou!"

The sword spirit of [Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] also appeared at this moment, and took the initiative to speak of its own plans.

Neither Zhou Chun nor Ye Qingxuan took its words to heart.

Let’s not talk about whether Ye Qingxuan can find a magical treasure willing to follow Zhou Chun, even Zhou Chun may not be willing to exchange.

It is just a sword after all. Zhou Chun respects it because of its power, but he is not willing to accept its command! (End of this chapter)