Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

The black dragon's voice echoed in the empty cave, but its main body remained hidden in the pool, not revealing itself.

Fire Crow Daoist and Zhang Yuanjing exchanged glances, both showing suspicion.

Fire Crow Daoist raised his voice and asked, "Candle Dragon, since you are a rare insect between heaven and earth, you naturally possess unique innate divine powers. However, during the battle just now, you only used ordinary moves and did not display your innate divine powers. Why is that?"

"Hmph, you old man are so suspicious, it's annoying!"

The black dragon said with a mix of annoyance and disdain, "If I don't explain it clearly, I reckon you won't feel at ease trading with me. Telling you won't hurt! Using innate divine powers consumes the power of my origin. Confined to this corner of this realm, it's hard for me to accumulate the power of origin. The little I've saved is not even enough to break through the cage, so how can I waste it on you!

"If I wasn't too lazy to waste time, I could have slowly ground you to death with just this pool of black water. You two Daoist cultivators, in this environment, lose a bit of your magic power with each use. If you keep fighting, you'll be finished sooner or later! I've already closed the formation above, so you have no way to escape, and the Left God Envoy outside can't get in either!"

"Doesn't using the black water to cast spells consume the power of origin?" Fire Crow Daoist retorted with a smile.

"Hmph, you don't even know what the power of origin is. Pouring black water is just physical labor; how could it require consuming the power of origin! My innate divine powers are far beyond your imagination; they can't be used casually!" The black dragon snorted, sounding very displeased, "Alright, stop talking nonsense and tell me how much anti-qi you have on you! This will determine what you can trade from me!"

Zhang Yuanjing took out a "pomegranate seed," flicked it with his thumbnail, then caught it in his hand, saying, "How much of this size do you need?"

"How much do I need? Hmm, that's an interesting question! I admire you, young man!" The black dragon's voice mixed surprise, joy, suspicion, anger, and other emotions, "How much do you have?"

"Of course, I have a lot; I'm just afraid you don't have anything to trade with me!" Zhang Yuanjing said leisurely.

"Young man, you have a big mouth. With your strength, refining thirty to fifty of these anti-qi stones from one insect king would be impressive. Could it be that you've annihilated two or three insect kings?" The black dragon asked, half questioning and half probing.

"Senior Candle Dragon, how much anti-qi do you need to escape this cage?" Zhang Yuanjing was very calm and did not reveal his bargaining chips.

The black dragon was visibly agitated, its voice filled with unwillingness and anger: "At least one hundred… uh, no, at least one hundred and fifty of these stones!"

Zhang Yuanjing chuckled: "One hundred and fifty? That's too much. Junior is just a Core Formation cultivator; how could I kill so many insect kings? I only have sixty of these stones. I wonder if we can reach a deal, Senior?"

"Sixty? So little! Not enough, not nearly enough! At least one hundred!" The black dragon roared, very dissatisfied with Zhang Yuanjing's handling.

Zhang Yuanjing had witnessed Bi Zhu's wisdom and knew that insect kings like the black dragon, who had lived for countless years and emerged from the insect nest, must be deep-minded and resourceful individuals who would never be as irritable as they appeared.

He then firmly stated: "I really don't have one hundred. Junior has exhausted everything and only has eighty-three. Not even one more!"

He hid the anti-qi stones in his storage bracelet, contained in jade boxes. This beast could still smell the aura, indicating that the anti-qi was very unique, especially since it might be unique in this realm. Once he dealt with the current crisis, he would have to find a way to shield its aura.

"Eighty-three, eighty-three! Hmph, still not enough, just a little short. Why didn't you kill one more insect king? Those old guys either don't die, or they should die more, why is it just a little short, making me suffer!"

The black dragon muttered a few words, with suspicion and displeasure, seemingly not doubting Zhang Yuanjing, "Forget it, it's still worth a try. Speak, what do you want to trade for?"

"Senior Candle Dragon, we came here to do something related to the Nirvana Sacrifice and the ascension of the leader. Therefore, before discussing the terms of the transaction, I need to ask a few questions?" Zhang Yuanjing said respectfully, but his tone was extremely firm.

After a few moments of silence, the black dragon suddenly emerged its head from the black water, staring at Zhang Yuanjing with its cold eyes and said, "Ask, but only three! And I will only answer the questions I am willing to answer!"

"Why does the Left God Envoy want to control you, Senior?" Zhang Yuanjing asked the first question without hesitation.

"Of course, it's to obtain the power within my flesh. All the high-level cultivators of the Candle God Sect can only advance quickly by obtaining power from my flesh. Otherwise, with the aptitude of most of them, they won't be able to cross even a few small realms before they die, let alone enter the Transformation Realm. However, to obtain my power, one must rely on the Candle Yin Art, either by cultivating it themselves or by having someone who has cultivated it transfer it.

"This generation's Left God Envoy is an ambitious fellow who always thinks about revitalizing the sect, attacking the Thousand Sword Sect in the north, and recovering the Profound Yin Mountain in the south. However, without cultivating the Candle Yin Art, everything is just wishful thinking. This person is also somewhat clever; he stole the method of dividing the soul and controlling the soul from some Daoist cultivation sect and used it on me, attempting to use the saintess as an intermediary during the Nirvana Sacrifice and the saintess's fusion to control me and transfer all the power in my flesh to his body, thereby breaking through to the Transformation Realm.

"Hmph, how could I be controlled by him! His little divided soul has long been trapped by me in an illusion, where it is dreaming of being in control of everything without knowing it! I can destroy his little divided soul at any time, causing his soul to be damaged and his strength greatly reduced," the black dragon's voice was filled with disdain.

"What are you going to do with the anti-qi, Senior?" This was a question Zhang Yuanjing had asked before.

"This is a long story. Since you've been to the insect nest and came out alive, you must have seen that bald woman-like person. I won against the Calamity Responder, and that bald head released me from the insect nest. I thought I could gain freedom and fly away, but I never expected that the damned thief would put a restriction on my flesh, using the flesh to lock my primordial spirit in it, unable to move. I had to succumb to that thief's will and come to this desolate place to spread his teachings. This Candle God Sect is actually a product of my teachings.

"Alas, the power of my flesh has been used to nourish the leader and those god envoys, law kings, incense masters, and teaching envoys generation after generation. I have simply become a tireless old hen, providing nutrients for them. After tens of thousands of years, I really couldn't bear it anymore and naturally wanted to find a way to escape.

"However, that thief is too strong; his realm is far beyond my imagination. The restrictions he set in my flesh cannot be lifted at all. I racked my brains and pondered, but I couldn't figure out a way.

"A thousand years ago, the previous leader died outside. Strangely, the power he obtained from my flesh did not automatically return. Before that, every leader and every Saint Core Realm member who obtained power from me would have their power return to my flesh upon death. Therefore, the power of my flesh always remained at a certain level, maintaining the restrictions set by that thief without weakening, leaving me with no chance to take advantage.

"However, heaven truly has the virtue of cherishing life. The previous leader's power did not return, and the restrictions set by that thief actually had problems because of it. Moreover, from then on, whenever Saint Core Realm members who had obtained power from me died, their power would not return.

"Therefore, my flesh became extremely weak, and that restriction loosened, finally allowing me to see the hope of escaping. How to escape? Of course, by using the primordial spirit to directly break through the restrictions in the flesh, fly into the heavens and earth, choose another flesh to seize, and abandon this flesh like a cage.

"However, what I didn't expect was that my flesh was so weak that it couldn't even maintain the strength of the Saint Core Realm's Great Perfection, and my primordial spirit still couldn't rush out.

"Alas, the power of my origin has been consumed too much unknowingly, and my primordial spirit is too weak to break through that restriction. If I want to escape, I must strengthen my primordial spirit as soon as possible. And the anti-qi contains the power of our rare insect clan, which is the best thing for me to strengthen my primordial spirit!"

The black dragon may have been trying to express its sincerity, answering this question in great detail, also letting Zhang Yuanjing and Fire Crow Daoist know many secrets of the Candle God Sect.

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a long time before asking the last question: "What will you use to trade for anti-qi?"

The black dragon's cold eyes revealed a hint of joy, and it said slightly excitedly: "After my primordial spirit leaves, this body will become an ownerless object and can be given to you!"

Zhang Yuanjing was confused: "What use do I, a Daoist Qi Refiner, have for your body?"

The black dragon shouted: "This body is priceless! It has been refined by that thief and can directly absorb the Three Lives Water and convert it into the magic power needed by demonic cultivators, can continuously transmit and recover magic power, can help demonic cultivators above the Saint Core Realm break through their realms, and even become Transformation Realm existences.

"With this thing, you are the true leader of the Candle God Sect! Do you know the power of the Candle God Sect? There are tens of thousands of members in the Foundation Establishment Realm alone, and at least fifty or sixty in the Saint Core Realm. If you create a few more Transformation Realm demonic cultivators in the future, the world is so big, where can't you go!"

Zhang Yuanjing's heart stirred, and he asked: "After your primordial spirit leaves, how will I control this body?"

"This, do you know the art of dividing the soul and controlling the soul?" The black dragon was immediately speechless, hesitated for two breaths, and then asked dryly.

"No!" Zhang Yuanjing answered very simply.

"This, to control my body, you either need a divine thought or a complete divine soul; otherwise, once my primordial spirit rushes out and no divine soul enters, the sea of consciousness of this body will be annihilated in a very short time!" The black dragon said with some difficulty, but a hint of ferocity appeared in its eyes.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Fire Crow Daoist quickly asked: "Is there no other way? Does it have to be a divine soul? Would a magic treasure or spiritual treasure with spiritual consciousness work?"

The black dragon tilted its head and thought, then shook its big head and said: "A spiritual treasure or magic treasure with spiritual consciousness won't work. It's not a divine soul, and it's a physical object, so how can it enter the sea of consciousness! How about this, you change a condition. You are all Daoist Qi Refiners, running to the base camp of demonic cultivators, what do you want to do? As long as it's here, I can help you do it!"

Zhang Yuanjing hesitated for a moment, glanced at Fire Crow Daoist, Fire Crow Daoist nodded, and he said: "We came here with only one purpose, which is to protect the safety of the saintess. Well, it would be best if she smoothly ascends to the position of leader and controls the situation of the sect. Can you help us?"

The black dragon chuckled, the ferocity hidden in its eyes disappeared completely, and it said loudly: "I thought it was some difficult problem, but it turns out it's just escorting the new leader to ascend to the throne! Easy, too easy! Moreover, it can also solve the problem that you can't divide your soul to control my body.

"When the Nirvana Sacrifice is held, before my body absorbs the Three Lives Water, you throw the anti-qi stone to me, and I will use it to break through the shackles of my body. At the same time, I will destroy the divine thought used by the Left God Envoy to control me. He will definitely suffer great damage to his soul and won't be a threat. At that time, you can let the saintess run the Candle Yin Art. Through this technique, she can perfectly fuse with my body. Then, she doesn't need to divide her soul and can directly control the sea of consciousness of my body.

"Then, she only needs to let this body of mine absorb enough Three Lives Water and obtain powerful magic power from it to break through to the Transformation Realm, and she can become the leader and control the situation of the sect. Moreover, since she completely controls this body, she can continue to become stronger in the future and become the strongest leader in history!"

Zhang Yuanjing frowned and said: "Your body is a cage. Wouldn't the saintess be throwing herself into a trap after fusion?"

The black dragon quickly shook its head and said: "You misunderstood. That restriction was used by the thief to imprison me, so that I would work like a horse for the Candle God Sect. The saintess, or rather the leader, has cultivated the Candle Yin Art, which is originally the thief's direct lineage technique. It has the same origin as that restriction, so how could she be imprisoned!

"When previous leaders fused with my body, they couldn't get too much power because I was restraining them. Now it's different. My primordial spirit has already left. The leader who fuses with my body can completely control it, using its power to strengthen themselves and transfer the power to other members to cultivate their own direct lineage, completely controlling the Candle God Sect is as easy as flipping a hand!"

Zhang Yuanjing glanced at Fire Crow Daoist, Fire Crow Daoist shook his head, indicating that he had no questions.

Zhang Yuanjing then said: "Alright, let's do it according to your method. When will the Nirvana Sacrifice be held?"

The black dragon said proudly: "Of course, it's now!"