171: Southern Bright Fire, Heavenly True Water, Demonic Soil and Breath of Life

Looking at the three branch masters before him, Zhang Yang pondered for a moment and said:

"I wonder if the branch masters have any spiritual materials with Five Elements attributes?"

"Also, I need a large number of Heaven Rank Low-Grade Martial Skills that are not in the Nourishing Heart Lineage! Body Refining Cultivation Techniques would be best."

Zhang Yang stated his requirements.

The three branch masters heard this, pondered for a moment, and nodded slightly:

"Martial Skills and Cultivation Techniques are easy to handle. Combining our three factions, excluding the Heaven-Rank Low-Grade Martial Skill Manuals already in the Nourishing Heart Lineage, there should be over 2,000 of them."

"We will tally them up later and send them to you together!"

"As for the Five Elements spiritual materials?"

Jian Buyi, the branch master of the Tian Jian Faction, considered for a moment and said with some heartache:

"I have a feather here containing the southern bright fire of separation. Legend says it is a tail feather of the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird, incredibly precious!"

"The essence of this fire is extremely high, at the heaven tier mid-grade!"

"However, since it's only one tail feather, its power is slightly weaker, around the heaven tier low-grade. I shall give it to you!"

As his voice fell, a bright red feather suddenly appeared before Jian Buyi!

It seemed as if sparks of fire were ignited upon it.

Just by its appearance, Zhang Yang could feel that this fire was of the utmost Yang!

Furthermore, a wave of pure and righteous energy emanated from it.

Zhang Yang felt that simply wearing this single feather could bring immense good luck to the wearer!

"I have half a bottle of heavenly one true water here. Its grade is heaven tier mid-grade. Don't be fooled by it being only half a bottle; even if you exhausted all the rivers, lakes, and seas, you might not be able to refine this half-bottle of heavenly one true water!"

"Releasing this half-bottle of heavenly one true water would be enough to submerge an entire region!"

On the other side, Hao Qiankun also took out a jade bottle with some heartache, containing half a bottle of heavenly one true water.

Seeing this, Gu Tianxiang also painfully took out an item from his cave-heaven.

"This is a grain of demonic earth xirang, heaven tier mid-grade. Placing it in the sea can create an entire continent! It is incredibly miraculous! I'll leave it to you!"

All three of them felt some heartache.

These heaven tier mid-grade Heaven And Earth Treasures were not easy to find and were all extremely precious.

Since the ancient era was cut off, even heaven tier low-grade Heaven And Earth Treasures have been hard to find, let alone heaven tier mid-grade ones.

They also relied on accumulation over time...

...and occasionally searching through some Small Worlds captured by the Central Region from the void to find a few!

"Since you three are giving such good gifts, if I don't give something, wouldn't it show that I, as his master, am not qualified?"

Xin Buxiu smiled upon seeing this and then took out an item.

It was a piece of withered wood, but no one who saw it would think it was just a simple piece of withered wood.

Because within this piece of withered wood, there was a vibrant display of life force!

"This is a branch from an Ancient Life Tree. After my various methods, a trace of it has been revived!"

"It contains profound Life Dao Laws, which will be very helpful for your cultivation in the Dao Severing Realm later!"

Xin Buxiu handed the branch of the Ancient Life Tree to Zhang Yang.

Seeing what Xin Buxiu took out, the three branch masters also stared intently at that piece of withered wood.

The Ancient Life Tree was an ancient tree as famous as the Dao Comprehension Tea Tree.

Along with that great catastrophe, it disappeared together with the Ancient Life Tree.

For a million years, among the many Small Worlds captured by the Central Region, only a few scattered remnants remained!

Zhang Yang looked at the Heaven And Earth Treasures before him, which were almost all heaven tier mid-grade, and hesitated slightly.

"I wonder what you all want me to do?"

Zhang Yang asked directly.

Hearing Zhang Yang's inquiry, the four of them chuckled softly.

Then, with a wave of a hand, they brought Zhang Yang into a secret room.

"You know about the ascending heaven ladder, right?" Xin Buxiu asked Zhang Yang with a smile.

Zhang Yang nodded slightly upon hearing this. He had naturally heard of the ascending heaven ladder; legend said it was incredibly miraculous!

In a Secret Realm Small World...

...countless geniuses of the Divine Ruins Realm had challenged the ladder, but in recorded history, no one had ever reached the top!

After breaking through to the Divine Ruins Realm, Zhang Yang had already intended to challenge this ladder!

"It's good that you know! We want you to climb the ascending heaven ladder!"

"In the ancient records of the Wu Ling Sect, reaching near the top of the ladder allows one to obtain the cultivation method for the Due Realm after the Dao Severing Realm!"

"Because of an ancient catastrophe in the Central Region, the path of Martial Artists was severed. A multitude of experts are all stuck at the Zhandao Realm Ninth Level, and they only know a name and a vague description of the Due Realm!"

"And you are the only person in so many years who has hope of reaching the very top of the ladder!"

"You know what this means, right?"

Zhang Yang's expression turned solemn as he nodded slightly.

"But you don't need to worry. With the four of us here, no Dao Severing Realm expert can take action against you!"

"Furthermore, you can truly rest assured; all the Dao Severing Realm experts in the Central Region have a consensus!"

"Whenever a Genius appears who might reach the top of the ladder, all Dao Severing Realm experts will protect them!"

Xin Buxiu smiled slightly. For so many years, these Zhandao Realm Ninth Level experts had been unable to break through.

Although there was still a path forward, breaking through the Nine Refinements of the Physical Body was too difficult.

Although everyone practiced it, their progress was slow.

Now, Zhang Yang, a person who might reach the top of the ladder...

...and potentially bring back the subsequent cultivation method for the Due Realm, had appeared!

They wouldn't even have enough time to protect him!

To break the limit of the Zhandao Realm Ninth Level, most Dao Severing Realm experts in the Central Region had researched almost every method.

They even spread various heaven tier low-grade Martial Skills from their sects everywhere.

As long as one proved they had comprehended a Heaven-rank Martial Skill, they could easily obtain them!

Even the heaven tier mid-grade Martial Skills that represented the Dao Severing Realm were not kept secret!

Almost all Dao Severing Realm Martial Artists in the Central Region had seen the heaven tier mid-grade Martial Skills of others!

The Martial Refining Tower was also built for this purpose, to create a place for Martial Artists to spar and improve!

To make the foundation of the Central Region even deeper, hoping to nurture the fruits of the Due Realm through this!

Hearing what Xin Buxiu said, Zhang Yang's heart did not relax in the slightest.

Reconnecting the severed path of Martial Artists was too heavy a task, and the various dangers it brought were self-evident!

Although there was no danger in climbing the ascending heaven ladder, the greater danger lay outside.

With so many Dao Severing Realm experts' gazes gathered on Zhang Yang alone...

...it made Zhang Yang feel that his current Divine Ruins Realm cultivation was a bit too weak!

"Rest assured, the four of us will ensure your safety!"

Jian Buyi, the branch master of the Tian Jian Faction, looked at Zhang Yang and nodded softly.

With the four of them from the Myriad Manifestations Pavilion working together, no one in the entire Central Region could touch a single hair on Zhang Yang's head!

"Take out your Myriad Manifestations Pavilion Disciple token!" Jian Buyi said.

Zhang Yang nodded slightly and took out the token.

Then, Jian Buyi, Hao Qiankun, and Gu Tianxiang acted together.

Behind Zhang Yang's Disciple token, the characters for 'Sword', 'Qian', and 'Xiang' suddenly appeared.

"With this token, you are equivalent to a God-Son of my lineage. You may take anything from the faction's treasury as you wish!"

After Jian Buyi finished, Hao Qiankun and Gu Tianxiang both nodded.

"Once your cultivation breaks through to the Ninth Level of the Divine Ruins Realm, you can head to the ascending heaven ladder!"

"If you can truly reconnect the severed path for the Martial Artists of the Central Region, then our private treasuries will be at your disposal!"

Jian Buyi said softly.

The various major forces of the Central Region had also researched some patterns of the ascending heaven ladder over the years.

After the Ninth Level of the Divine Ruins Realm, the difficulty of climbing the ascending heaven ladder would decrease slightly.

For absolute certainty, it was better for Zhang Yang to climb the ascending heaven ladder after reaching the Ninth Level of the Divine Ruins Realm!

It would be more hopeful!

Zhang Yang nodded slightly upon hearing this, his brow relaxing a bit.

"If it's the Ninth Level of the Divine Ruins Realm, there's still some time!"

If he could take the opportunity while his cultivation reached the Ninth Level of the Divine Ruins Realm to raise his Physical Body's combat power to the Dao Severing Realm level...

...and then break through to the Venerable King Realm during the climb!

Combining various means...

...perhaps he could even fight against the Dao Severing Realm!"