99: Chapter 99: Condensing the Nascent Soul!

Even though he had already made full preparations in his heart and was ready for failure, Zhao Changsheng still lacked confidence and full certainty that he could successfully condense his Nascent Soul due to the absence of the nine-bend spirit pill and the spirit stabilizing pill.

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However, before charging at the Bottleneck, he still chose to first enter secluded meditation for a period of time.

During these days, he practiced all of his learned Cultivation Techniques to the Peak Perfection of his current Realm. In particular, the Great Evolution Art, a Divine Thought Cultivation Technique, provided extraordinary assistance in breaking through Bottlenecks. Zhao Changsheng had a deep understanding of this and naturally would not easily let it go.

Unfortunately, he had not obtained the follow-up to this Cultivation Technique. If he could have acquired it, he would certainly have finished cultivating the technique to Perfection before deciding to charge at the Nascent Soul Bottleneck.

Precisely because of this pursuit of Perfection in his refinement, he spent several more years.

But this was an extremely common occurrence in the Cultivation World and did not attract much attention.

After all, the only Cultivators who knew he was going to condense his Nascent Soul were Zhou Yuan, the Grand Elder, and some of the Star Palace Elders.

On this day, a Star Palace Elder who had just finished reporting matters to the Grand Elder couldn't help but ask, "Grand Elder, that Grand Elder of the Wonderful Sound Sect has been in seclusion, saying he wants to condense a Nascent Soul, but can he really succeed? Looking at his age, he is at most two hundred years old; being able to Cultivate to the current Late Core Formation Stage is already quite impressive. Even if he wants to charge at the Nascent Soul, he should at least wait until he is three hundred years old, when his Realm has stabilized to the Peak and his state of mind is perfect and flawless before acting. Only then can he have a few more chances of success. But he has many entanglements, so how can his state of mind be perfect and flawless? Under such circumstances, there is really no hope of successfully condensing a Nascent Soul."

The Elder who said this had white hair and a white beard, looking quite kind and benevolent, yet his tone carried a hint of dismissiveness.

The Grand Elder looked up at him and responded calmly, "Even if the hope is slim, letting him try is a good thing. With his potential, his hope of breaking through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage in the future is even greater than mine. Besides, he hides no small secrets; we should just keep a close eye on him."

This evaluation surprised the Elder quite a bit—this was the first time he had heard the Grand Elder praise a junior so highly, and the evaluation was so high that it was truly beyond expectations.

"But he isn't even willing to agree to a marriage Alliance, so how can we thoroughly win him over? Otherwise, with his Aptitude, he would have long been a legitimate core Elder of the Star Palace, rather than just having a nominal status that very few Cultivators know about. It is truly difficult to completely control him. Why not kill him in advance to eliminate future troubles?"

Speaking to this point, the Elder's tone, expression, and gaze all revealed undisguised killing intent.

"There is no need for that. There is no reason to drive a Cultivator with such potential to a dead end. Especially since he has no deep involvement with either the Righteous Path or the Demonic Path, and instead has a great grudge against Holy Demon Island, it is basically impossible for him to defect to the Demonic Path. As for the Righteous Path, the Evil Qi on his body is so heavy that he is not considered a kind person. Although the Righteous Path is not necessarily entirely clean, there should be no possibility of them joining forces. There is no need for excessive worry."

The Grand Elder paused and continued, "Furthermore, his Divine Ability and methods are far beyond what Cultivators of the same Realm can compare to. Once he enters the Nascent Soul Stage, I expect no one below the Middle Nascent Soul Stage will be able to do anything to him. At that time, we can have him secretly kill those Righteous Path and Demonic Path Cultivators—they have been quite restless these years."

"They are indeed restless; the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path have even secretly united to form an Alliance called the Reverse Star Alliance, attempting to overthrow my Star Palace. Since that's the case, then this seat doesn't need to be polite."

There was a slight chuckle in the Grand Elder's words, yet it made the Elder beside him feel a chill down his spine.

"Currently, the Two Holy Lords are cultivating a peerless Divine Ability and it is inconvenient for them to act. I need to preside over the major and minor affairs of the Star Palace, and I am similarly spread too thin. The Divine Ability and strength of the other Elders are similar to those of the Righteous Path and Demonic Path Cultivators, and they are mostly familiar with each other. If we let them act, once the Righteous Path or Demonic Path catches wind of it and uses it as an excuse to strike early, it will be a troublesome matter. Therefore, we need to find a Nascent Soul Cultivator who is unfamiliar to them and possesses great Divine Ability to take action."

"This Fellow Daoist Zhao is the best candidate. However, although he is the optimal choice, necessary precautions are also indispensable; this is of the utmost importance. What puzzles me, however, is that after so many years, we still haven't been able to find out which island or Family he actually comes from. Logically speaking, with his Cultivation Aptitude and the methods he has shown, it's absolutely impossible for him to come from an ordinary Family or island, yet there are simply no clues, which is truly baffling," the Grand Elder said, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

"Then could he be someone specially trained by the Righteous Path or Demonic Path to attract our attention? The purpose being to let him successfully join the Star Palace and act as a mole?" the Elder offered his own guess.

"That's impossible. If the Righteous Path or Demonic Path had such a powerful Cultivator, how could they bear to let him be a mole? Besides, if he were a mole, how could he refuse such a good opportunity to be won over like a marriage Alliance? So this is absolutely impossible. Fine, you go back first and just handle the matters I've instructed; there's no need to worry about other things." The Grand Elder directly issued an order for him to leave, clearly unwilling to dwell on this topic any longer.

Just then, the Grand Elder's expression suddenly changed, and immediately afterward, his whole body turned into a streak of light, flying out toward the outside of the hall. The Elder followed closely behind, his expression also changing in shock.

When the two arrived outside the hall, they saw that the sky above the Holy Mountain had already undergone an earth-shaking change—countless Spiritual Qi vortices were gathering in the air, and many spiritual lights like stars were suspended high in the sky. These spiritual lights were multicolored, and without exception, they were all transformed from extremely pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

At the same time, the Cultivators in the entire Heavenly Star City, especially those near the Holy Mountain, immediately noticed this astonishing phenomenon and looked toward the direction of the Holy Mountain one after another.

Although many Cultivators had never seen such a terrifying sight, there were also experienced ones who immediately knew the reason: "Someone is condensing a Nascent Soul! Looking at the direction, it should be the Holy Mountain, and it's the area where the Star Palace Elders reside. This means the Star Palace is about to add another Nascent Soul Cultivator! Now, the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path are going to have a headache. I just wonder which Star Palace Elder is successfully condensing a Nascent Soul this time?"

"No matter which Elder it is, condensing a Nascent Soul has nothing to do with us. As long as we don't offend the Star Palace and Cultivate honestly, it's fine. The ones with the headache are the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path; what does it have to do with us?"

"That's right! They're the ones with the headache; we should just Cultivate in peace."

"I just really envy this Elder for being able to condense a Nascent Soul; from now on, they'll have a thousand-year lifespan. It's so enviable..."