714: Chapter 714 Power Up to Maximum

"Hum~"

A Yin-Yang barrier lit up above Liangyi Palace, using a Formation to partition off an enclosed and stable space.

"Alright, this place is protected by a great Formation. Feel free to use your full strength; there is no need to worry about injuring your father." Liu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, stepping on Yin and Yang Qi, and said to Jing Zun opposite him.

"Yes!"

Jing Zun cupped his hands toward Liu Xuan, and then Demonic Qi surged out wildly, transforming into a majestic Azure Dragon.

"Boom~"

Lightning crackled and danced across the scales of his body. "Father, be careful!"

"Boom~"

Jing Zun raised his hand and waved it, and a lightning claw descended from the sky, crashing down upon Liu Xuan with the might of heaven and earth.

"Not bad! It already has the power of the Late Nascent Soul Stage." Liu Xuan nodded with a smile. Just as the lightning was about to touch him, a five-colored Primal Chaos light shield appeared, easily blocking the lightning claw.

"Let me see the strength of your Azure Dragon body!"

Liu Xuan's gaze suddenly became sharp. He flicked his finger, and a sword light, containing a hint of silvery-white Void Realm power within the five-colored Primal Chaos, grew from small to large and shot straight toward Jing Zun.

The sword light was silent, yet its power was terrifyingly strong. The space in front of the sword tip tore open, revealing a grayish-black Void Realm color, as if there was nothing it could not pierce.

Jing Zun's expression remained unchanged, and the light of his Azure Dragon body shone even brighter. Facing the sword light, he exhaled a breath of the True Dragon, which contained a Fusion of the Origin of Lightning, the Origin of Wood, and the Origin of Life.

"Hum~~"

The two terrifying auras collided violently. The True Dragon breath was obliterated by the sword light, which then pierced through Jing Zun's chest.

"Pfft~"

Jing Zun spat out a mouthful of blood. A bowl-sized hole appeared in his right chest, through which one could directly see the scene behind him.

A moment later, Jing Zun reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. The hole in his chest was shrouded in a layer of cyan-green mana. If one were closer, one could clearly see the granulation tissue growing wildly at the wound. In just this short moment, it had almost fully recovered.

"Your innate Divine Ability is powerful, your Physical Body's blood and Qi are robust, and your recovery speed is extremely fast. However, you lack experience in combat, and you will easily suffer losses when facing enemies of equal strength."

Liu Xuan took a step and arrived beside Jing Zun, offering his critique.

The equal strength he mentioned regarding Jing Zun was not equal Realm. Judging purely from hard power, Jing Zun was slightly superior to a Late Nascent Soul Stage True Monarch, but if it were a life-or-death battle, the two would likely be evenly matched.

"You have only recently advanced to the Early Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. As long as you can stabilize your Realm and improve your combat experience a little, it will be very difficult to find an opponent within the Nascent Soul Realm."

"This child understands!"

Jing Zun bowed to Liu Xuan and said, "However, this child believes there is no need to improve combat experience."

"My cultivation increases every day. The experience I gain now might not be applicable in two years. It is not cost-effective to spend effort researching it; it is better to spend more time Cultivating."

"Moreover, compared to being competitive, this child prefers the Dao of Alchemy."

"Father, yesterday I tried to learn the Pill Formula for the Fourth-Grade Myriad Blood Dragon Transformation Pill, but there were a few places I could not understand. Could you teach me?"

Liu Xuan rubbed his temples with a headache. This kid Jing Zun clearly had all the talents for combat, but he stubbornly disliked fighting with others, preferring only Alchemy and cultivating spirit plants and Spirit Medicine.

"Forget it!"

"The child is right. His Bloodline is Seventh-Grade High Grade. It is not too late to learn combat experience once his Bloodline matures. Studying the Dao of Alchemy early might even be beneficial for breaking through his Bloodline limit in the future."

"If you have any questions, let's go to the Pill Refining Tower to discuss them. If you have nothing else to do, I will leave the Family's grand Alchemy enterprise in your charge from now on."

Liu Xuan withdrew the great Formation barrier and then took Jing Zun to the Pill Refining Tower to guide him in the Dao of Alchemy.

Having advanced to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, Liu Xuan had completely digested the experience of a Fifth-Grade Low Grade Alchemist rewarded by the System. His current level of Alchemy surpassed any Fifth-Grade Low Grade Alchemist, so guiding Jing Zun was a piece of cake.

Not to mention guiding Jing Zun, with the perfection of the System's Fifth-Grade Low Grade Alchemist experience, even a Fifth-Grade Medium Grade Alchemist of the Dao Court might not have as deep a Foundation as him. At the very least, one would need a Fifth-Grade High Grade Alchemist to overshadow him in the Dao of Alchemy.

A Fifth-Grade High Grade Alchemist! Such an existence simply did not exist in this world. All existing Fifth-Grade High Grade Medicinal Pills were left over from the past or forcefully piled up using a large amount of top-tier Spirit Medicine.

To a certain extent, Liu Xuan was only one step away from being the number one Alchemist in the world. Even if the System no longer rewarded high-level Alchemy experience, as long as his cultivation broke through, his Alchemy level might spontaneously advance to Fifth-Grade Medium Grade.

At that time, if no one else had advanced to Fifth-Grade High Grade, he would be the genuine number one Alchemist in the world.

...

One month later.

Jing Zun's Nascent Soul Formation ceremony was officially held. Due to the sensitivity of his identity, the ceremony was not grand. Apart from the Liu Family's own people, only members of the four lineages of the Joyous Union Sect attended, and most of them came on their own accord; the Liu Family did not send out many invitations.

The arrangements for the ceremony were almost entirely handled by Liu Miao. Apart from appearing for a moment during the official celebration, Liu Xuan did not concern himself with the ceremony at all.

He was currently busy with two main things.

The first: attempting to establish a transit station, with the four lineages of the Joyous Union Sect as the core, to connect the entire offshore sea area of the East Sea into one super great Formation.

This matter had been planned since the four lineages of the Joyous Union Sect merged. If not for the disappearance of Caixuan Daoist Lord Song Yurao of the Caixuan Lineage, the transit station would likely have already been built.

Although Liu Xuan's current attainments in Formation were not enough to connect the entire offshore East Sea together, as long as the transit station was established, it could greatly strengthen the power of the Yin-Yang Great Formation, giving the Joyous Union Sect more hidden strength.

As long as the Joyous Union Sect did not fall, Liu Xuan would be invincible in the East Sea, and even if the Southern Border fell, it would not be much of a problem.

The second: keeping a close eye on intelligence regarding the Western Desert Buddhist Sect and the Southern Border, to confirm whether the Dao Court would cease hostilities because the Spiritual Qi anomalies had stopped.

"Sigh~" Liu Xuan tossed down a Jade Slip containing intelligence and sighed, "The Dao Court really will not cease hostilities just because the Spiritual Qi anomalies have stopped. I was naive!"

According to intelligence from the Western Desert, the Buddhist core, the 'Immeasurable Pure Land,' was about to fall. The Dao Court not only did not cease hostilities due to the cessation of Spiritual Qi anomalies but instead launched an even stronger mobilization order.

Before the Buddhist Sect had even been conquered, the Dao Court had already issued various orders and plans for attacking the Southern Border Demon Tribe.

Even with the Beast Taming Sect interfering, the high-level officials of the Dao Court did not compromise in the slightest.

"Since that is the case! There is no need for the wither-thrive life-death cauldron to sit idle. This time, I will turn the power up to the maximum!"

Confirming that the Dao Court was determined to go to war, Liu Xuan no longer had any wishful thinking in his heart.

Xuanyin Pavilion.

Liu Xuan first performed Body Integration with Jiang Xingwan, raising his Divine Soul to the height of a Late-stage Spirit Transformation great Cultivator, and then invoked the Joyous Union Sect's Yin-Yang Great Formation, bringing out the wither-thrive life-death cauldron in his peak state.

"Hum~~" A small cyan cauldron appeared in Liu Xuan's palm. As Liu Xuan poured in his massive Divine Soul, countless 'roots' grew out from the body of the cauldron.

These roots pierced into the Void Realm, spreading to an unknown distance, and dense life force began to converge into the cauldron.

"Rumble~" "Rumblings~" ... In an instant, the Spiritual Veins of the entire Cangwu Realm trembled violently. Whether it was a Fifth-Grade Spiritual Vein or a First or Second-Grade Spiritual Vein, as long as it was a Spiritual Vein, they all erupted at the same time, only slowly returning to calm after a few breaths.