Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1690 - 1033: Search and Deduction

Yang Zhenshan furrowed his brow, "How much am I lacking?"

Sealing Spirit pondered for a moment before saying, "The Divine Soul must at least reach the Heavenly Human Realm!"

"Heavenly Human Realm?" Yang Zhenshan was puzzled, "What realm is this?"

"It’s the half-step integration with Dao. Integration with Dao is divided into three steps: Divine Soul integration with Dao, Divine Skills integration with Dao, and ultimately becoming one with Dao," explained Sealing Spirit.

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment and said, "Forget the self, harmonize inside and outside, break the self to reveal the Daoist Body, return to the authenticity, and become one with Dao."

The steps of integration with Dao mentioned by Sealing Spirit seemed to differ somewhat from his understanding.

Sealing Spirit said, "What you describe is the third step, which is becoming one with Dao."

"Before integrating with Dao, you must first cultivate your Divine Dao Intent to the Perfect Realm, and then proceed with Divine Soul integration with Dao and Divine Skills integration with Dao."

"Divine Soul integration with Dao is the Heavenly Human Realm, and Divine Skills integration with Dao is the Divine Power Realm; both can be considered as half-step integration with Dao."

Yang Zhenshan suddenly understood, the so-called Heavenly Human Realm and Divine Power Realm are preconditions for integration with Dao, and to reach these two realms, it is necessary to cultivate the Divine Dao Intent to the Perfect Realm.

Currently, his most profound Divine Dao Intent is the Withered and Flourishing Dao Intent, which is merely at the beginner level.

"Is there no other way?"

If he were to cultivate to the Heavenly Human Realm, who knows how long that would take, perhaps even hundreds of years might not be enough.

Meanwhile, Yu Qingyi and the others might not be able to wait until he reaches the Heavenly Human Realm.

Divine Soul Realm Martial Artists only have a lifespan of five hundred years.

Sealing Spirit pondered again for a moment, then glanced at the Golden Crow beside him and said, "If I collaborate with it, it might be simpler, but your Divine Dao Intent still needs to reach the Perfect Realm!"

"Why does my Divine Dao Intent need to reach the Perfect Realm?" Yang Zhenshan was somewhat confused; the elixir recipe for the Nine Tripod Divine Pill didn’t mention this point.

Sealing Spirit said, "Because integrating Dao Intent is crucial for refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill, only by integrating the Dao Intent can the Nine Tripod Divine Pill be successfully refined."

Yang Zhenshan was somewhat speechless; he knew the difficulty of refining the Nine Tripod Divine Pill was high, but he didn’t expect that it would require integrating Dao Intent.

However, with Sealing Spirit helping him, it would certainly save him a lot of detours.

In the following days, Yang Zhenshan kept consulting Sealing Spirit about alchemy, from the basics of herbal studies to the refining of the Nine Tripod Divine Pill. Sealing Spirit could truly be considered a Pill Master.

Thus, Yang Zhenshan ended up spending half a month in the Pill Hall.

Until one day, Ma Qiuyan came to find him.

"Master!"

"Hmm, something the matter?"

Inside the Pill Hall, Yang Zhenshan was refining a Tongming Pill when he saw Ma Qiuyan arrive and casually asked.

"The three True Monarchs from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion have arrived at the Sky Cloud Sword Sect. White Cloud True Monarch has invited Master to entertain them!" Ma Qiuyan said.

Yang Zhenshan asked in surprise, "People from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion? What are they doing at the Sky Cloud Sword Sect?"

"It should be about the matter of Longevity True Monarch!" Ma Qiuyan said.

During this period, Yang Zhenshan had been in the Pill Hall studying alchemy, completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

But Ma Qiuyan had been staying at the Sky Cloud Sword Sect and managed to hear some things about the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion through rumors.

Primarily, it was because the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion had been making a big commotion in the Wanhua Mountain Range during this time.

They first went to Qingyuan Cave Heaven, then to Separation Fire Mountain. After encountering setbacks at Separation Fire Mountain, they went to the Xiaxian Sect, Huaxian Sect, Nanhua Sect, and then visited several demon clans in the Wanhua Mountain Range before finally heading to True Yang Immortal City, and today they finally arrived at the Sky Cloud Sword Sect.

They have virtually visited every Golden Core power and Demon King demon clan in the Wanhua Mountain Range, and they even acted within the Wanhua Mountain Range, exterminating a population of Sand Nightmare Beasts. This caused the entire Wanhua Mountain Range to be in a state of panic.

Ma Qiuyan simply recounted the events in the Wanhua Mountain Range during this period and finally said, "It’s said that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion inspects every place they go, whether it’s Golden Core cultivators or Demon Kings, they question everyone."

After listening, Yang Zhenshan’s brows knitted tightly.

The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion truly is domineering, but they do have the capital to be domineering.

Currently, he had a profound understanding of the power dynamics within the entire Wanhua Domain.

The Wanhua Domain can be broadly divided into five regions: east, west, south, north, and central, plus the Wanhua Mountain Range, Beihai, and South Sea, which are three demon regions, making it the Five Regions and Three Demon Domains.

Within the Five Regions, the situations of the east, west, south, and north are similar, each having a few Golden Core cultivators, without overly powerful forces.

Among the Three Demon Domains, the South Sea Demon Court and Beihai Demon Court are both very powerful, while the Wanhua Demon Court is relatively weaker. Additionally, the South Sea Demon Court and Beihai Demon Court are rather aggressive, with strength comparable to several top-tier powers in the Central Domain.

As for the Wanhua Central Domain, it’s a network of intertwined Spirit Veins, with Blessed Lands as numerous as stars, rich in Spiritual Energy, and abundant in resources. It is the convergence of all talents in the entire Wanhua Domain.

Therefore, the Wanhua Central Domain hosts many strong individuals and many powerful forces.

The strongest force among them is the Heavenly Constitution Road, holding an extraordinary position in the entire Wanhua Domain.

Beneath the Heavenly Constitution Road are four major forces: the Ten Thousand Treasures Store, Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, Unpredictable Ghost Sect, and Hengshan Sect.

Underneath these four major forces, the Wanhua Central Domain has many sects and Immortal Clans.

However, the most mysterious place in the Wanhua Domain is the East Sea.

The four directions of the Wanhua Domain all have sea domains, with land within the sea domains, like the western part of the Wanhua Domain, namely the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain west of the Stormy Sea, and places like the Da’an Dynasty in those Spiritual Wildernesses. In reality, all four directions of the Wanhua Domain have Spiritual Wildernesses.

The reason the East Sea is considered mysterious is that there is a vast area in the East Sea that is a forbidden zone, which is what Zhongli Yue once mentioned to Yang Zhenshan, the Reincarnation Realm.