Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1316 - 711: Complying with Heaven and Responding to Destiny

It must be said, Zhao Dingshan’s lament was largely a genuine expression of emotion, though it also contained a substantial amount of performance, his acting skills far surpassing those of a film emperor.

After all, this person had lived for over sixteen hundred years, and calling him an old fox would hardly do justice to his cunning.

Unfortunately, Zhao Dingshan chose the wrong person to approach!

Zhao Sheng listened passively to the man’s lament, maintaining an inscrutable demeanor throughout.

"...Our clan is now weak, and the clan members lack ambition. We are powerless to exact revenge and seek justice. I implore... I implore Ancestor to uphold justice for us!!" Zhao Dingshan revealed his true purpose at last.

Despite his words, Zhao Dingshan still intended to use Zhao Sheng as his weapon, unaware that he had entirely miscalculated.

"Let me ask you, which force currently possesses the Nine Nether Tower?" Zhao Sheng was uninterested in anything else and directly got to the point.

Zhao Dingshan suddenly shivered, a glimmer of hope igniting within him as he quickly replied, "Reporting to the Ancestor, the Nine Nether Tower should now be in the hands of the Ghost God Sect. Back then—"

Zhao Sheng promptly interrupted him, speaking coldly, "I ask again, where is the Ghost God Sect’s main gate? Is it at the Heavenly Burial Plain?"

Zhao Dingshan’s eyes dimmed, but he dared not delay and immediately shook his head, saying, "The one at Heavenly Burial Plain is merely a branch of the sect. Their true main gate is far in the Spring Birth Realm, and as for its exact location, I have some knowledge."

At this point, Zhao Dingshan swept his hand over the storage bag at his waist, and several white jade scrolls appeared in his hand.

He respectfully presented the jade scrolls to Zhao Sheng, saying, "Ancestor, the jade scrolls contain extensive intelligence gathered and compiled by generations of clan members over thousands of years, detailing the landscapes, people, and sect power distribution in the Spring Birth Realm. Please review them, Ancestor!"

Zhao Sheng extended his hand to capture the jade scrolls, and his divine thought quickly delved into them, instantly assimilating all the intelligence into his mind.

After examining the jade scrolls, Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, having gained a thorough understanding of all aspects of the Spring Birth Realm.

"You have done well and deserve to be rewarded!"

As soon as the words fell, a stream of gray light shot from his sleeve, flashing into Zhao Dingshan’s embrace.

As the light dispersed, a grayish storage bag appeared.

Zhao Dingshan was overjoyed upon seeing it and instinctively probed the interior with his divine thought, immediately becoming ecstatic, his lips trembling with excitement.

The storage bag contained an unimaginable number of spirit stones, piled as high as a mountain, with more than half of them exceeding mid-grade quality, and top-grade spirit stones numbering in the thousands.

"These... these spirit stones are too... too numerous! Ancestor, please take them back!" Zhao Dingshan, though overjoyed, still reluctantly offered a polite refusal.

Zhao Sheng said solemnly, "Alright, it’s not exclusively for you! Listen well: while the Ascension Array in our realm can still be activated, you... whether from the Central Sect or other clans, must gather the entire clan’s strength to cultivate one or two new Divinity Transformation True Monarchs and support their ascension to the Spirit Realm.

The spirit stones in the storage bag can only be used on candidates likely to breakthrough into Divinity Transformation. After fulfilling the ancestral command, I will reside in Tianzhu Realm for some time. If you have cultivation doubts later, you can come to the Ascension Platform to seek me!"

Zhao Dingshan understood the kindness in this statement, instantly recognizing it as a rare opportunity not seen in millennia. He was deeply moved, momentarily glimpsing a faint hope.

The Ascension Platform is not a place ordinary cultivators can reach, it requires Nascent Soul Realm cultivation to access!

In other words, this heaven-sent opportunity can only fall to the Nascent Soul Ancestors, and the Golden Core Masters have no chance!

After all, the Ancestor wouldn’t possibly remain in Tianzhu Realm for a thousand years.

Regrettably, counting across all Zhao Family sects, there are only seven Nascent Soul Ancestors and fewer than two hundred Golden Core Masters.

This modest strength is but a fraction compared to the peak era five thousand years ago.

Yet, in this era of dwindling spiritual energy, the Zhao Family sects remain formidable entities that outsiders cannot easily shake!

"One among seven, there is hope for my path! I must.. become!"

While Zhao Dingshan was lost in a daze, silently cheering to himself, Zhao Sheng lingered no longer, casually placed down a few jade scrolls, and his form shimmered as he teleported away.

Zhao Dingshan only saw a blur before his eyes, and the next moment the jade couch was empty, the Ancestor had inexplicably vanished.

First shocked and then crestfallen, Zhao Dingshan’s face showed a lamenting expression, as if he believed he had missed a golden opportunity.

...

Heavenly Burial Plain, Central Basin.

That unprecedented inter-realm war from years ago permanently altered the terrain within tens of thousands of miles of the Heavenly Burial Plain, not only creating a huge basin a thousand kilometers in diameter but also dramatically changing countless underground spirit veins.

Back then, a meteoric object smashed through the earth’s crust, causing the ancient spiritual energy that had accumulated in the depths of the crust for untold millennia to erupt through countless cracks to the surface.

In just a hundred years, the Heavenly Burial Plain swiftly formed numerous new spirit veins, with many reaching the Second Order or higher.

This outcome exceeded all sects’ expectations and transformed the Heavenly Burial Plain into a new holy land for cultivation.

Unfortunately, due to the countless deaths in the epic battle years ago within the Heavenly Burial Plain, coupled with it originally being a rare land of yin and sha.

As a result, the Heavenly Burial Plain quickly became a "paradise" in the eyes of the Evil Path, luring countless outlaws to fight madly over the many spirit veins.

A hundred years later, the Heavenly Burial Plain became the most chaotic and dangerous place in the Tianzhu Realm, harboring countless treasures of new and lost battlefields, where many cultivators rose rapidly upon finding relics from predecessors.

With the rapid decline in spiritual energy concentration in Tianzhu Realm, the importance of the Heavenly Burial Plain swiftly increased every year.

A thousand years ago, the Heavenly Burial Plain had already become the last "paradise" for the Evil Path, with an average spiritual energy concentration rivaling traditional holy lands such as Mountain City, Crystal Palace, and Devil God Mountain.

Therefore, countless great figures of the Demon Path and Evil Path entered the Heavenly Burial Plain and formed an indestructible demon alliance to resist the invasion of the Righteous Path, taking advantage of the terrain.

The battle between the Righteous Path and the demon alliance lasted for three hundred years, ending with the Righteous Path facing a disastrous defeat!

The reasons for the disastrous defeat were, firstly, that over two thousand years, batches of elite cultivators unhesitatingly journeyed to the Spring Birth Realm, leading to a gradual decline in overall strength for the Righteous Path.

Secondly, the Spring Birth Realm secretly interfered in the battle between the Righteous Path and demon alliance, and coupled with the Supreme Sensing Sect’s instigation, it was inevitable for the Righteous Path to be defeated.

The three hundred-year-long battle established the dominance of the Tianzhu Realm by the demon alliance, indicating the decline of the Dao and the rise of demons.

As time passed, the situation in this realm grew increasingly severe and bad, now beyond remedy.

Returning to the main point!

A thousand years ago, the Ghost God Sect suddenly rose to prominence, with mysterious masters emerging continuously and rapidly expanding the sect’s influence, continually suppressing dissidents while absorbing adherents of the Evil Path.

Today, a thousand years later, the Ghost God Sect has grown to the forefront of demon alliance, occupying eighty percent of Heavenly Burial Plain and overtly having five Nascent Soul Ancestors stationed at its main gate.

Though the sect’s number of Golden Core Masters is unknown, it undoubtedly exceeds three figures!

Disciples of the Ghost God Sect act arrogantly, inherently cruel, and due to their cultivation of Demon Techniques, they enjoy live sacrifices, often sparing no one, not even their own kin!

For instance, Ancestor Jue Xing once blood-sacrificed the entire population of a million in his clan to the heavens for a breakthrough opportunity,

eventually fortuitously breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Blood sacrifices of kin originally violate heavenly principles, prompting the Heavenly Dao to deliver tribulations, harshly punishing the person conducting the blood sacrifice.

However, as the situation in Tianzhu Realm reached the final phase of "formation, dwelling, destruction, emptiness," blood sacrifices of kin became an event that went along with the heaven’s will.

The Heavenly Dao in this realm not only doesn’t punish those conducting blood sacrifices, but instead inexplicably grants substantial merit.

The saying "When times favor, the heavens align with the earth" holds true!

The Ghost God Sect undisputedly has the guidance of a sage, precisely seeing through the trend of the changing heavenly tribulation, thus they act without any reservations, using especially brutal means!

When Zhao Sheng teleported to the sky above the Central Basin, he happened to "witness" an incredibly brutal ceremony of live sacrifice involving thousands.