Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1547: 836: Plundering a Realm (Part 2)

Daoist Tao Kan shook from head to toe and quickly started recounting his name, background, and the broad strokes of his life's journey.

One hour passed, and Daoist Tao Kan had exhausted his tales, ending with a sheepish grin.

Zhao Sheng kept a neutral face, his eyes profound, giving away no hints of what brewed inside him.

Buzz!

All at once, a beam of golden radiance burst from Zhao Sheng’s form, morphing right away into an old-fashioned, elegantly ancient golden circular mirror.

As soon as the golden mirror appeared, it zipped around its master in close circles, letting out a steady humming noise, seeming full of life and delight.

Zhao Sheng had already linked his mind with his Lifebound Magic Treasure through a mere intention.

The Western Golden Light Mirror left its owner with some hesitation, soaring over Daoist Tao Kan’s head, and abruptly showered down rays of golden glow.

The elderly Daoist felt a mix of alarm and fear, sensing razor-sharp, invincible unseen surges rushing through him, and he couldn’t shake the urge that he could be sliced into countless fragments any second.

Right then, Zhao Sheng commanded without ceremony, “Tao Kan, take hold of this Golden Light Mirror and go pay visits to the major Sects across this realm. Their Treasure Vaults hold plenty of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; you must gather them for this old man.”

Hearing those words, the old Daoist’s heart turned icy in an instant, wishing to point out how sky-high the difficulty was, nearly beyond reach.

Yet, unable to read his master’s plans, he held back from objecting hastily.

“No worries! The Golden Light Mirror will guard your life. Should a Divinity Transformation True Monarch step in, the Golden Light Mirror can cover your getaway. Afterward, this old man will show up in person.”

Zhao Sheng picked up on his thoughts and provided this comforting assurance.

Daoist Tao Kan took it in, still feeling a bit on edge, but he had no choice except to steel himself for the job.

He understood full well that his very existence rested in Zhao Sheng’s grasp, leaving him no room to be choosy.

Following that, Zhao Sheng split off a wisp of Divine Soul and bound it to the Golden Light Mirror.

Having endured the Heavenly Tribulation’s cleansing alongside the other Four-sided Treasure Mirrors, the Golden Light Mirror had now awakened its spiritual essence, its quality exceeding that of top-grade magic treasures and entering the realm of Spiritual Treasures.

With that sliver of Divine Soul linked, Daoist Tao Kan could readily wield and deploy ninety percent of the Golden Light Mirror’s might.

Zhao Sheng gave the old Daoist further directions, also having him allocate thirty percent of his Divine Thought to connect with the Divine Soul strand inside the Golden Light Mirror.

In short order, Daoist Tao Kan awkwardly maneuvered the Golden Light Mirror, firing off a few beams of golden light that pierced through multiple towering mountains, carving out several profound, endless craters in the earth.

The immense might and staggering destructive potential of the Golden Light Mirror left the old Daoist stunned and ashen-faced at first, then thrilled beyond measure, his assurance surging skyward.

Clutching the Golden Light Mirror in both hands, the old Daoist bowed deeply and respectfully toward Zhao Sheng.

With that, he abruptly turned into a streak of rainbow light, streaking off into the distance and vanishing beyond the skyline soon enough.

Zhao Sheng pulled back his eyes, looked down at Green Deer Peak beneath, and in a flicker of his body, vanished completely.

…

Seasons cycled swiftly, and eight years flew past in a blur.

In those eight years, an unprecedented, shocking incident unfolded in the Daze Cultivation World.

Word spread of a Nascent Soul Loose Cultivator who dropped by Sea King Sect, Sea Division Sect, Three Relief Sect, and various other longstanding sects, each visit framed as an exchange of Taoist Skills.

Folks brushed it off at the start, but once this figure bested the three Nascent Soul Ancestors of Sea King Sect, the news exploded across the land.

Having triumphed over the Nascent Souls of the Three Sects, Daoist Tao Kan gained the title Golden Light Ancestor.

After the defeat, Sea King Sect reluctantly unlocked their sect’s treasure vault, letting this individual ransack it.

Then, Daoist Tao Kan headed to Sea Division Sect and Three Relief Sect, where none of the ancestors could stand against him, ultimately yielding and granting access to their treasure vaults for the old Daoist.

In the years that followed, the old Daoist carried the treasure mirror throughout Daze Realm, clashing with more than seventy Nascent Soul Fellow Daoists, even including some in the Late-stage of Nascent Soul.

Incredibly, across all those over seventy fights, the old Daoist remained undefeated!

Notably, throughout the eight years of the old Daoist’s bold exploits, no Divinity Transformation True Monarch ever emerged to halt him.

This highlighted the thin spiritual energy in Daze Realm, rendering the breakthrough to Divinity Transformation nearly unattainable.

…

Inside the Mirror Realm, volcanic ranges erupted, molten lava cascading from the craters, thick black fumes billowing upward, the atmosphere thick with a foul sulfur stench.

Zhao Sheng rose steadily into the air, eyeing the nine ‘suns’ stretching across the firmament, then formed hand seals while murmuring spells, summoning a massive golden colossus behind him.

The very next moment, the earth quaked, streams of light materialized from thin air, turning into rainbow arcs racing from the horizon.

Concurrently, the nine suns dropped one after another, their fires dying out to reveal nine orbs of Treasure Light, which descended before Zhao Sheng in sequence, unveiling their actual shapes.

A gleaming golden seal, a pouch woven of gold and silver, pill-like crystals the size of a dragon’s eye, a compact bronze dagger… each of the nine magic treasures glowed and released a faint aura of pressure.

Zhao Sheng swiftly unleashed thousands of Mystic Light Techniques at the nine magic treasures, taming them in a flash before tucking them into his sleeve.

Shortly after, he touched down on the Spirit Core of the Mirror Realm’s central Great Array, where the array pillars shone brightly, the array’s energy weaving into luminous streams that wrapped a hundred-meter area nearby.

The luminous streams lifted, and Zhao Sheng’s form soon faded into the array.

After a spell of vertigo, he materialized in an unfamiliar land of mist-shrouded peaks and vaporous oceans.

This place was truly the Mirror World housed in the Northern Mirage Cloud Mirror.

Harnessing the unique Restrictive Power of the Five Directions Treasure Mirror, Zhao Sheng could navigate freely between the mirrors, a peculiar method of Space-Time Teleportation.

Lacking the vast knowledge from his previous life, Zhao Sheng’s present cultivation by itself would never allow such wondrous accomplishments.

Whoosh~

Zhao Sheng let out a deep sigh, then shifted into a gale that scattered the fog, exposing a serene, profound lake below, its waters smooth as a mirror.

The lake spanned just over a hundred acres, with thirteen small bronze tripods hovering above it, now and then drawing in pure streams that rinsed the Treasure Pills within over and over.

Zhao Sheng waved his hand, causing all thirteen Treasure Tripods to lift skyward at once, vanishing into his sleeve in moments.

With that done, Zhao Sheng prepared to depart.

Not much later, he found himself in a realm of endless yellow dunes, the surface blanketed in dirt and rock.

In the Central Earth Realm, Zhao Sheng rent the ground open and pulled out three slabs of White Jade Crystal Wall from deep below, each measuring nine meters in length and three in width.

Afterward, he went to the Southern Haoyang Realm and the Eastern Kong Sang Realm in turn, extracting a host of vital treasures fostered in those domains.

At last, Zhao Sheng stepped into the Western Golden Light Mirror but held off on claiming treasures; rather, he became a rainbow and soared out of the Mirror Realm.

…

To the southwest of Daze Realm, billions of miles from the mainland, the Outer Sea Cultivation World dotted with myriad spirit islands of all sizes.

On that day, Daoist Tao Kan had freshly plundered a dominant Outer Sea sect, the Ancient Spirit Sect, and was resting in meditation on a barren isle.

Just then, the Golden Light Mirror burst from his chest, its face undulating with ripples that unveiled a broad expanse of golden radiance.

A silhouette stepped out from the mirror, advancing to stand before Daoist Tao Kan.

Spotting the figure, the old Daoist jolted with anxiety, scrambling to his feet to bow and greet, “Little Taoist pays respect to the True Monarch.”

Zhao Sheng motioned for him to stand, then cut straight to the point: “How have you handled the duty I gave you?”

“Reporting to the True Monarch, Little Taoist has in recent years scoured almost all of Daze Realm, stopping at thirty-eight ancient sects of Nascent Soul level, gathering more than a thousand Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. The items remain with Little Taoist; please inspect them, True Monarch.”

As he spoke, the old Daoist unfastened a line of Storage Bags from his belt, offering them reverently to Zhao Sheng.