I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2382 - 1074: Da Kong True Monarch (Part 2)

Thus, he resolved to cease his pretense entirely.

"Should you choose to act, that would certainly be ideal. In that case, you could properly claim a Communicating Holy Spirit Pill."

Joy surged within Chen Mobai at Da Kong True Monarch’s declaration.

These righteous deity transformation experts from the East Continent proved remarkably generous.

From Yuan Qingque and Wuchen to Da Kong right before him, each had shown him exceptional consideration.

In that instant, he felt deep appreciation for using the Turtle Treasure to arrive here and align with the righteous path from the outset.

As the pair conversed, streams of Nascent Soul Aura abruptly streaked across the northern horizon, swiftly descending into the vast crater. Under the lead of the Azure Fall Palace Master, they all bowed to Da Kong True Monarch. "Greetings, True Monarch!"

Chen Mobai noticed that, apart from the Azure Fall Palace Master, known Nascent Soul figures such as Xing Ji and Earth Virtue trailed in her wake.

Yet Da Kong True Monarch’s brow furrowed upon seeing their salute directed solely at him, his face twisting in evident irritation. "Have you overlooked Chen Mobai standing there? Will you not pay your respects?"

His remark baffled the Azure Fall Palace Master and the assembled Nascent Soul cultivators, leaving them confused as to why they ought to honor a peer Nascent Soul like Chen Mobai.

Even as the personal disciple of Yi Yuan True Monarch, did that warrant such deference?

He wasn’t a follower of the Taixu True King!

Nevertheless, compelled by the deity transformation senior’s command, they stifled their reluctance and offered cupped-fist salutes to Chen Mobai: "Greetings, Sect Master Chen."

With a smile and a nod, Chen Mobai dismissed the minor formality without concern.

Following this exchange, the Nascent Soul cultivators turned their gazes to the crater’s depths, where the civet beast’s form lay lifeless, their faces alight with awe.

"As expected, Da Kong True Monarch merely exerted a fraction of his power to effortlessly vanquish the Rank-5 True Spirit."

Xing Ji, arriving with the group, led the acclaim, and soon Earth Virtue alongside the other Nascent Soul experts chimed in with agreement.

Detecting the presence of the feral Rank-5 True Spirit, these cultivators—who had been pursuing demonic beasts amid the ruins to gather Dao Coins—had hastily retreated to Dongling Immortal City to evade peril, especially after the beast demolished the Five Elements Sect beneath the Kun position.

This occasion, upon Azure Fall Palace Master relaying Da Kong True Monarch’s news of the Rank-5 True Spirit’s demise, they had all rushed forward with zeal, eager to build rapport with the deity transformation elder.

Hence, the moment they touched down, flattery erupted freely.

Regarding the peculiar, intense heat permeating the area, they chalked it up to a disrupted fire vein from the recent deity transformation clash.

"Such audacity!" Da Kong True Monarch, whose mood had begun to ease amid the adulation, flushed crimson with fury and sharply scolded them.

Xing Ji and his companions, mid-thought on further compliments, stood stunned, jaws slack in utter confusion.

How could even their flattery go awry like this?

"The savage Rank-5 True Spirit lay slain long before my arrival; Chen Mobai was the one who felled it." Here, Da Kong True Monarch gestured toward the civet corpse in the crater’s heart, gravely affirming that he held no credit for the deed.

"This..."

His statement caused every listener’s eyes to bulge in astonishment.

Were it not for their knowledge that a deity transformation True Monarch’s pronouncements rang true, they might have dismissed it as some absurd jest.

A Rank-5 True Spirit, no matter a Nascent Soul cultivator’s prowess, should prove no match. Recalling Da Kong True Monarch’s prior insistence on saluting Chen Mobai, a staggering notion dawned in their thoughts.

Earth Virtue gulped nervously, his features etched with distress and disquiet.

"Sect Master Chen, have you attained deity transformation already?"

As the senior-most figure there and Da Kong True Monarch’s own disciple, Azure Fall Palace Master could scarcely contain her astonishment and posed the question.

"Not quite; I remain in the Nascent Soul Realm."

Chen Mobai shook his head, offering the honest reply.

Positioned behind Azure Fall Palace Master, Earth Virtue, Mysterious Water, and Yan Huo—the trio of Nascent Soul cultivators—each exhaled faintly in relief at the words.

Moments earlier, they had pondered ways to yield and pay homage to Chen Mobai without forfeiting dignity, should he have advanced to deity transformation.

"Chen Mobai has mastered the Yi Yuan Dao Body, inherited directly from Yi Yuan’s guidance, up to the Primordial Spirit stage. This untamed Rank-5 True Spirit simply met misfortune, lurking in the ruins for millennia, only to face Chen Mobai and perish the instant it surfaced."

With that, Da Kong True Monarch unveiled the truth.

As Chen Mobai harbored no desire to hide it further, he nodded along, letting the Primordial Yang Treasure Beads emerge from behind his head to display the second primeval spirit.

Innate Pure Yang Qi, rivaling the Spirit Transformation Stage, radiated outward, leaving all onlookers stunned as realization dawned.

It all made sense now—the battlefield bore traces of unleashed fire element true power; this cleared up the mystery.

"Congratulations to Sect Master Chen on reaching divine transformation!"

"We owe thanks to Turtle Immortal True Monarch’s timely intervention, or else hundreds of thousands of cultivators could have fallen to this Rank-5 True Spirit."

"What a testament to the Yi Yuan Orthodoxy—manifesting the Soul Incarnation amid the Nascent Soul Realm!"

In a flash, the cluster of Nascent Soul cultivators, who had just heaped praise on Da Kong True Monarch, swiftly pivoted their rhetoric, reshaping their accolades to exalt Chen Mobai.

Numerous eyes also shifted toward Earth Virtue and the Yi Yuan Dao Palace adherents.

At last, the Yi Yuan orthodoxy conflict stood resolved.

Whether Earth Virtue would yield gracefully stayed unclear.

"My felicitations, Junior Brother Chen; your Yi Yuan Dao Body diverges somewhat from the version handed down by our Dao Palace forebears."

Earth Virtue snapped back to awareness then, wrestling down his inner turmoil to extend congratulations to Chen Mobai, though his words struck the bystanders as oddly cryptic.