I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2628 - 1200: Zhuo Ming’s Nascent Soul Formation, Fortunate Star Rising_2

Zhang Pankong had spent countless years in the Central State over time, naturally picking up loads of insider gossip. Da Kong True Monarch's refusal to hand over the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill right after his return only served to back up those rumors indirectly.

Zhang Pankong's remarks jogged Chen Mobai's memory of the statue he'd spotted in Taixu Temple, gripping a jade ruler in one hand.

Now it appeared that this symbolized the Taixu True King's Treasure of Dao, the Taixu Measuring Sky Ruler.

Did the Turtle Treasure truly belong to the Taixu True King?

"Thus, the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill held by Da Kong True Monarch will go to Dan Miaosu," Chen Mobai grasped the reason behind Zhang Pankong's troubled expression. Even as the Primordial Void Dao Child, his odds looked bleak against Dan Miaosu.

Besides, the biggest hurdle remained his distance from Nascent Soul Complete.

This gave a clear explanation.

Chen Mobai lacked any fix for this, primarily since meddling would be improper—it was purely an internal affair of the Taixu MiaoMiao Palace.

"Should our sect manage to refine Deity Transformation Pills down the line, if extras remain, I'll strive to reserve one for Brother Zhang."

Even so, as friends, Chen Mobai offered these words to Zhang Pankong.

"Many thanks, Sect Master Chen. I'm merely letting off steam since few can hear me out on this..."

Zhang Pankong expressed gratitude, yet Chen Mobai saw he didn't truly trust the pledge. After all, in the East Continent, the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill stood as the sole proven Deity Transformation Pill. Even with the Five Elements Sect using the Longevity Sect's recipe to produce it, absent confirmation, Zhang Pankong wouldn't risk taking it.

With that, Chen Mobai dropped the subject. He shared tea with Zhang Pankong for half a day until the latter steadied his emotions, then escorted him personally to the Teleportation Array.

…

Wandering Mountain.

Chen Mobai employed Void Teleportation to reach the spot directly.

Upon linking up with the stationed Luo Yixuan, Chen Mobai used Echoes in the Void to check Zhuo Ming's secluded cultivation area and confirmed smooth progress. Satisfied, he retracted his Second Primeval Spirit.

Two years passed.

Dark clouds gathered above Wandering Mountain.

This marked Zhuo Ming's Yuan Infant Heavenly Tribulation, but both Chen Mobai and Luo Yixuan wore odd looks.

The Heavenly Tribulation's range proved far too narrow, even tinier than certain Building Dan Heavenly Tribulations faced by Five Elements Sect cultivators, like Luo Yixuan's own.

"Master, might Senior Sister..."

Luo Yixuan voiced her concern, suspecting the feeble Heavenly Tribulation hinted at a doomed breakthrough.

"No need to fret: Ming’er has completed Nascent Soul Emergence, her nascent soul robust and equal to mine from back then."

Chen Mobai shook his head following a close listen.

Though Zhuo Ming possessed less True Qi volume than him, she had forged seventy-two Earthly Fiends using seventy-two strands of Thick Virtue True Qi, the Longevity Sect's profoundest foundation technique.

Typically, such a solid base complicated Nascent Soul Emergence.

Yet Zhuo Ming perfected her Primordial True Qi via Five Elements Spiritual Fruit. This supreme art excelled at Transforming Infant.

Under Chen Mobai's guidance, Zhuo Ming spent over a year meticulously breaking down her energy, flawlessly mastering the three Nascent Soul Formation stages.

The moment Nascent Soul Emergence hit, the meager Heavenly Tribulation struck Wandering Mountain.

Zhuo Ming skipped using the Rank-5 Earth Spirit Robe from Chen Mobai; instead, the All-things Altruistic Cauldron emerged to casually melt and devour the scattered dozen Yi Wood Divine Thunders.

Soon after, the sparse dark clouds vanished from the sky like workers off shift.

Gazing at the spotless, cloud-free heavens, Luo Yixuan sensed deep unfairness!

Her Building Dan Heavenly Tribulation had raged far fiercer.

Without borrowing Qing Nu’s Xuan Guang Soap Carving Flag Fragments, she might not have survived.

How could Senior Sister's Yuan Infant Heavenly Tribulation unleash just such weak bolts?

Was this truly Nascent Soul Formation?!

"Hahaha, congratulations, Ming’er, on reaching Nascent Soul—your lifespan now spans a millennium!"

Chen Mobai brimmed with delight at that instant, booming with laughter mid-air. He emptied all leftover ores from Zhang Pankong out of his Storage Bag and, atop the Fresh Wind, soared toward the All-things Altruistic Cauldron.

Zhuo Ming’s Nascent Soul glowed entirely in an earth-yellow shade, her countenance beaming with ecstasy. Employing her Thick Virtue True Qi, she forged a compact Earth Spirit Robe bearing seventy-two spiritual patterns, which hovered above the sealed cultivation hall. Once she heard Chen Mobai’s words of congratulations, she pivoted awkwardly to offer him a salute.

"No need for formalities; consolidate your realm first. After your breakthrough, employ the Yellow Emperor’s Benevolence Scripture to conduct Sacramental Refinement on the All-things Altruistic Cauldron. Given your deep foundation, you ought to advance it to the Merit Cauldron."

Zhuo Ming nodded vigorously in response to Chen Mobai’s guidance.

The All-things Altruistic Cauldron, having fused ten thousand varieties of minerals, was poised in theory to evolve into the "All-things Meritorious Deed Cauldron."

Throughout Longevity Sect’s annals, solely the founding sect leader, Thick Virtue True Monarch, had accomplished this remarkable deed.

Forging such a cauldron meant the Merit Great Dao would accompany one eternally.

As cultivation advanced to Cultivating Void, entry into the Merit Great Dao would follow naturally.

Merit ranks among the Innate Great Daos, akin to Chen Mobai’s Saintly Virtue, promising endless fortune upon mastery, warding off disasters, and allowing one to mock even the gravest calamities.

Yet, boundless fortune cannot defy destiny itself.

Thick Virtue True Monarch of Longevity Sect, though he perfected the Merit Cauldron and lived disaster-free, ultimately sat in meditation and passed due to the exhaustion of lifespan, failing to attain immortality.

Furthermore, those blessed with merit often grow arrogant amid their luck, forfeiting the zeal to advance further.

Contemplating this, Chen Mobai deemed it vital for Zhuo Ming to shoulder greater responsibilities ahead, reminding her that loftier summits always loom beyond.

Perfect timing, as the Five Elements Sect’s lead fell to Jiang Zongheng, leaving the lineages of Xiao Nanshan and the East Continent open for Zhuo Ming’s consideration.

Another year and a half flew by swiftly.

Guided by Chen Mobai, Zhuo Ming flawlessly stabilized her realm.

Meanwhile, the All-things Altruistic Cauldron, beneath Wandering Mountain’s Sixth Rank Spirit Vein, relentlessly drew in and dissolved diverse earth essences, progressing toward fifth rank.

Though Zhuo Ming’s Artifact Refining aptitude was average, Chen Mobai’s direct tutelage, combined with the cauldron as her Lifespan Artifact, enabled her to fuse the components step by step.

In the midst of this endeavor, Chen Mobai uncovered a key insight.

Merely amassing ten thousand earthly minerals wouldn’t suffice to birth the Merit Cauldron.

Only a bearer of great fortune could manifest the Merit Cauldron.

Without such fortune, even twice that number of minerals would yield merely a Fourth Rank peak All-things Altruistic Cauldron.

Evidently, Zhuo Ming possessed abundant fortune.

Though Chen Mobai hadn’t pursued the Merit Great Dao, he could refine the Yellow Emperor’s Benevolence Scripture via the Primordial Great Dao. In that mode, he sensed the intangible Merit Qi drifting between heaven and earth, surging ceaselessly toward Zhuo Ming since her Nascent Soul Formation.

Her All-things Altruistic Cauldron harnessed this fortune qi to metamorphose and ascend to fifth rank.

Reviewing his disciple’s journey, Chen Mobai recognized her extraordinary fortune.

Particularly, in possessing him as her master.

Fortunate stars gleamed overhead, her destiny towering like the firmament.

That day, a crystalline chime echoed from Wandering Mountain’s depths, sounding like heavenly melody.

A yellow-robed female cultivator, her skin radiant like polished yellow jade, soared from a majestic hall. Above her hovered a quadrate cauldron brimming with spiritual energy, radiating propitious glows akin to a guiding lucky star.

Sensing the mighty True Qi surging within her Nascent Soul, along with Vital Essence potent enough to shift mountains and cleave seas, Zhuo Ming could scarcely trust this wasn’t a dream.

Had she truly formed her Nascent Soul with such ease?

Even her Lifespan Artifact had evolved!

Right then, she spotted a dashing youth with a warm smile standing nearby.