I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2629 - 1201: An Unexpected Visitor

"Disciple has successfully achieved Nascent Soul Formation. Thank you, Master, for your protection!"

Zhuo Ming spotted Chen Mobai and promptly offered a profound bow of respect.

She knew full well that all her current accomplishments stemmed from her Master’s guidance.

Without submitting to his tutelage in the past, she probably would have perished amid Giant Tree Ridge ages ago.

"Stand up. Your triumph owes much to me, yet it also springs from your personal destiny."

A smile played on Chen Mobai’s lips as he spoke. Beside him, the perceptive Luo Yixuan stepped forward to assist Zhuo Ming to her feet.

"Senior Sister, heartfelt congratulations on forming your Nascent Soul. You truly stand as the premier figure among the second generation of the Xiao Nanshan lineage." Luo Yixuan offered her genuine admiration and felicitations.

"Not exactly. Though my realm leads, seniority marks me as the second disciple," Zhuo Ming replied, shaking her head. She understood Chen Mobai’s strict regard for order; Liu Wenbo would forever hold the position of eldest disciple. Moreover, her entry into the sect came solely through Liu Wenbo’s benevolence.

Thus, Liu Wenbo eternally remained her grand senior brother in her heart.

"Ming’er speaks truly. Within my sect, rank follows seniority, not cultivation realm."

Chen Mobai reinforced the rules of hierarchy, prompting Luo Yixuan to bow her head in mild shame upon hearing them.

"Any lingering questions?"

Seated before the grand hall, the three settled on the ground as Chen Mobai inquired. Zhuo Ming nodded, sharing the confusions that arose during her long seclusion.

Normally, such issues would block a flawless breakthrough.

Yet Zhuo Ming advanced with astonishing ease.

Be it Nascent Soul Formation or Artifact Refining.

Success crowned both endeavors.

Once Chen Mobai clarified her uncertainties, he secretly admired her incredible luck.

"What of the Merit Cauldron?"

Chen Mobai gestured toward the cubic cauldron hovering above. Reminded, Zhuo Ming noticed her Lifespan Artifact still floated overhead and swiftly chanted the Sacramental Refinement Mantra to call it down.

It settled next to the trio, leaving Luo Yixuan wide-eyed with astonishment and intrigue.

As a core member of the Xiao Nanshan lineage, she recognized that its transformation into a merit treasure elevated it to Rank-5 status.

Chen Mobai, the top Artifact Refiner across the East Continent, had yet to pass on his techniques—until Zhuo Ming elevated her Lifespan Artifact to Rank-5, proving she’d inherited his instruction.

But Rank-5!

Luo Yixuan grasped the immense worth of Rank-5 treasures and couldn’t accept Zhuo Ming forging the Merit Cauldron alone; she figured Chen Mobai had done the work.

By local standards, Zhuo Ming could now claim the title of fifth-rank Artifact Refiner.

Examining the Merit Cauldron via "The Union of Differences," Chen Mobai couldn’t grasp its full forging mystery, particularly the leap to Rank-5 and merit infusion, since it bore Zhuo Ming’s essence. Full comprehension demanded erasing her imprints.

Still, having forged its base, a surge of his power let him perceive the Merit Great Dao.

With his vast array of Great Dao insights, Chen Mobai merely savored the Merit Great Dao briefly before handing the treasure back.

"What a magnificent Merit Treasure. Should you reach Harmonization later, it shall become your Dao Treasure."

Zhuo Ming beamed at Chen Mobai’s praise, yet confusion lingered over the term Harmonization.

Chen Mobai gave a quick overview, describing it as the stage surpassing ascendant cultivators. Dread filled Zhuo Ming.

"This disciple is slow and doubts reaching even Spirit Transformation. That level defies my wildest thoughts."

Chen Mobai burst into laughter at her words. He then plunged his hand into the void, drawing forth two Dao Fruits into his grasp.

"Left is the Earth Element Dao Fruit, right the Primordial Dao Fruit, as I once vowed to you. Chosen yet?"

Having detailed the two Dao Fruits’ powers and applications, Chen Mobai observed his cherished disciple ponder deeply.

Meanwhile, Luo Yixuan gulped audibly.

Dao Fruits!

Two of them—no share for me?

"Master, I’ve decided."

As Luo Yixuan’s thoughts raced, Zhuo Ming raised her gaze toward the Earth Element Dao Fruit on the left.

"Oh? What draws you to that one?"

Chen Mobai, after catching sight of the Merit Great Dao, realized right away that the Earth Element Dao Fruit was the perfect fit for Zhuo Ming since she faced no calamities at all. Possessing the ideal method to advance her realm, she was destined to ascend effortlessly to the highest level her talent permitted.

That's precisely why her cultivation journey paralleled Chen Mobai's within the Sect of Realms.

Although the Primordial Dao Fruit offers greater potential, this Great Dao already has Yi Yuan True Monarch as its forerunner.

In contrast, selecting the Earth Element Dao Fruit guarantees Zhuo Ming's safety—she can definitely condense it up to the Spirit Transformation Stage and then seek a Merit Great Dao even better suited to her.

Prior to that, achieving Spirit Transformation remains the top priority.

"Disciple feels that using the Yellow Emperor’s Benevolence Scripture for realm breakthrough is simpler; the Yi Yuan Dao Scripture proves a bit too intricate, and the disciple struggles to grasp it fully."

She expressed her thoughts openly. Despite her superior Spiritual Root, Zhuo Ming's aptitude for comprehension shone brightest in Earth Attribute cultivation techniques and divine skills. The Yi Yuan Dao Scripture, immense and profound, covered the Five Elements and every phenomenon imaginable. She'd studied it completely back in Northern Abyss City, yet it remained elusive and challenging for her.

Being Chen Mobai’s disciple had deeply embedded pragmatism into her core.

Thus, after some reflection, she naturally opted for the straightforward Earth Element Dao Fruit.

"Excellent, I shall pass this Dao Fruit on to you."

Upon hearing her words, Chen Mobai sensed Zhuo Ming's extraordinary fortune—even her decisions turned out perfectly suited to her.

With a smile, he withdrew the Primordial Dao Fruit and transmitted the Yi Yuan Seal required for the ritual refinement of the Dao Fruit.

After practicing it several times, Zhuo Ming manifested her Nascent Soul, grasping the Earth Element Dao Fruit to merge it into her Purple Mansion's Sea of Knowledge.

Even Dao Fruit refinement demands a certain duration.

As he oversaw her progress, Chen Mobai shared with Zhuo Ming every insight from the Primordial Great Dao tied to the Yellow Emperor’s Benevolence Scripture, focusing on Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation matters.

Her admiration for Chen Mobai grew deeper with each revelation she understood.

She knew full well that her master practiced a Fire Element Technique.

Through master instructing disciple, with tea served by yet another apprentice, half a year flew past in no time.

Chen Mobai started by teaching cultivation methods. Once Zhuo Ming nearly mastered them, he shifted to instructing the Seventh Rank Celestial Stars Earth Luo Star Formation.

After all, establishing this array in the Five Elements Sect was impossible relying on third-generation disciple Song Huangdae. With Zhuo Ming's successful "Nascent Soul Formation," the crucial duty now rested squarely on her shoulders.

Indeed, Zhuo Ming had genuinely mastered the arcane arts of formations.

Though the Seventh Rank Large Formation exceeded her grasp at this Realm, she comprehended fully half of the Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation.

Chen Mobai handed over the Three Hundred and Sixty Formation Diagrams one by one, confirming Zhuo Ming could deploy them per the illustrations, before halting the sessions with satisfaction.

"At my current cultivation Realm, every retreat might span dozens or hundreds of years, hence these tasks demand a reliable successor."

"Disciple vows not to let Master down."

Zhuo Ming was no stranger to duties. Earlier at Wandering Mountain, she'd labored on reclaiming the submerged Spirit Field ruins of Golden Crow Immortal City. Now assigned to formations, her zeal burned even brighter.

"The Sect's affairs go to Zongheng, Xiao Nanshan’s lineage falls to you, plus my East Continent friends—you'll handle future dealings with them for me."

He meant his ties to East Continent cultivators such as Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen. Spirit Transformation Stage deities rarely stirred; their True Bodies joined only grand clashes like righteous-demonic wars or frontier ventures.

Going forward, dealings with allies and peers usually fell first to disciples, dispatched to represent them.

Such disciples served as mantle heirs from Spirit Transformation experts.

Righteous Path Spirit Transformation cultivators understood these apprentices as tomorrow's envoys, extending them due courtesy.

In East Continent, Holy Land Spirit Transformation cultivators upheld this unspoken accord.

Once Zhuo Ming successfully formed her Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai was finally able to present her on the platform of the East Continent.

He declared to all Holy Land Spirit Transformation cultivators that she would serve as his future successor.

She also acted as the Dao Seed of the Five Elements Sect, fully backed by the rising generation of Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators.

"Understood, disciple complies!"

With a solemn expression as Zhuo Ming uttered these words, Chen Mobai sensed his already fading line of fate contracting even further.

Even after handing the Crown of Heaven and Earth to Jiang Zongheng, he retained the ability to employ external vision of Heaven and Earth combined with internal self-examination.

Now that two disciples had inherited the mantle, Chen Mobai’s line of fate in the Tianhe Realm thinned visibly to the naked eye.

A great many were lines prone to dimming and vanishing as time passed.

But others endured, strikingly vivid and robust.

These at the very least indicated that Spirit Transformation Stage awaited at their ends.

Figures like Ming Zun, True Lord Tianling of the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect, and so on.

This was precisely why Chen Mobai refrained from using the Secret Technique bequeathed by Yi Yuan True Monarch to pass these lines to Zhuo Ming, opting instead to tackle them personally whenever feasible.

Only if, prior to beginning Cultivating Void in the future, he couldn’t resolve the persisting matters, would he then entrust them to Zhuo Ming.

By that time, she would likely have achieved Spirit Transformation, ready to shoulder the load.

After briefing Zhuo Ming, Chen Mobai headed back to the Eastern Wilderness.

As for Zhuo Ming’s "Nascent Soul Formation" ceremony, E Yun—upon learning the news—would handle all arrangements flawlessly, so Chen Mobai could join Qing Nu in attending to show their support.

Yet, upon returning, Chen Mobai discovered unforeseen visitors in Northern Abyss City.

"Han Xingzi, Luoying Shangren?" Chen Mobai mused deeply following E Yun’s report.

He had long cut all ties with the Three Veins of Ice Heaven.

Why on earth would these two seek him out?