Chapter 414: Nascent Soul Realm
"If I am not wrong, the purple lightning token should be the key to where nascent soul realm cultivators usually went to advance to the reincarnation realm." Yu Nianzhen nodded and said.
"Your guess makes sense but..." Jiang Yue frowned.
"I know." Yu Nianzhen sighed and continued.
"If it’s the key, where did the tokens come from? Most importantly, why haven’t they appeared in more than one hundred thousand years?"
"Exactly! There are too many questions."
As he spoke, Jiang Yue took one of the purple lightning tokens and looked at it.
"Do you think they still work?" He asked.
"I don’t know. Maybe we will know when we reach the peak of the nascent soul realm."
"It’s not easy to cultivate to the peak of the nascent soul realm. No matter how talented we are, it will take several hundred years."
"Master is at the peak of the nascent soul realm. We will talk about it when we meet him."
"Good." Jiang Yue agreed and put the token away.
"Seems like senior Bai only prepared the phoenix blood essence and spirit stones to break through." Jiang Yue was a little disappointed when they didn’t find more treasures in Bai Xing’s storage ring.
"Our gains are not few." Yu Nianzhen said with a smile on his lips.
"I know, I won’t be greedy." Jiang Yue stuck his tongue out and Yu Nianzhen chuckled.
"Azhen, let’s retreat."
"Okay."
After that, the two went into retreat to attack the nascent soul realm.
Of the two, Jiang Yue’s cultivation was closest to the nascent soul realm and he broke through within three months.
However, he wasn’t complacent because of his breakthrough.
While waiting for Yu Nianzhen, he studied fifth-level formations and his foundation improved by leaps and bounds.
Two months after Jiang Yue’s breakthrough, Yu Nianzhen also crossed the lightning tribulation and became a nascent soul realm cultivator.
"Congratulations." Jiang Yue smiled at his husband and pulled him for a hug.
"Congratulations to you too." Yu Nianzhen also smiled but soon turned solemn.
"How big is your nascent soul?" He asked.
Although all nascent soul realm cultivators had the same lifespan, the size of their nascent souls was different.
Nascent souls were categorised by size.
One-to-three-centimetre nascent souls were referred to as low grade, four to six centimetres were medium grade, seven to eight centimetres were high grade, and nine centimetres were peak grade.
"Ten centimetres." Jiang Yue said happily and looked at Yu Nianzhen without any worry in his eyes.
"What about you?"
"Same." Yu Nianzhen said and smiled.
From ancient records, the ten centimetres nascent soul was the legendary supreme grade.
Although no one had achieved it, it was said that those who had a ten centimetres nascent soul had the potential to advance to the god realm.
"As expected, my Azhen is the most powerful." Jiang Yue said proudly.
"No, you are the most powerful." Yu Nianzhen said and hugged Jiang Yue tighter.
"Do you want to go back to the ancient palace?"
"You know me best." Yu Nianzhen said and soon after, they left senior Niu’s dimension.
For the next three months, the two did not leave the ancient palace.
Because of double cultivation, their cultivation stabilised a little but it was not enough to advance to the middle stage of the nascent soul realm.
When they came out of the ancient palace, Yang Xu and Bing Lan had already returned to the Sea Cloud sect’s camp.
"You have broken through." Yang Xu said as soon as he saw them.
"We were fortunate to find a few good things." Yu Nianzhen said.
"Our cultivation is now in the same realm; you no longer have to call me master." Yang Xu said but couldn’t help feeling a loss in his heart.
"Even if my cultivation surpasses you, you will always be my master." Yu Nianzhen said solemnly.
On the surface, Yang Xu had never done a lot for Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue.
However, Yu Nianzhen felt differently.
Although Yang Xu didn’t teach him much, he had taught all he could.
Most importantly, when he and Jiang Yue didn’t have enough cultivation resources, Yang Xu helped them without reservations.
He even used his life-saving clear jade fruit when Yu Nianzhen experienced his first lightning tribulation and distributed his limited nascent soul realm attack tokens to Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen for self-defence.
When Yu Nianzhen considered all the small and big matters, he was not reluctant to respect Yang Xu as his master.
"Master, you are too serious." Jiang Yue laughed and Bing Lan smiled gratefully.
She knew that Yang Xu was wholehearted to the two young men.
He treated them as his own children and was willing to do anything for them.
Fortunately, his sincerity was reciprocated.
"Master, we discovered some things." Yu Nianzhen suddenly said.
"What things?" Yang Xu lifted an eyebrow in question.
"Let’s talk when we find senior Niu."
After that, the group of four went to find senior Niu who was waiting in the backyard of the ancient palace.
[Good, very good.] Senior Niu said as soon as he saw Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen.
In his voice, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue heard boundless relief. As if a heavy stone was lifted from the bullock’s heart.
"Is something wrong?" Jiang Yue asked.
[Nothing is wrong.] The bullock said and quickly changed the subject.
[Why did you come?]
"Senior Niu, we found a few tokens in some of the storage rings we found in the sealed battlefield." Yu Nianzhen said and showed a purple lightning token.
[If you are asking, you should have already guessed what it is for.]
"Azhen and I think it’s the key for the place where nascent soul realm cultivators can break through to the reincarnation realm."
Hearing that, senior Niu sighed.
[You are right. Unfortunately, the tokens in your hands can’t be used.]
"Nianzhen, what’s going on?" Yang Xu asked.
"Master, it’s like this..." Yu Nianzhen said and then spoke about the underground cave.
"I don’t understand, why do we need to go to another place to break through to the reincarnation realm?" Bing Lan asked.
[The reason is not important. Currently, the path to the tribulation world is closed.]
"Currently?" Yu Nianzhen immediately caught the keyword.
[Don’t worry about things you can’t control. Your top priority is to improve your strength.]
After saying that, the bullock exhaled and the four were enveloped in a transparent bubble.
A moment later, the world whirled and when everything came to a stop, they were no longer in the camp.
"Are we back to the sealed battlefield?" Bing Lan asked with shock in her voice.
"Seems like it." Jiang Yue said and his eyes widened in the next moment.
"Master, mistress, quickly use your demon-repelling flowers." Yu Nianzhen said before Jiang Yue could say anything.
At the moment, they were still enclosed in the bullock’s transparent bubble but Yu Nianzhen didn’t think it would last.
"You do the same." Yang Xu urged.
"XiaoYue and I no longer need the demon-repelling flowers." Yu Nianzhen said.
Since they cultivated the technique engraved in Bai Xing’s cave, they could transform demonic qi into ordinary qi.
Unfortunately, the two found that they couldn’t pass on the technique.
"This seems to be the first layer of the sealed battlefield. Why did senior Niu send us here?" Jiang Yue was confused but so were the rest.
The place where senior Niu sent them was a stone forest.
It had many odd-shaped stones but there was nothing else in the surroundings.
"The first layer is bigger than I expected." Bing Lan said.
They had been in the first layer for more than ten years.
Although she couldn’t say they had explored everywhere, she was relatively sure they had been to most places.
However, she now discovered that their exploration wasn’t as deep as she thought.
"There is something." Yang Xu suddenly said, his face a little pale.
"What?" Jiang Yue asked.
"It’s coming towards us. Prepare to fight."
Hearing that, Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, and Bing Lan immediately became alert.
At the same time, they released their weapons and waited for whatever was rushing towards them.
"Now that I think about it, Li Futian said there would be a chance for us to earn merit points. Could this be it?" Jiang Yue wondered.
"Most likely." Yu Nianzhen said with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Recalling Bai Xing’s records, he felt there were two possibilities.
The first possibility was surviving or demonized cultivators.
However, they were only in the first layer of the sealed battlefield and immortal cultivators were in the inner layers.
Considering that, there were likely no survivors in the outermost layer.
If not survivors, the other possibility was space beasts.
According to Bai Xing, the world boundary was repaired and the space beasts were repelled.
However, by the time the boundary was repaired, there were already many space beasts in the demonic qi prison. Additionally, a war broke out between prisoners and prisoner guards.
Thinking of this level, Yu Nianzhen couldn’t help but wonder if all the space beasts were eliminated.
