Chapter 590: Chapter 398: A Century in the Void, the Conquest Begins
[In the year 5430 of the New Source Era, you return to the Flying Star Cultivation Realm to continue your cultivation.]
[Faced with pressure, cultivators in the west formed an alliance to thwart Venerable Peach Blossom.]
[Venerable Yunmiao, staying behind, is seen as a beacon of hope to directly confront Venerable Peach Blossom. However, her cultivation at mid-stage Nascent Soul offers no hope of breaking through before Peach Blossom.]
[You pause the River Map technique’s deductions on the Vast Mist and focus all its computational power on it.]
[According to the rules, cultivators below Divinity Transformation are eligible to participate in the Five Elements True Immortal inheritance trials.]
[Post-Transformation, cultivators need not seek True Immortal inheritances, having their own paths.]
[Your cultivation consists of Five-Colored Divine Light and the Five Elements True Scripture, crafted by the River Map from seventy-six mainstream market techniques.]
[You originally intended to cultivate slowly until the right moment for seeking Immortal Fate, but circumstances are urging you now.]
[Breaking through to Divinity Transformation from Nascent Soul won’t be simple. Based on your calculations, Venerable Peach Blossom will require fifty years for the initial breakthrough and eighty years for success; failure and retrying could delay another two hundred years.]
[In the year 5432 of the New Source Era, the River Map deciphered the method to unlock the map. You continue to deploy all computational power on the Incarnation Technique.]
Inside the cave mansion.
A map is spread before Zhong Heng.
The map is smooth in the center, without visible tears.
The lines etched on the map, Zhong Heng cross-references with all the information in his mind.
But he finds nothing.
Following the River Map’s deciphered information.
In front of the map, Zhong Heng continuously forms hand seals.
The map suddenly shines with spiritual light.
A vast map appears in Zhong Heng’s mind.
"This, this is..."
Zhong Heng’s mouth opens wide involuntarily.
"Central State!"
This is the map of the entire Central State!
Central State covers the largest territory, holds the most powerful beings, and has the deepest inheritances among the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
It is thrice as large as a regular state.
Central State equals the former Demon Realm, even surpassing it.
Yet, the Fractured Nine Provinces left Central State most damaged.
The once vast Central State now shrank to a third of its original size, matching regular states.
This map likely depicts Central State just after its fragmentation twenty thousand years ago.
Over twenty thousand years of Fragment World fusion, Central State restored much.
It approximates two-thirds of its former size currently.
"Wanlang Mountains..."
The thought flashes in Zhong Heng’s mind.
Quickly, the map begins to shrink speedily.
Zhong Heng discerns the roughly mapped terrain of Central State.
It’s not covered in Spirit Mountains or Spirit Rivers, but scar-like Void Abysses spanning the land.
Void Abysses, resembling fierce scars, spread across Central State.
They divide Central State into isolated regions.
Some large, others like small islands.
Effective rapid communication is impossible among these regions.
Wanlang Mountains is a smaller region encircled by Void Abysses.
"Legend says the Five Elements True Immortal refined his path five thousand years after the great change."
"He empathized with Five Spirit Root cultivators’ struggles."
"Passed down methods for cultivating Five Elements Technique."
"All Five Spirit Root cultivators could then practice Five Elements Technique."
"Cultivating Five Elements Technique is a requirement for inheritance."
"Yet, the True Immortal values fate."
"Those with fate beyond requirements may undertake the inheritance trial."
"Those lacking fate but possessing great perseverance can still visit the Central State Five Elements Mountain."
"But crossing Void Abysses is challenging, needing at least late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation."
"Across the entire Jiuzhou, True Immortal sets inheritance paths. Profound Five Elements Technique practice allows faint detection."
"Cultivators in areas without inheritance paths must travel to Five Elements Mountain."
"However..."
"My foundational Five Elements Technique stems from the original technique passed down by True Immortal."
"I’ve cultivated a modified technique from the market, supposed to be detectable per rules..."
"Yet, I feel nothing."
"As per this map..."
The terrain of Wanlang Mountains enlarges continuously.
At the Land of the Far North in Wanlang Mountains, a bright point signifies the True Immortal inheritance.
Additionally, two other points are visible.
A newly appeared yet dim point represents the Five Elements Qiankun Gourd inheritance Zhong Heng acquired.
Since Five Elements Qiankun Gourd originated from Great Xia World, its link there emerged only upon opening paths, marking it on the map.
Another point marks the map’s original location.
The Star-Plucking Immortal Venerable’s legacy spot.
Besides these two, one excessively bright point lies in the Far North.
One glance overwhelms Zhong Heng with abundant Qi of the Five Elements sensation.
Likely, this marks the True Immortal inheritance site.
"Countless celestial prides pass by like schools of fish, but few gain True Immortal inheritances."
"I must prepare further..."
If time were ample, Zhong Heng wouldn’t hasten there.
Ideally, achieving Nascent Soul Perfection first.
Should he acquire the inheritance, perhaps True Immortal would grant resources aiding Divinity Transformation breakthrough.
Yet, time is urgent.
Venerable Peach Blossom’s breakthrough timing is uncertain.
