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Chapter 683 - 59: The Strength of the Tianyuan Realm (2/3)

Chapter 683: Chapter 59: The Strength of the Tianyuan Realm (2/3)

Heavenly Venerate’s teachings.

Upon hearing this, An Jing’s eyes slightly stirred, betraying a curious expression—this was also the look that most people would show: "I have never heard of the title of Heavenly Venerate... Is Venerable Zhiyang the name of the Heavenly Venerate from Luofu?"

"Becoming the head disciple really grants one the teachings of the Heavenly Venerate?"

Although people often say ’The four great Daoist Academies are fundamentally different from other academies, because to enter the Daoist Academy is to be a disciple in name under the Heavenly Venerate’... But now it seems, this isn’t a joke?

The head disciples of the Four Great Daoist Academies actually enjoy such benefits?

"Actually, the Heavenly Venerate doesn’t mind us calling His names and titles, otherwise, we would not even be able to utter those two words."

Chairman Chen’s tone was quite reverent when mentioning the Heavenly Venerate, but given his status, calling Him ’Ancient Ancestor’ would be more appropriate: "In this age of declining Dao, if possible, of course the Heavenly Venerate would wish to support the younger generations. In the recent millennium, He has openly preached the Dao four times, and teachings have been provided to every head disciple. Otherwise, attaining Purple Mansion would not be so simple."

An Jing nodded slightly.

The words spoken by Chairman Chen might just be a plain statement of history, but they were very clear in An Jing’s ears.

The head disciples of the Four Great Daoist Academies would inevitably reach Purple Mansion; there’s a small chance to become True Lords, and even an extremely rare possibility of one becoming a Dao Fetus Nascent Soul.

Just from this point alone, it is already equivalent to the configuration of a Middle Gate in Huai Xu!

Each year, a Daoist Academy consistently produces a Purple Mansion seed, who almost certainly becomes a Purple Mansion before the end of their lifespan. It’s no wonder that the Tianyuan realm is capable of supporting the development of the Wilderness and waging wars against various Demons.

At the very least, the Purple Mansions among the major groups will not be cut off.

This is similar to the large powers within the Huai Xu Realm, where the Divine Repository of the Lower Gates won’t cease, it’s just that there may be longer intervals in between.

For a relatively strong Middle Gate like the Bright Mirror Sect, the chances of a Manifest Saint True Monarch appearing are not low, and there are more than a dozen or twenty Purple Mansion cultivators in each generation. As his teacher Mingguang Dust once said, someone with potential like him at the peak of the Divine Repository is rare (he has now become a Manifest Saint), but for those who are just at the initial stage of the Divine Repository and stuck at intermediate level without potential ’Sect wanderers’ are indeed quite numerous; he has many teachers and junior fellow disciples like that.

In this calculation, although the situation is not entirely the same, a Jingwei Academy can be compared to a Middle Gate. Although not on par with Bright Mirror Sect, it is definitely enough for a typical Middle Gate, and for such a Sect, Xuanye City has more than a dozen.

Overall, the Daoist Academy is definitely backed by a lineage of Daoist Embryo Heavenly Monarchs and Primordial Spirit; this is comparable to an Upper Gate.

The total strength of the Tianyuan realm is most likely comparable to the Heavenly Ancestor of Huai Xu, meaning it possesses stable Primordial Spirit Venerables and the background, with a number of Daoist Embryo Heavenly Monarchs, both single and in double digits, as well as numerous Golden Core True Monarchs and Purple Mansion True Persons.

The entire force of the Bright Mirror Sect, even if it includes Lord Cheng Guang, the Ancient Ancestor, is probably only about the same as Xuanye City—after all, Xuanye City surely also has top-tier experts behind it capable of dominating a Central Spiritual Vein, but just like Cheng Guang Ancient Ancestor, unless facing existential threats, such as the threat and negotiation from a high-level peer like Dachen Town Prince or the revival of Tribulation Soldiers led by Exalted Great Heavenly Demons like Frost Calamity, they would not make a move.

And yet, even so, they can’t fully touch the essence of the Luofu Group; those Skyship controllers within the Great Void and those secluded high realms, the Jingwei Academy’s Main Mountain.

An Jing was very clear that everything happening in Xuanye City and the safe zone was essentially superficial.

The real choices affecting this world are all coming from the deepest parts of the group, transmitted from within the Main Mountain of that secluded realm.

If one truly wished to understand the truths of this world, they must go to the Cave Heaven.

Meet with that [Heavenly Venerate].

"But actually, it’s best not to meet too soon."

Even though Subdue Evil is a Sword Cultivator, he is also an Immortal Sword, not a madman eager to commit suicide. He warned An Jing, "The Primordial Spirit is the [Primordial Primordial Spirit], its thoughts are potent enough to shatter the Great Void’s essence, possessing a part of the ’Creation from Nothing’ and ’World Opening’ essence. Creating a universe and heavens might be challenging, but establishing a Cave Heaven is effortless."

"Their power, should they sweep casually, I can shield you a bit, but if face-to-face, it’s enough to see through all our concealments."

"I understand."

An Jing nodded in his heart, "But this chief identity indeed cannot be given up... Let’s observe and act accordingly."

Meanwhile, Chairman Chen activated the Water Mirror.

This Space Shuttle was evidently custom-made, even the Water Mirror channel on it was not a regular news channel, but a secret internal communication within Xuanye City.

It’s certain that Chairman Chen himself already knew through the chip, he turned it on so that An Jing could hear it.

And indeed, An Jing was attracted by the information broadcasted within.

Most of the news, after all, was due to changes arising from his actions.

— Half an hour ago, at the Golden Flame Abyss located in the Northwest Rift Valley, a Kun Demon uprising occurred. Three of Xuanye City’s fortress outposts were razed to the ground, the surrounding mining towns and wilderness villages were urgently evacuated, but still, nearly ten thousand people were devoured by the terrifying swarms of Kun Demons, like a tide of grey.

— Several company heads were assassinated within the towns constructed by Shouyang Mountain in the surrounding safe zones, and even a manager from headquarters died. Before his death, he deleted all the company’s databases. Currently, Xuanye City’s Formation Cultivators are urgently trying to recover, but retrieving valuable information is proving difficult.

— There were also uprisings within Xuanye City. In multiple key areas, such as wilderness exploration and military-related companies, during martial law, it was discovered that some were trying to abscond with critical information. These individuals were extremely powerful, shooting down seventeen battle Space Shuttles during their escape. They have not yet left the city, many have been killed, but some are still putting up desperate resistance.

The chaos that just erupted in Xuanye City, and the various Space Shuttle takeoffs and battles, were all to suppress this sudden rebellion.

Hearing this, An Jing knew that the ’North Lake Marsh District Cave Heaven Door’ incident he was involved in was definitely not simple... Opening the door to the Cave Heaven was probably just the beginning, behind it were even more conspiracies.

The frontline battles he was engaged in were intense, and so were the killings behind him.

"How are my friends doing now?"

An Jing checked and found that the damage caused by the spy breakout was unexpectedly extensive; Nianquan’s apartment in the residential area was also affected, and even Huo Qing’s side, Iron Hand’s recycling house, and Rusty Feather’s workshop were involved.

This made An Jing worry: "They won’t be affected, will they?"

"No."

Chairman Chen, hearing that An Jing’s first inquiry was about his friends, couldn’t help but nod slightly.

Though it might sound a bit unpleasant, having friends and caring for them is a bonus for those in Xuanye City’s higher echelons because only such Cultivators can be bound, becoming truly ’one of us,’ as opposed to vanishing out of nowhere for the sake of personal power, without knowing whether they have defected or just ran off to the wilderness for freedom.