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Chapter 439 - 400: One becomes a God Monarch, only when the Three Flowers gather at the top, one Becomes Immortal!

Chapter 439: Chapter 400: One becomes a God Monarch, only when the Three Flowers gather at the top, one Becomes Immortal!

That is to say, you could use an additional three sets of runes to condense a Chapter, which could be used to construct an Infant God.

Meanwhile, the rune seed condensed from the Lower Three Realms belonged to that rune set, and you could continue condensing it. This could be considered as early preparations for your Primordial Spirit, or even for Crossing Tribulation.

This was how cultivation in the Middle Third Boundary diverged from that in the Lower Three Realms.

In the Lower Three Realms, you only needed to focus on the core Tao Law. However, in the Middle Third Boundary, one needed to gather the three flowers at the top. That is, they needed to condense Chapters of runes corresponding to the Infant God Realm, the Primordial Spirit Realm, and the Tribulation Stage.

When you have a Chapter for the Infant God, the Primordial Spirit, and at the Tribulation Stage, one has three major Chapter systems to their name. That is, the three flowers have been gathered!

So, you didn’t need to condense the Infant God using the core Tao Law, you could use the core system when you reach the Primordial Spirit Realm. In this way, you would have gathered two flowers in advance.

Because of this, the cultivation skills of the Lower Three Realms often took a comprehensive approach where myriad techniques were fused into one single rune.

However, it was the opposite in the Middle Third Boundary. Here, one started to take the extreme route, with three runes forming one Dao!

This meant that, based on the already diverse foundation, one would begin to choose one or several specific directions for extreme development.

That is to say, on the premise that the foundation of the perfector form is strong, the Middle Third Boundary began to stress battle methods, highlighting one direction for in-depth development.

This was because when you are building foundations in the Perfector form, you are developing breadth. When you become a God Monarch, you start to develop depth. When the three flowers meet, that is the moment of Becoming Immortal.

For the third step of spiritual objects, one needed to prepare beneficial spiritual objects according to the chosen Tao Law for condensing the Chapter. Aside from this, they also needed some universal spiritual objects that could help condense the Infant God.

Such as the Fetal Spiritual Heart Jade, which was used to assist in condensing the Infant God.

The main materials were generally divided into four parts, corresponding to the Infant God and the three Tao Laws, along with several auxiliary materials. Each of these main materials were a chance encounter that could not be sought after. They were rarely seen in the market, and if they did appear, they were bound to be extremely expensive.

The method for Crossing Tribulation in the fourth step was not urgent for the moment.

For the fifth step, the Innate Life Magic Treasure, one needed to have at least an embryo of a top-notch spirit tool at the time of condensing the Infant God. Only then could they upgrade the Magic Treasure when crossing the Tribulation.

Of course, you could also use a complete Magic Treasure directly, but it may not necessarily suit your Dao. This wasn’t necessary, but most often done anyway.

Because a life magic treasure that could grow with your cultivation was truly too rare!

Of all the steps, the most time-consuming and resource-intensive were the third step of gathering the spiritual objects, and the fifth step of acquiring the magic treasure.

Wang Zijia already had the embryo of a Magic Treasure, but he had absolutely no clue about where to begin with finding spiritual objects. He didn’t have the resources, nor the money to obtain them!!!

So, he planned to first explore the Immortal God Illusion for a sense of the situation.

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When he arrived at the Illusionary Realm Square, Wang Zijia found that there were more and more people in the square as days went by. The Street Market Trading Area even looked like a marketplace.

There were plenty of people seeking to buy items, and even more selling them.

The market for those seeking items was quite clear - precious tools for healing injuries, substitutes for death, escape and other life-saving types. Of course, they all had to at least be able to spare a life from God Monarchs.

Although the items for sale varied a lot, most of them had some association with the Devil Gate.

For example, inheritances, devil artifacts, and some Demon Path materials that were extracted using the Pollution Method.

The prices generally went for about 80 percent of the same level treasures but were nevertheless in millions of Magic Money.

Whether there were discounts or not, it didn’t seem to make much difference to poor people like Wang Zijia, did it?

Moreover, most of the items were only available for exchange and not for sale!

Wang Zijia looked around for a while, but he didn’t find a single spiritual object he was looking for.

While feeling speechless, Wang Zijia also opened up a stand at an automatic purchase booth, clearly indicating that he was buying some Infant God spiritual objects.

After specifically mentioning that he didn’t care about the integrity or purity of the spiritual objects and that even heavily polluted ones would work, Wang Zijia stopped paying attention to it.

He turned around and walked through the Great Hall, arriving at the familiar circle again. What surprised Wang Zijia was that there were actually three big shots from the Infant God Realm there today.

He was quite familiar with one of them. He was Gu Yuncheng, the current Patriarch of the Gu family, which was a top family in the Outer Sect. As a peak Infant God, he was just entering old age at eight hundred years old.

The other two were the famous bigshot Lu Menglong from the Talisman Court, and the alchemy expert Sun Xingyang from the Pill Institute.

All three were peak Infant Gods, and their ages were fairly similar. Sun Xingyang, the Pill Cultivator, was the youngest, being over seven hundred years old, while Lu Menglong was the oldest, nearly nine hundred years old.

All of them were well-known figures, and Wang Zijia had consciously memorized the basic information on all of them, therefore he could recognize them at a glance.

All three of them were dressed as old Taoist patriarchs with an immortal aura, looking no longer young.

Because the three big shots had suddenly appeared without prior notice, not all the people in the circle had arrived.

The participants did not casually chat as usual, but were earnestly listening to the exchanges and teachings of the three big shots.

Wang Zijia, who originally planned to subtly merge into the crowd and listen to the wisdom of the big shots, had just entered the Octagonal Pavilion area when he was spotted by Gu Yuncheng.

"What are you hiding in the back for? Come up front!"

Gu Yuncheng suddenly spoke, causing all the disciples in the Octagonal Pavilion who were listening like they were in class to subconsciously look back.

Wang Zijia, who was bowing and about to sit down, paused upon hearing this and then immediately deeply bowed saying, "Disciple greets Gu Martial Uncle, Sun Martial Uncle, and Lu Martial Uncle!"

"Come, sit in front of me!" Gu Yuncheng smiled and pointed to an area in front of him, his face filled with kindness.

Gu Yuebai, Gu Wenhe and some of the other elders of the Gu family understood immediately and made way for a central position.

The others looked at Wang Zijia with various expressions.

Seeing this, Wang Zijia dutifully walked forward. He saluted the three bigshots and sat in the midst of the Gu family members.

"Is this the famous Ruoguan Daoshi from your Talisman Court’s Outer Sect recently?" Pill Cultivator Sun Xingyang opened his mouth to ask.

Wang Zijia paused for a moment as he sat down, pretending he had not heard the comment.

"Yes, it’s this kid, and yes, he’s indeed talented." Gu Yuncheng spoke up with a smile before Talisman Master Lu Menglong could say anything.

Pill Cultivator Sun Xingyang looked at Lu Menglong, then Wang Zijia sitting in the center of the Gu family crowd, and said to Gu Yuncheng, "What, are you planning on making him your son-in-law?"

Wang Zijia: "..."

Big Shot, can’t you guys discuss this kind of stuff privately? Must you broadcast it publicly... is that really appropriate?

Maintaining his deaf act while internally speechless, Wang Zijia listened on.

Upon hearing Sun Xingyang’s words, the disciples below wore strange expressions, their faces filled with amusement.

"We did consider it initially, but this lad is loyal and plans to marry a girl from a small clan who showed him kindness years ago," Gu Yuncheng replied unabashedly with a smirk.

Talisman Master Lu Menglong glanced at Wang Zijia but stayed quiet.

"Oh?" Pill Cultivator Sun Xingyang looked at Wang Zijia surprisingly and suddenly asked, "Boy, do you know what you’ve rejected?"

Wang Zijia promptly stood and bowed, not directly answering the query, nor could he, "In response to Martial Uncle Sun’s question, if it were not for the support of the Xiang family during my early years, I would not be who I am today."

Sun Xingyang paused for a moment, neither confirming nor denying Wang Zijia’s excuse, and did not continue. He probably did not agree with Wang Zijia’s justification.

"You’ve been back for months now, yet you haven’t visited me. Are you holding a grudge about me relegating you to the Lower Realm?" Gu Yuncheng looked at Wang Zijia, smiling.

Wang Zijia hurriedly bowed, "Disciple is terrified and grateful for your care, Martial Uncle. How could there be any resentment?"

"Since returning, I have been visiting Senior Brother Yuebai and the others. I heard that you were busy recently Martial Uncle, and did not want to disturb you."

"Wang junior brother has indeed visited me a few times," Gu Yuebai immediately interjected.

"Well, alright! You pass this time!" Gu Yuncheng declared laughing.

He then shifted his attention away from Wang Zijia.

Perhaps Wang Zijia had arrived late, so after the three spent a little more time chatting, they left and did not participate in the ensuing transactions.

As the three influential figures departed, the crowd resumed their activity.

Each one chattering about the big shots and recent events.

Two quarters of an hour later, the trading phase began.

Wang Zijia stepped forward, placing a request to purchase Infant God spiritual materials. He didn’t demand high purity or integrity. However, despite these fanatically low requirements, no one paid him any heed.

Besides the fact that he had nothing to allure these people, Infant God spiritual materials were almost nowhere to be found.

Wang Zijia was not surprised by this and did not appear disappointed.

After the meeting, he left the Illusionary Realm and returned from the cultivation room to his bedroom. Another night of marathon....

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The next day, Xiang Feifei was busy the whole day which was uncharacteristic of her; she didn’t pester Wang Zijia as usual. She even went so far as to use her current status in the clan to requisition many resources and magic money from the clan library following her ambivalence and trepidation.

She was immersed the entire day in the emotional flux of being eager yet anxious, oscillating between hope and fear.

It wasn’t until evening that she returned to her own courtyard to sleep, not appearing in Wang Zijia’s bedroom.

Wang Zijia surely noticed it and knew why, but he chose not to expose her.

That night, amidst her eager anticipation and anxiety, Xiang Feifei slipped into a daze.

...

Meanwhile, Feng Haonan, known as the ’Traveler’ from the Tianhong Empire, and Liang Cheng, the ’Reborn’ Thunder Emperor, after a tense day of preparations, came to the Ancestor Temple, burnt a few sticks of incense for Wang Zijia then began their meditation.

After waiting for most of the day, both abruptly opened their eyes, shared a glance, then simultaneously slipped into a daze.

...

Tao Law Court, Water Spirit Lineage.

Balofi had thoroughly changed into a different person. After half a year of adapting, she completely fit into her surface role as the second-grade teacher of the Water Spirit Tower and her secret identity as a hidden sect disciple, personally guided by the God Monarch.

She hadn’t seen her master, the Blood Lettered Divine Monarch, in almost six months, and was constantly preoccupied with the ongoing war. Recently, she was constantly distracted, always trying to find out the situation on the battlefield.

That night, while worrying about her master, she suddenly fell into a daze.

...

Wentian Pavilion, a core disciple of the Du Family, Du Wanhai.

He was originally stationed in the outer division of the Wanyu sect, the Intellegence Chief of the Wentian Division’s Essence Blood Faction, a grassroots-level assignment for him to gain experience.

However, with Wanyu sect and Bone Soul Sect going to war, the clan elders urgently recalled him.

After enduring months of wandering through wilderness he finally returned to the sect, secretly sighing in relief.

Recently, not only had the Wanyu sect established a state of war, according to intelligence, there were also unending conflicts between Feixian and Daqian territories within the Devil Gate.

There was a strong tendency to reignite the all-out war in the Spirit Suppressing Realm. The Pavilion initiated a retreat, many disciples stationed abroad were being recalled to the Sect, as they deemed the outside world unsafe.

That night, him who had returned to the clan a few days ago, abruptly fell into a daze.