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Chapter 924 - 763: Officially Entering Taiching Palace [Please Subscribe, Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Chapter 924: Chapter 763: Officially Entering Taiching Palace [Please Subscribe, Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"This sword... is a bit terrifying!" Wang Zijia looked at the sword, his eyes bursting with intense spiritual light.

Despite having just one function, this thing has way too strong a killing power.

After becoming an immortal, the immortal body nurtures itself, becoming another kind of energy life form with hardly any vital points. To decapitate or severely injure an immortal is actually quite difficult.

But with this sword, after a few slashes, it can cause personality splits, and even the severed hand not only can’t regrow, the severed part will come back to life, seeking to kill the original and take its place.

Just thinking about this kind of thing is terrifying!

However, why is it always such strange and peculiar things?

Wang Zijia always felt that anything deeply connected to him by Fate Law was a bit abnormal!

In his thoughts, a pile of demon-seeding spiritual light erupted from Wang Zijia’s body, infecting the sword.

Normally, for an utensil to be demon-seeded by Wang Zijia, the quickest method is through instant demon seeding. If it’s a magic treasure with spiritual wisdom, since it can’t be subdued all at once, it requires gradual infection - sacrifice and refinement while seeding it with demonic brand is actually quite difficult.

However, demon seeding this spirit-slaying immortal sword was surprisingly easy, perhaps because the spirit within it was damaged or maybe it was willingly recognizing its new master.

In just a moment, a formidable nine-grade fairy sword was completed demon-seeded and refined by Wang Zijia.

As this was completed, Wang Zijia’s energy intimately merged with the immortal sword, and a sharp, nimble aura began to rise from his body.

Instinctively, he swung the sword.

"Boom!"

The next moment, Wang Zijia’s expression changed, and he immediately reined in his power.

Even so, the Duobao World’s Spell testing area still suffered a terrifying abyss from Wang Zijia’s slash.

If he hadn’t pulled back in time, Wang Zijia guessed that he might have slashed a huge hole into the entire Duobao World!

Feeling the power within himself, Wang Zijia’s eyes twinkled with sharp light.

With this thing, Wang Zijia couldn’t say he was invincible below the Sage Three Realms, but against anyone in the Immortal Three Realms, including nine realm profound immortals, it wouldn’t be difficult to leave comfortably if he couldn’t win!

This also meant that Wang Zijia had fully stepped into the upper-class society of Shen Hong where he would be taken seriously no matter where he went!

However, after experiencing this incident and hearing the story of the three calamities from Ling Jingzi, as well as Ling Jingzi’s inexplicable attitude towards him...

Wang Zijia always had the feeling of inheriting a huge inheritance from an old father, what’s going on?

Pushing aside the chaotic thoughts and excitement in his mind, he began various tests!

...

Time flew by, and it was several tens of days.

Wang Zijia thoroughly transformed a corner of the Duobao World into a small town for weaponsmithing, then partitioned the space and gave out order symbols to his disciples, allowing them to freely enter and produce Immortal Spirit Dao Discs.

As the Immortal Alliance saw the addition of ten-odd Immortal Venerates join and personally get involved, its various aspects of development quickened even more.

Seeing that everything was on the right track, Wang Zijia enjoyed several days of warmth with Xiang Feifei before preparing to head to the Central Immortal Domain!

He should have gone there earlier, in fact.

However, since the Central Immortal Domain was clearly stronger than the other domains, and all the big shots of Shen Hong were clustered there, Wang Zijia had actually been avoiding this place all along.

Now, with his current strength, he wouldn’t be considered a small fry or an easily squashed ant in the Central Immortal Domain, so it was time to go.

Of course, the main reason was that the Spirit Suppressing Realm had already reached its limit for a short time, and the rest could only be slowly worked on over time.

...

Central Immortal Domain, on the highest level, atop the floating continent of Taiching Palace, the Taiching Palace’s guest reception hall, within a fairly inconspicuous courtyard.

This place was extremely rich in spiritual energy, fed by a nine-grade immortal vein, truly a Cave Heaven Blessed Land.

Ever since a year ago, when the Zhenling Realm nominally came under the Taiching Palace, Zhu Qi had come here from Jiuqu City.

Originally, there should have been a place belonging to her, instead of being arranged in the guest accommodations.

But although Wang Zijia had agreed and the Zhenling Immortal Alliance had also accepted the order, since Wang Zijia hadn’t reported to the Taiching Palace, the place belonging to the Spirit Suppression lineage had not been approved.

So Zhu Qi was arranged to stay here by Li Benlin, practicing like a guest elder.

At this moment, Zhu Qi was cultivating when suddenly, she opened her eyes and hurriedly left the room, coming to the courtyard.

Unknown to her, a young man with white hair was already standing in the courtyard, currently with his hands behind his back, scrutinizing the layout of the place.

"Disciple pays respect to Martial Uncle!" Zhu Qi, seeing the young man, her face brightened with joy, and she respectfully greeted him.

Wang Zijia withdrew his gaze, looked Zhu Qi up and down for a moment, and then nodded, "It looks like you’ve had a good time here in the Taiching Palace."

"All thanks to Martial Uncle Li Benlin for looking after me on Martial Uncle’s behalf!" Zhu Qi responded as such.

Wang Zijia nodded and said, "Let’s go, take me to see Li Benlin and ask about reporting for duty."

"Has Master decided to join the Palace?" Zhu Qi asked with surprise and joy.

Wang Zijia smiled and said, "You’ve moved in here already, wouldn’t it be as good as selling you, my disciple, to pay for the rent if I didn’t report for duty?"

"Disciple, disciple..." Upon hearing this, Zhu Qi’s face stiffened, and he was at a loss for words for a while.

Wang Zijia shook his head and said, "Alright, just a joke. If this venerable did not wish to, no one could force me. Let’s go."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qi immediately said, "Master, this way, please!"

"By the way, what about Yao Wenxuan? You haven’t had too much contact with him lately, have you?" Wang Zijia suddenly remembered something and asked while they were on their way.

Zhu Qi shook his head and said, "Since becoming a disciple in the Sect, Yao Junior Brother has shown great potential, as if a dragon met wind. Having apprenticed himself to a hidden guru in the Palace, in just a few short years, his fame has spread throughout the land. I haven’t been in contact with him for a long time."

"I heard that he’s been suppressing demons in various realms recently. There are also rumors that he’s discovered some otherworld and is currently on a campaign there!"

Wang Zijia: "..."

’It’s good that this troublemaker isn’t here; otherwise, I always feel like Taiching Palace could suddenly disappear one day.’

...

The area where Zhu Qi lived was Fire Spirit Palace’s guest area, so it wasn’t far from Li Benlin’s residence.

In a short while, they arrived at Li Benlin’s courtyard.

Li Benlin, who had received Zhu Qi’s message, hurried out to greet them, exclaiming warmly, "Senior Brother Wang, I’ve been eagerly awaiting your arrival!"

Li Benlin’s address made Wang Zijia pause briefly, then he replied with a smile, seemingly well acquainted, "Previously, due to the issue with the Blood Rain, there were some disturbances in the Spirit Suppressing Realm. I went out to slash some sinners and only returned a few days ago."

"As soon as I was back and settled the sect’s affairs, I hurried over here!"

During the conversation, they bowed to each other.

Then, as Li Benlin gestured for Wang Zijia to enter the Courtyard, he asked, "There were no major issues in the Spirit Suppressing Realm, were there? I heard the other domains suffered quite severely. Was there a full-blown onslaught of disastrous tides?"

Following Li Benlin’s gesture, Wang Zijia bowed slightly again, and then the former led him into the Courtyard.

"The issue with the Blood Rain was indeed quite severe, but fortunately, our domain had already been roughly consolidated by me at that time, so there was no major chaos."

"It was just that the Mysterious Domain in the Demon Suppression Territory had a massive outbreak, showing a trend of infiltrating our domain. It took over a year to extinguish the source."

Li Benlin paused in his motion forward, saying with surprise, "Senior Brother, you’ve cleared the Demon Suppression Territory as well?"

Wang Zijia shook his head and said, "Not exactly, I only cut off the source. The Demon Suppression Territory has become a climate unto itself; dealing with that thing takes some time. I just made sure our domain wouldn’t have any problems. Cleaning up the Demon Suppression Territory will have to wait until I can spare the time."

In the midst of conversation, the two had already arrived at an elegant courtyard and sat down in a pavilion, where a Taoist boy immediately came forward to serve tea.

Wang Zijia changed the subject and said, "Judging from what you said earlier, Junior Brother, the calamity has hit Shen Hong pretty hard this time?"

"Indeed!" Li Benlin sighed, then said, "Apart from our Central Immortal Domain, which is protected by the Immortal Path arrays, the other realms have been pervaded by cunning domains and risen demon tides due to the Blood Rain."

"Not even the North Cold was spared, and West Qiang is even worse; due to rampant Devil Cultivators, many Great Demons were already on the verge of a detrimental mutation. This severe pollution and pervasive killing intent have led to complete transformations into tricksy entities."

"The reports from disciples say that now in West Qiang, it’s practically a dance of a myriad of demons; outside the towns, demons run rampant, and even the cultivation areas are full of pervasive cunning domains."

Wang Zijia’s heart stirred upon hearing this, and Li Benlin continued, "Even our Central Immortal Domain isn’t much better off. Although the homeland itself has been unscathed, most of the subordinate worlds have not escaped..."

The two chatted intermittently while enjoying their tea, becoming quite familiar with each other.

After spending a good half an hour like this, Li Benlin finally initiated, "Did Senior Brother come today to complete the sect joining process and rejoin the Palace?"

Wang Zijia nodded and said, "Precisely, what do I need to do?"

"Since you are a disciple of Taiching, it’s not too troublesome; there are many things you just need to go through the motions, and the disciples will take care of them."

At this point, Li Benlin paused for a moment before saying, "However, before that, you need to come with me to meet an elder to decide whether you’ll join our Fire Spirit Palace, establish your own lineage like me, or start up a brand new Palace on your own."

Wang Zijia’s expression shifted, as he had gotten some basic information from the Taiching Palace disciple who previously brought the imperial mandate, but it was quite formal.

As Wang Zijia was not entirely clear on the matter, he immediately asked, "Does Junior Brother Li know the specific differences and the pros and cons among these options?"

Li Benlin paused for a moment and said, "There are differences, indeed, but for cultivators like us, joining a Palace and becoming a lineage tends to be better..."

As Li Benlin explained in detail, Wang Zijia gradually understood.

The hierarchical structure of Taiching Palace wasn’t much different from that of Spirit Suppressing Palace, consisting of various factions, divided into three main levels: sects, pavilions, and departments.

Many sects make up one pavilion, such as the Fire Spirit Palace, or, better said, the Fire Spirit Pavilion, which is composed of quite a few sects.