Chapter 683 - 441: Encountering Ascension_2
Near the Starfire Tribe.
An outer heaven meteor crashed down.
The Golden Core Masters of the tribe came to investigate.
They discovered a strange warship.
A group of humans with puzzled expressions walked out from the warship.
They claimed to be cultivators from the Star River Federation, but neither knew where they came from nor where they were heading.
A few of them, however, discovered a large deposit of Divine Blood Stones not far from the Starfire Tribe...
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In the Divine Blood Star Realm
"A new world has been discovered!"
"The power fluctuations in this world are strong, estimated to have at least a hundred Level 3 Life Forms."
"The holy war has been ongoing for two thousand years, and yet, in this star realm, we can still discover new worlds."
"Find them, and... conquer them!"
...
"The Federation people have found a new world again."
"Hope Squad! Your mission is to stop the Federation people."
"And bring the strong ones from this newly discovered world into our camp!"
"Yes!"
The Divine Blood Star Realm began to stir in hidden waves.
Zhong Heng, however, left only a fleeting thought in the Water Blue Realm.
With his arrangements, the Water Blue Realm would not start off in a dire situation.
............
Apocalypse Rift.
Zhong Heng looked at the rift, seemingly only slightly smaller compared to thousands of years ago.
As well as the array and immortals suppressing the rift, which had not changed at all since thousands of years ago.
At this time, Zhong Heng’s external incarnation had almost completely refined the Five Elements Grotto Heaven.
He was using all his strength to suppress the Apocalypse Rift with the power of the Five Elements Grotto Heaven.
Zhong Heng bowed to the immortals.
Then, the vast power merged with the power of the incarnation, the light of the Five Elements Grotto Heaven shone brilliantly, and the merging trend of the Apocalypse Rift, undetectable by the naked eye, sped up a bit.
"Still lacking by a bit."
Zhong Heng sighed.
Immortal Venerable Huihuang nodded and said, "Zhong Heng, your progress is commendable."
"If you can ascend to immortality, the Apocalypse Rift could be healed faster."
The Five Elements Immortal beside them entered a special state, with no perception of the outside world.
Instead, a new group of curious immortals assisting around them had been replaced, all looking at Zhong Heng with curiosity.
Zhong Heng, at this moment, was steadfastly watching the Apocalypse Rift.
"The rift..."
Zhong Heng felt as if he had thought of something.
But that gleam of insight vanished in an instant.
On reflection, Zhong Heng had no idea what he had just contemplated for a fleeting moment.
"Look more in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm, seek the opportunity to ascend to immortality."
Immortal Venerable Huihuang said as such.
But the opportunity to ascend to immortality was not something easily found.
Yet Zhong Heng was nearing perfection in his Divinity Transformation cultivation.
Even earlier than Zhong Heng had anticipated.
The distant Water Blue Realm was already in turmoil.
Everything was on the right track; Zhong Heng did not put too much thought into the Water Blue Realm.
There was a strand of his divine sense in the Water Blue Realm, and the divine sense working in tandem with Water Blue could achieve results akin to Zhong Heng’s.
Only the Cosmic Star Pearl returned beside Zhong Heng, and the array dispersed.
The passage to the outside of the Water Blue Realm opened.
At the same time, the time acceleration of the Water Blue Realm had also essentially disappeared.
Zhong Heng cultivated for another two hundred years in the Wanlang Mountains.
He began to teach many Nascent Soul Cultivators in the Wanlang Mountains.
Even personally finding some promising seedlings.
All these years, Zhong Heng had been pondering the fleeting thought that once flashed through his mind.
Yet, it left no trace to be found.
Let alone the Divinity Transformation stage, even Golden Core Cultivators could easily extract clear memories and knowledge from their memory repositories.
Zhong Heng started traveling the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm, seeking inspiration as Immortal Venerable Huihuang advised.
Each state had different chronological records.
They all generally followed the rule of recalculating after the previous generation of immortals ascended.
The longest recorded history in Huangzhou had reached over twenty thousand years; the shortest, in Wuzhou, over seven thousand years.
There were quite a few Divinity Transformation Cultivators in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
However, in comparison to Central State, the scale was relatively small.
Zhong Heng came to Wuzhou.
"Wuzhou, the largest state under Central State."
"Its cultivation atmosphere is extraordinarily prosperous."
Zhong Heng began to explore Wuzhou.
In Wuzhou’s ordinary society, almost no cultivation seedlings were overlooked.
Whether they had Wasted Spirit Root or Celestial Spirit Root, at the age of twelve, cultivators would come to inspect them. As long as they had a spirit root, they had to enter a sect for cultivation.
The sects in Wuzhou were the most numerous Zhong Heng had encountered.
Their sects had clear rank divisions.
However, they were relatively loose.
But with more cultivators and more sects, there was naturally competitiveness among them.
Almost everywhere were cultivators practicing cultivation.
"It is said that 40,000 years ago..."
"Too long ago; even events from 400 years ago are unclear now."
"Not to mention 40,000 years ago, that’s just a legend."
"Guest, just listen to it as a story."
"40,000 years ago, a unique cultivator appeared in Wuzhou."
"He did not care about magic duels, power, or position."
"Instead, he was very interested in farming."
"Oh? Farming?"
"Exactly."
"Today’s Dragon Blood Rice, Changfeng Rice, and White Jade Vegetable were all cultivated by him back then."
"Even the spirit beasts that are now kept in pens were all nurtured by him."
"He also transformed numerous low-tier skills, creating skills such as the Rain Praying Moisturizing Skill, Golden Ear Grass Cutting Sword, and Ten Thousand Swords Insect Slaying Technique, all specifically for farming."
"That’s why Wuzhou can nurture so many cultivators."
"After all, Wuzhou doesn’t have the vast territories and countless resources like Central State, nor the outstanding talents emerging as frequently.
"Wuzhou solely relies on the techniques passed down by the Grand Minister of Agriculture to cultivate so many resources to support so many cultivators."
"That’s why our Wuzhou is different from other states."
"Resources are distributed collectively, more for those with good aptitude and effort."
"Perhaps in other states, some people may rise to great heights through sheer luck and inheritance. We do have those here, but certainly less."
At the border of Central State and Wuzhou.
Zhong Heng transformed into a Nascent Soul Cultivator, conversing with a local Nascent Soul.
This Wuzhou Nascent Soul did not carry much Evil Qi, but their resolute and unyielding nature was in no way inferior to cultivators from other states.
"Indeed, quite special."
"The Grand Minister of Agriculture?"
"The Grand Minister of Agriculture is naturally a title we bestowed upon this senior."
"Myths say that in the Immortal Dynasty, the most renowned is the Great Wei Immortal Dynasty of Changzhou. In the Immortal Dynasty, the immortal official overseeing agriculture and crops is called the Grand Minister of Agriculture."
"Did the Grand Minister of Agriculture eventually ascend to immortality?"
"There’s no news of it..."
The Wuzhou Nascent Soul let out a heavy sigh.
A legendary figure, with a reputation passed down for tens of thousands of years, not having ascended to immortality, astonished countless people.
"If it were the ancient times, this person might have ascended with Celestial Dao Merits."
"But unfortunately, even 40,000 years ago, it was not the ancient times."
Zhong Heng murmured.
The Wuzhou Nascent Soul looked curiously at Zhong Heng, as Celestial Dao Merits and ancient times were secrets he had never heard.
He knew that learning the story of the Grand Minister of Agriculture already required sifting through countless ancient secret scriptures, as ordinary Nascent Souls had only heard the name, the Grand Minister of Agriculture.
"No wonder you’re a friend from Central State."
The Wuzhou Nascent Soul gave a nod of respect.
Suddenly, Zhong Heng felt something, looking into the distance.
A sudden smile appeared.
He said to the Wuzhou Nascent Soul, "Jiuzhou will not let down the Grand Minister of Agriculture."
"Oh?" The Wuzhou Nascent Soul was a bit puzzled.
He followed Zhong Heng’s gaze.
Only to see a dazzling light appear in the sky.
The pillar of light illuminated the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
"Today, I, Jii Ji..."
"Ascend to immortality!"
The Wuzhou Nascent Soul widened his eyes.
Ascend to immortality!?
This was the scene of ascending to immortality.
"Friend, you..."
He turned his head, only to find that the friend with whom he had been conversing had disappeared.
Jii Ji...
This name sounded somewhat familiar...
He widened his eyes again.
"It’s the Grand Minister of Agriculture, this..."
Zhong Heng stood mid-air watching this moment of celestial ascension.
And the aura flowing on Jii Ji was unexpectedly that of Ju Mang...