Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone

But at this moment, Lu Xuanji's eyes became bright, and his pupils shot out two beams of golden light, hitting that Primordial Spirit.

The Primordial Spirit immediately crumbled and dispersed.

"This..."

The Five-Colored Celestial Venerable watched this scene, slightly dumbfounded.

This was a Divinity Transformation Cultivator; even at his peak, he would need to expend great effort to kill such a being, and in battle, they might escape.

Yet in Lu Xuanji's hands, two moves were enough to kill.

Lu Xuanji said, "Five-Colored Celestial Venerable, are you a bit embarrassed?"

The Five-Colored Celestial Venerable laughed, "Not embarrassed, but a case of Nine Deaths and One Life. If you hadn't acted, I would have surely fallen today. I'm just a mere Divinity Transformation Cultivator, insignificant in Central State, unworthy to be called Celestial Venerable. Friend, you should call me Five-Colored Daoist instead!"

Lu Xuanji said, "How should one repay their savior?"

The Five-Colored Celestial Venerable nodded and tossed over a treasure map, saying, "It's said this is a Treasure Map handed down from the Ancient Era. As for its authenticity, I'm not sure, but I gift it to you. However, be cautious; some treasure maps contain treasures left by previous owners, while others are fabricated by demon cultivators to harm others!"

Lu Xuanji nodded, "I understand!"

The Five-Colored Daoist said, "In that case, I will take my leave!"

With that, he bowed slightly, turned around, and left.

Lu Xuanji took the treasure map, carefully inspecting it and distinguishing it.

At this moment, Jin Xi spoke, "Husband, just letting the Five-Colored Daoist leave like that. In those days, he was the top individual in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, with formidable combat power. During the Golden Core time, he battled fiercely against you, only slightly losing. Husband, are you really going to release the tiger back to its mountain?"

Lu Xuanji kept looking at the treasure map, gently stroking it with his hand, and said: "It's not about releasing the tiger back; he's not a tiger, just a dog. We are growing stronger and stronger, and he will only fall further and further behind, unable even to catch sight of our backs!"

"Right now, he may feel a slight humiliation in losing to me; but thousands of years later, he will boast proudly that he once fought against the Creation Immortal King, and only slightly lost!"

"Moreover, with the two worlds connected, a world war is imminent. It's best to stop internal conflict and unite externally. If I had killed the Five-Colored Daoist just now, it would have diminished my destiny, affecting my fate and future significantly!"

"Xi'Er, the world has changed!"

At this point, Lu Xuanji sighed lightly.

In the past, during a specific time and region, the resources birthed in the Purple Mansion Realm were limited. To struggle for resources, cultivators engaged in frenzied internal competition, and the fighting was extremely fierce.

At that time, the principle was to eradicate the roots completely.

But as the threat from the Otherworld arose, the intention of the Heavenly Dao descended, urging cultivators at all levels to stop internal strife and unite outwardly.

In this crisis, if he had killed the Five-Colored Daoist, he certainly could have done it, but it would have diminished his own destiny, sensed by the Heavenly Dao intention, reducing his potential and fortune, making it not worth the loss.

...

In a flash, the Five-Colored Daoist vanished into the distance.

His speed was incredibly fast; within a few breaths, he was hundreds of miles away.

Only now did the Five-Colored Daoist breathe a sigh of relief.

"Seems that luck is still with me, overcoming dangers and evading disaster!"

Recalling the recent events, the Five-Colored Daoist felt lingering fear and a faint sense of chance.

Entering the Divine King's secret repository, surviving Nine Deaths and One Life to finally escape, almost falling to powerful pursuers, only to be saved by a former formidable foe.

"Lu Xuanji, perhaps he deemed it beneath him to kill me? In his eyes, I pose no threat, merely a trivial character, whether killed or not hardly matters!"

The Five-Colored Daoist laughed bitterly, unsure whether to feel fortunate or saddened.

However, by comparison, he increasingly senses Lu Xuanji's power and terror.

In a past life, he failed when breaking into the Void Refining Realm, ultimately dying in seated meditation.

After reincarnation, awakening memories from the age of twelve, he obtained some treasures from his past life and found old acquaintances.

The journey was smooth and seamless.

Until, after reaching Golden Core, he lost to Lu Xuanji.

Shortly after, he left the Eastern Wilderness for Central State to develop, using a piece of Immortal Gold to forge a Nine Transformation Golden Core, building an unparalleled foundation. His confidence improved greatly, thinking he was competent again; but upon meeting Lu Xuanji, the combat power gap not only did not shrink but widened further.

"Lu Xuanji is only at the sixth layer of Divinity Transformation, yet his combat power is as strong as Half-Step Void Refining. Such talent and extraordinariness, I'm far inferior..."

The Five-Colored Daoist pondered deeply.

The more he thought, the greater he realized the gap between them.

"However, in Central State, a place with heroes and earth blessed by heaven, where prodigal sons are abundant, can Lu Xuanji still remain invincible?"

...

With a flash of movement, Lu Xuanji arrived in Central State.

He started advancing from the peripheral areas towards the heart of Central State.

Yet the further he advanced, the more he frowned.

In the region of Central State, he saw no prosperity, nor was there spiritual Qi dense like fog; instead, the spiritual Qi was quite thin here.

Walking in the wilderness, the spiritual Qi was so thin it amounted to less than a tenth of that in Chu Country.

Lu Xuanji seriously questioned whether he had come to the wrong place.

Until he entered a city, he discovered that the spiritual Qi here was extremely dense, three times more so than in Chu Country. But upon entering the city, one must pay a fee of ten Dragon Tooth Pills as the entry cost. After entry, staying in an inn or renting a stall also requires spending a large number of Dragon Tooth Pills.

After careful inquiry, he finally understood the background of the stronghold.

It's said that during the Ancient Era, supreme Immortals descended here, using mountains and rivers as the outline, people as the eyes of the chessboard, connecting underground Spirit Veins, and linking the Power of the Stars from the Nine Heavens, forming a supreme Grand Array.

This Grand Array envelops a vast area of Central State.

Under the influence of the array, most regions in Central State have thin spiritual Qi, unsuitable for cultivation; at best, cultivation can reach the third Layer of Qi Cultivation and progress no further. Only the array's focal points have denser spiritual Qi, essentially forming a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land.

In Central State, cities are all built in the positions of the array's focal points.

Such focal positions total twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty.

This also represents that Central State has exactly twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty cities, not one more, not one less.

The major clans and forces monopolize most of the spiritual Qi in Central State, with serious class solidification.

Upon entering the city, Jin Xi disappeared.

Half a day later, Jin Xi returned.

Lu Xuanji asked, "How is the intelligence? Are the old enemies of the Jin Family still around? Who's the mightiest in Central State? Which major powers should we avoid provoking?"

Posing multiple questions consecutively.

Jin Xi responded, "Based on my indirect inquiries and continuous probing, I've roughly confirmed some information. Back in the day, the ones who annihilated our Jin Family were mainly the Bai Family, the Golden Radiance Grotto Heaven, the Zhao Family, and the Qian Family. But after a thousand years, the Zhao family has been exterminated and vanished; the Qian family has also declined, with only a Golden Core cultivator sitting in charge!"

"Still flourishing are only the Bai Family and Golden Radiance Grotto Heaven."

"The Bai Family has three Half-Step Void Refining Powerhouses and over a hundred Divinity Transformation cultivators, quite tricky; but the Golden Radiance Grotto Heaven is guarded by Void Refining cultivators. Hard to deal with, extremely difficult to provoke."

With that, he recounted the information gathered along the way.

These are the evident cards, those visible and obvious.

There are also some hidden cards, unfit for daylight exposure—for discovery would mean demise.

These are the short-term intelligence gathered; as for deeper intelligence, Jin Xi dared not inquire, nor would he ask.

As not to alarm certain individuals.

As outsiders arriving, it's essential to be cautious and prudent.

If vigilance is insufficient and information is disclosed, leading to an ambush, it could be perilous.