Chapter 366 – Upheaval in the Heavenly Secrets Domain, Crisis in the White Cloud Realm!

Su Xing was deep in thought when several voices suddenly called out from within the Dao arena:

“Master… no, Elder Ye! We’ve come to see you!”

As the words fell, two figures appeared inside the Dao arena.

One male, one female.

The young woman appeared to be in her early twenties, graceful and elegant.

The young man looked about seventeen or eighteen, bearing some resemblance to the young woman.

These two were none other than the Bai siblings in disguise!

Ever since the battle in White Cloud City two years ago, Su Xing had worried that the Advent Cult might send people again. He therefore took the siblings and left White Cloud City, bringing them to the White Cloud Sect.

With the siblings’ aptitude and cultivation, they easily secured positions as outer sect disciples.

Su Xing, on the other hand, displayed Void Shattering realm cultivation and became an outer sect Elder of the White Cloud Sect.

Thus, the three master and disciples lay hidden within the White Cloud Sect, cultivating while evading the Advent Cult.

Su Xing’s decision was not born from the belief that the most dangerous place is the safest.

It was simply because the White Cloud Sect, being the largest sect in this realm, was beneficial for Su Xing’s recovery from his injuries.

Beyond that, Su Xing also wanted to investigate whether the White Cloud Sect had any collusion with the Advent Cult.

After more than two years of lying low, Su Xing had not only recovered most of his injuries, regaining True Immortal realm strength in Body Tempering—

Roughly equivalent to the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Fourth Layer.

More importantly, Su Xing had confirmed that the White Cloud Sect had no collusion with the Advent Cult. The incident two years ago had indeed been the Vice Sect Master’s personal doing.

At the same time, over these two years, leveraging his status as an outer sect Elder, Su Xing had also learned certain things about the White Cloud Sect and the White Cloud Realm.

Within the Dao arena, Su Xing slowly closed his eyes, recalling the intelligence he had gathered from the White Cloud Sect.

“The White Cloud Realm is situated in the southwestern corner of the Heavenly Secrets Domain, far from the Celestial Secrets Realm…”

“The Celestial Secrets Pavilion is located in the Celestial Secrets Realm and is the undisputed hegemonic power of the Heavenly Secrets Domain.”

“Therefore, within the White Cloud Realm, the Heavenly Secrets Domain also holds considerable influence…”

After a pause, Su Xing continued:

“The Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s branch in the White Cloud Realm periodically recruits disciples as peripheral members, sending them to the Celestial Secrets Realm to serve…”

“The disciples they recruit must meet requirements for both aptitude and temperament…”

Su Xing’s plan was to remain in the White Cloud Realm for the time being, and when the time was right, lead the Bai siblings to join the Celestial Secrets Pavilion.

Over these two-plus years, both Bai Xiaoxiao and Bai Yutang had cultivated to the Golden Core stage. With Su Xing’s help, both had condensed Nine-Revolution Golden Cores.

Bai Xiaoxiao was currently at mid Golden Core stage cultivation, while Bai Yutang had already reached Golden Core Peak.

Su Xing recalled recent intelligence in his mind, a persistent sense of foreboding lingering in his heart.

After a moment of deliberation, Su Xing spoke to the siblings:

“Prepare yourselves in the near future. It seems something major is about to happen in the White Cloud Realm…”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, the siblings asked in confusion:

“Master, what’s going to happen in the White Cloud Realm?”

Su Xing thought it over and decided to tell them the truth:

“In ancient times, cultivators of our Three Thousand Worlds were once invaded by extraterrestrial alien races…”

“These so-called extraterrestrial aliens possess a power system entirely different from ours… They call themselves Divine Sovereigns, drawing power from faith. They reproduce like monsters, devouring cultivators to grow stronger.”

“Over these many cosmic cycles, our battles against the aliens have never ceased. But in recent millennia, the aliens have shown a trend of resurging and launching all-out war!”

“As far as your master knows, the Azure Origin Domain and the Celestial Demon Prison in the Three Thousand Worlds have already suffered large-scale invasions. Dozens of lesser chiliocosms have even fallen.”

“The Heavenly Secrets Domain, located at the center of the Three Thousand Worlds, is relatively safe.”

“But over the past two years, your master has discovered traces of extraterrestrial aliens within the White Cloud Realm!”

“The White Cloud Sect has also dispatched some Elders and disciples to combat the aliens… But the alien forces are powerful. Your master suspects that the White Cloud Realm won’t hold out much longer…”

As Su Xing’s words fell, both siblings wore expressions of shock.

“Master, then… what do we do?”

They might not know about the extraterrestrial aliens, but the prospect of the entire White Cloud Realm being destroyed was naturally terrifying.

Su Xing reassured them:

“Our only option now is to leave the White Cloud Realm and head to the Celestial Secrets Realm—that’s the safest place!”

“Ideally, we should join the Celestial Secrets Pavilion… But the Celestial Secrets Pavilion only selects those with exceptional aptitude and temperament for their peripheral disciples, nurturing them from a young age!”

“Originally, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion’s recruitment was quite strict. But over the past two years, they seem to have relaxed their requirements, occasionally recruiting disciples to send to the Celestial Secrets Realm.”

“Your master suspects this is the Celestial Secrets Pavilion preserving its living strength!”

At this point, Su Xing glanced at Bai Yutang and said:

“Ah Yu, you possess Innate Severed Meridians with superior aptitude. You have every chance of joining the Celestial Secrets Pavilion!”

“The task your master assigns you is this: break through to the Spirit Transformation stage within three years, then join the Celestial Secrets Pavilion and bring your master and your sister along to the Celestial Secrets Pavilion!”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, Bai Yutang nodded slightly. It was Bai Xiaoxiao who raised a question:

“Master, you’re so powerful—you should be able to join the Celestial Secrets Pavilion yourself… Why don’t you join on your own?”

Su Xing shook his head slightly:

“Your master’s identity must not be easily revealed… Besides, I’m no longer young. Among the three of us, Ah Yu is the most suitable.”

“Once he joins the Celestial Secrets Pavilion, he’ll be able to bring two family members. Then we can all travel to the Celestial Secrets Realm together.”

The siblings nodded, only half-understanding.

But Bai Yutang spoke up:

“Master, with my cultivation talent, breaking through to the Spirit Transformation stage within three years seems rather difficult…”

Su Xing replied:

“Don’t worry. Focus on preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul realm first. In three months, your master has prepared a grand gift for you!”

With that, Su Xing dismissed the siblings.

Once only Su Xing remained in the Dao arena, he retrieved the healing pills obtained from Blood Thirty-Nine’s storage artifact and prepared to restore his Qi Refinement cultivation.

“Three months should be enough time for me to restore my spiritual energy…”

So saying, Su Xing swallowed the pills and began adjusting the chaotic spiritual power within his body.

…

In the blink of an eye, three months passed.

During these three months, Su Xing continuously took pills and adjusted the spiritual power within his body.

Finally, the previously chaotic spiritual power had largely recovered, and occasional flickers of immortal power appeared around Su Xing.

On this day, Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, a look of satisfaction on his face.

“Not bad—I can finally wield spiritual energy again!”

“My Qi Refinement cultivation has undergone a preliminary recovery. At the very least, I can now exert Human Immortal Realm strength!”

“Most crucially…”

Su Xing willed it, and his figure vanished from the spot. The next second, he appeared inside the spirit field grotto-heaven.

Having not returned to the spirit field grotto-heaven for several years, everything here remained the same as before.

When Su Xing had constructed the spirit field grotto-heaven, he had continuously reinforced it with his spatial Dao. Even amid chaotic void currents, Su Xing’s spirit field grotto-heaven would not easily collapse.

The moment Su Xing entered the spirit field grotto-heaven, he saw that mischievous Spirit Vein Dragon approach, nuzzling against him affectionately.

Without realizing it, the Spirit Vein Dragon had grown tremendously since Su Xing first obtained it.

As early as a hundred years ago, all the dark energy clinging to the spirit dragon had been completely purged.

And thanks to an abundant supply of spiritual energy, the spirit dragon had grown at an extremely fast rate, nearly transitioning from its juvenile phase into its adolescent phase.

“Little Black! For the coming period… I’ll need you to look after two youngsters!”

The Spirit Vein Dragon looked puzzled but still nodded in agreement.

Indeed, Su Xing’s plan was to have the Bai siblings enter the spirit field grotto-heaven to cultivate!

Here, Su Xing had stockpiled hundreds of millions of drops of high-grade spirit liquid, and nearly ten million drops of supreme-grade spirit liquid!

The spiritual energy supply here had already surpassed that of an ordinary high-grade grotto-heaven.

Moreover, there were countless cultivation-boosting pills that could aid their training…

Su Xing retrieved several bottles of Nascent Soul Tempering Pills he had previously refined from the spirit field grotto-heaven, then departed.

Returning to the White Cloud Sect, Su Xing quickly found the siblings.

In just three short months, Bai Yutang’s cultivation had improved considerably, reaching the critical juncture of Nascent Soul condensation. He could attempt to condense his Nascent Soul and break into the Nascent Soul stage at any time.

As for Bai Xiaoxiao’s cultivation, it had also improved somewhat—she was no longer far from late Golden Core stage.

Su Xing looked at the siblings and nodded with satisfaction:

“The efforts you two have put in during this period have not escaped your master’s eyes…”

“Next, I will take you to a certain place for three years of intensive, closed-door cultivation.”

“But you must promise that everything you see next will not be shared with outsiders. This is a secret of our school!”

Hearing Su Xing’s words, the Bai siblings showed curious expressions but still nodded in agreement: “Yes, Master!”

Su Xing nodded slightly, then with a sweep of his sleeve, all three vanished from the spot.

The next second, the siblings entered the spirit field grotto-heaven.

The moment they entered the spirit field grotto-heaven, Bai Yutang seemed to sense something. The cultivation aura within his body began to surge wildly.

He was about to… break through!

Within the White Cloud Sect, the spiritual energy was merely ordinary—it didn’t even reach the level of a blessed land.

But the spirit field grotto-heaven? This was a concentration of spiritual energy surpassing a high-grade grotto-heaven!

Under such density, Bai Yutang could no longer suppress his cultivation and was on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage!

“Master…” Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment and began to speak.

Before he could finish, Su Xing produced several pills:

“These are Nascent Soul Tempering Pills—not cultivation pills, but specifically for Nascent Soul condensation. Take them quickly and prepare to break into the Nascent Soul stage. Your master will stand guard for you!”

Bai Yutang hurriedly accepted the pills. After swallowing them, he began his push toward the Nascent Soul stage.

Meanwhile, Bai Xiaoxiao also felt an unusual stirring in her cultivation, on the verge of breaking through to late Golden Core stage!

Su Xing watched as both siblings simultaneously entered breakthrough states and nodded with satisfaction.

While they cultivated, Su Xing began contemplating another matter.

“Since the Bai siblings are my disciples, they are naturally successors of the Luotian Sect… It’s time to prepare the Luotian Immortal Transformation Art and the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art!”

Su Xing considered the matter. The Luotian Immortal Transformation Art was a supreme cultivation technique, sufficient to support cultivation all the way to Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

The Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art was even more profound and mysterious, though it unfortunately required the Human Immortal Realm before one could begin cultivating it.

However, Su Xing’s comprehension of the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art had already reached the state of Perfection.

In fact, if Su Xing wished, he could simplify this technique, making it cultivable by those below the Immortal realm!

Though the simplified version would certainly be less effective than the original, it would still be more than sufficient for the Bai siblings’ cultivation.

With this in mind, Su Xing took out a supreme-grade Dao-Hearing Pill.

“This pill’s effects last for one month, equivalent to two hundred years of contemplation… Let me try simplifying the Zhengyi Breath Absorption Art!”

Wasting no time, Su Xing began his attempt to refine the technique.

In the blink of an eye, one month passed.

…

On this day, Su Xing watched as the auras of both Bai siblings gradually stabilized—they were about to successfully break through simultaneously!

“Not bad. The Nascent Soul that Bai Yutang has condensed has already reached first-grade quality. Such talent and temperament are truly extraordinary!”

“However, a first-grade Nascent Soul is far from enough!”

With this thought, Su Xing’s gaze turned to the Spirit Vein Dragon frolicking nearby, and he called out:

“Little Black, it’s time for you to do your part!”

Hearing Su Xing’s command, Little Black displayed a humanlike expression of pride, then swaggered over, shaking its head and tail, and stood not far from the siblings. It opened its dragon maw wide and exhaled a burst of spiritual energy.

The next second, this stream of pure spiritual energy surged into Bai Yutang’s body.

The first-grade Nascent Soul that had been condensing underwent a further transformation in that moment!

In mere moments, Bai Yutang’s Nascent Soul quality leaped an entire tier… A Supreme Grade Nascent Soul, successfully condensed!

What’s more, this breath of pure spiritual energy not only elevated Bai Yutang’s Nascent Soul quality to the next level—it also elevated his cultivation aptitude itself!

Without exaggeration, Bai Yutang’s future cultivation path would be immeasurably smoother!

After exhaling that breath of pure spiritual energy, the spirit dragon did not stop. Instead, it yawned and turned its gaze toward Bai Xiaoxiao.

After showing a humanlike expression of contemplation on its dragon face, the Spirit Vein Dragon exhaled another breath of pure spiritual energy, sending it surging toward Bai Xiaoxiao.

The next second, Bai Xiaoxiao smoothly broke through to late Golden Core stage. The spiritual power and foundation within her body became more than twice as stable as before!

After exhaling both bursts of spiritual energy, the Spirit Vein Dragon appeared somewhat fatigued, but still wore a grin on its face, wagging its tail before Su Xing as if claiming credit.

Seeing this, Su Xing affectionately rubbed Little Black’s dragon head and praised:

“Well done! Here’s something nice for you!”

With that, Su Xing handed over a bottle of spirit liquid.

When the spirit dragon Little Black saw this bottle of spirit liquid, its face immediately lit up with an ingratiating expression. It drank all ten thousand drops in one gulp.

Before long, the spirit dragon went off to nap nearby.

This bottle of spirit liquid was the extremely precious supreme-grade spirit liquid!

Even Su Xing only had ten million drops.

Normally, Su Xing was reluctant to use it for his own cultivation—yet here it was, going to this spirit dragon.

Still, ever since being freed from that dark energy, the spirit dragon had grown tremendously over the past century!

In the past, losing those two bursts of spiritual energy would have left the spirit dragon half-dead at best.

But now, it was only slightly fatigued and would recover after some rest.

“The Spirit Vein Dragon truly is a marvel of heaven and earth!”

Su Xing sighed with admiration, then turned his gaze to the Bai siblings.

In mere moments, both siblings had successfully broken through.

“Master!”

“Master!”

“We’ve successfully broken through!”

The Bai siblings exclaimed excitedly.

Su Xing nodded. Though he was happy for them in his heart, he still said:

“The path of cultivation is long, and the road ahead is fraught with obstacles… You must never become complacent!”

“For the next three years, you will remain in this grotto-heaven to cultivate…”