Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 235 - 220: Year 152: The 12th Generation!

Xuanyuan Peak.

Inside the grand hall, several people stood divided.

Gu Bu Yan, the master of the Combined Pill Hall.

Zhuo Jun, the master of the Law Enforcement Hall.

Zhou Huayu, the head of Jade Pillar Peak.

The last person was Wu Jie, the True Man and Sect Leader of Xuanyuan Sect.

The four of them stood apart.

Gu Bu Yan slightly squinted his eyes, looking at Zhuo Jun with a smirk, "Junior Master Zhuo truly has an unbending impartiality. My newly accepted disciple hadn't even been taught properly before he was thrown into Xuan Yin Cave."

"Is this you taking revenge for Junior Master?"

"Disciple dares not."

Zhuo Jun, with his skin as dark as charcoal and always solemn, heard Gu Bu Yan's words and shook his head, "Lu Qingfeng violated the sect's rules by fighting with the Law Enforcement Hall's True Inheritor, resisting authority. Although it was unintentional and the situation was minor, if not punished, it's difficult to uphold the sect's laws and rules. Please, Senior Uncle, see clearly."

"What a righteous-sounding rationale!"

Gu Bu Yan laughed out of extreme anger, only glaring at Zhuo Jun.

Zhou Huayu, the beautiful head of Jade Pillar Peak with a transcendent aura akin to the Lin Dust Immortal herself, stepped forward and bowed to Gu Bu Yan, saying, "This is not Junior Master Zhuo's fault. It's Zhou Huayu's poor discipline over the disciple that led to Lu Qingfeng's suffering. I will settle this matter with Lu Qingfeng and explain to Senior Uncle Grandmaster."

Zhou Su of Jade Pillar Peak.

This was a girl Zhou Huayu had picked up over a hundred years ago, accepted as a disciple, and cherished as her own.

Because of Zhou Su, Gu Bu Yan's favorite apprentice suffered. Facing Gu Bu Yan, Zhou Huayu could only repeatedly apologize.

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"Hmph!"

"We certainly need an explanation!"

Gu Bu Yan snorted coldly and flung his sleeves, showing no courtesy to Zhou Huayu.

He was indeed furious.

A talented disciple he had snatched had barely warmed up before being thrown into the Xuan Yin Cave for three years of punishment. If it was really his disciple's fault, it would have been fine, but it was an undeserved disaster.

Moreover, it could have been resolved quietly, but due to his late arrival, his beloved disciple was directly implicated by the actions of Zhou Su, the young girl, and Zhuo Jun, the foolish man, and thrown into the Xuan Yin Cave.

Gu Bu Yan was so angry that he stomped his feet.

Now that the situation was set and the sect's laws shouldn't be taken lightly, even a Hall Master, even a sect's True Inheritor.

It was not acceptable.

Gu Bu Yan knew this, which is why, despite his anger, he did not demand Zhuo Jun to release Lu Qingfeng. He merely vented deliberately, awaiting Zhou Huayu's statement.

Since he couldn't extricate Lu Qingfeng, getting some compensation for him, counted as not suffering in vain for three years.

"Since Junior Sister Zhou has already made amends on behalf of Zhou Su, Senior Uncle Grandmaster, please calm your anger," Wu Jie finally spoke, his face amiable and voice gentle.

"Always trying to smooth things over!"

"I'm leaving!"

Gu Bu Yan glanced at Wu Jie, flung his sleeves, and strode away.

Gu Bu Yan held a very high rank within the Xuanyuan Sect and was the only high-level alchemist. Most peak heads and hall masters had received spirit pills refined by Gu Bu Yan.

Being scolded by him, no one except Zhuo Jun dared to utter a word.

Wu Jie, still smiling, said to Zhou Huayu, "Senior Uncle Grandmaster has always been like this, Junior Sister Zhou, do not mind."

"Senior Uncle Grandmaster's admonition is right, how could Huayu mind?"

Zhou Huayu shook her head, bowed to Wu Jie and Zhuo Jun, and said, "Sect Leader Brother, Junior Master Zhuo, there are some trivial matters at Jade Pillar Peak, Zhou Huayu will take her leave first."

Saying so, she turned and left.

Wu Jie watched as Zhou Huayu's figure disappeared, then withdrew his gaze.

"Sect Leader, Zhuo bids farewell."

Zhuo Jun ignored Wu Jie's presence, left the remark hanging, and disappeared in a few steps.

Suddenly.

Only Wu Jie was left standing in the hall.

"Foundation Establishment Battle Spirit Void."

"This child—"

Wu Jie frowned slightly, pondering.

But then he saw a spirit light approaching from outside the hall. Wu Jie reached out to capture it, and the spirit light burst—

"Each disciple has their own destined path, Sect Leader should not interfere excessively!"

Wu Jie gave a bitter smile, looking towards East Mountain Peak, "Senior Uncle Grandmaster worries too much."

...

"Lu Qingfeng."

Zhou Su sat on the ground, glaring at Lu Qingfeng leaning against the wall, biting down hard on her silver teeth.

The recent battle had left her severely disadvantaged.

Her whole body ached, already enduring the dual pain of the numbing Xuan Yin Wind in Xuan Yin Cave and the attacks from the Nine Yang Forbidden Spirit Chains sealing the True Yuan Yang Fire.

Now there was an added layer of agony.

Zhou Su almost couldn't help but cry out.

Though Xuan Yin Cave was ranked last among the thirteen Xuanyuan Sect's punishments, the endured pain was not trivial.

But looking at Lu Qingfeng.

His expression unchanged, as if in a common scene outdoors.

"Acting!"

"Let's see how long you can keep it up."

Zhou Su gritted her teeth, silent in her contest with Lu Qingfeng.

Sadly.

At this time, Lu Qingfeng's consciousness was already deep within "Primordial". His True Body in Yin Wind Cave had only a trace of instinct left on alert, feeling no pain.

Zhou Su's body could not help but shiver, nearly chattering her teeth.

Yet, it was to no avail.

...

In reality.

Lu Qingfeng departed from Juyun Mountain Range to the end of Xuanyuan Auction, then joined Xuanyuan Sect and was thrown into Xuan Yin Cave, all within a blink of over three months.

In the Sky Witch Realm.

Time flickered, twenty-eight years.

Lu Qingfeng in this life was now fifty-two years old.

Already twenty-eight years ago, Lu Qingfeng had destroyed the Golden Silkworm Blessed Land and the Golden Silkworm Immortal Sect. Over the subsequent twenty-eight years, he gradually discovered the entrances to the remaining three Grotto Heavens and three Blessed Lands.

Either by intimidating.

Or by demolishing.

Gathering all the remaining spirit stones from the Blessed Lands in the Sky Witch Realm, he amassed over six hundred pieces, enough for Lu Qingfeng to activate the Transmission Array and leave the Sky Witch Realm.

Lu Qingfeng was not in a hurry.

He continued to expand the power of Yinfu Sect.

With no support from the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, Yinfu Sect unified the Southern Border and the Central Plains, becoming the supreme overlord of the land.

Using Yinfu Sect, Lu Qingfeng greatly increased his control by refining Destroying Truth Type One while also commanding the sect to scour the world for poisons to aid in refining the Golden Silkworm Gu.

The Golden Silkworm Gu, being a supreme artifact of heaven and earth, required hard-to-find poisons and materials and had an exceedingly complex refining process.

This was especially true in the End of Dharma era of the Sky Witch Realm.

After searching for nearly thirty years, Lu Qingfeng, now in his fifties, had only gathered most of the materials necessary.

Lu Qingfeng did not know what the situation was on the other side of the Transmission Array, yet he was intent on refining the Golden Silkworm Gu in the Sky Witch Realm.

So, he waited patiently.

He controlled Yinfu Sect, gathering various materials and poisons needed for refining the Golden Silkworm Gu.

Apart from refining Destroying Truth Type One, Lu Qingfeng also cultivated himself.

In terms of cultivation, constrained by the world's limits and without any Foundation Establishment Pills at hand, Lu Qingfeng's cultivation could only gain some Experience Value, from which he derived Elixir Recipes, Refining Techniques, and spells.

Better than nothing.

Seizing the opportunity, Lu Qingfeng roamed among mortals—as a merchant, soldier, official, or simply as an old man residing in a mountain village, spending his days fishing.

He pondered the Observing Eight-Nine Tribulation Method.

This technique focused on the 'realization,' profoundly mysterious.

Lu Qingfeng continuously reflected, feeling each advance brought him closer to understanding, yet also brought deeper, more arcane unknowns.

The first difficulty, 'Karma Barrier,' of the Eight Tribulations, Lu Qingfeng quickly grasped the Mengxin, Heaven Covering, and Earth Concealing tribulations; each subsequent tribulation was harder to master, harder to comprehend.

Over thirty years.

Lu Qingfeng grasped just the barest essence of the Fourth Tribulation 'Absolute Spirit,' able to make the divine essence of mortals, cultivators, and all life spirits invisible, sending those with a resistant heart plummeting into the mortal world.

After eighty years.

Lu Qingfeng penetrated the true intent of the Fifth Tribulation 'Dao Shadow,' first doubting his own path, then firming his resolve. From then on, anyone whose Dao heart was not as steadfast as Lu Qingfeng's would sink into oblivion, their true heart obscured by the Shadow of the Dao—those unable to break the Dao Shadow would forever be barred from advancing their cultivation.

A hundred years later.

As his life limit approached, Lu Qingfeng used all his Experience Value to complete the Observing Eight-Nine Tribulation Method, deriving the second difficulty of the Eight Tribulations, 'Emotional Stir.'

And then he died.

Between life and death, in his final moments, Lu Qingfeng realized the Sixth Tribulation 'Life and Death.'

Between life and death was great terror.

Having died many times, Lu Qingfeng had deeply felt this terror. Dying now, various realizations surged through his mind—the Sixth Tribulation 'Life and Death' suddenly became the clearest of his understandings.

At a glance, as tribulations descended, those caught in the technique faced a life or death decision—survival based on skill, those who break through life and death lived.

Those who failed, died.

After death, chaos emerged—without heaven or earth, without others or self.

Lu Qingfeng drifted within, forgetting his own name, gradually forgetting the meaning of his existence, until a system alert in bright red jolted him awake.

Upon regaining consciousness.

He achieved the Seventh Tribulation—

Forgetting one's own life, forgetting the purpose of existence, and ultimately forgetting others too, until all living beings forget him, and he forgets all living beings.

This is 'Namelessness.'

From then on.

The 'Karma Barrier' Seven Tribulations were complete, the tenth life perished, the eleventh life began.

…

Sixteen years later.

Lu Qingfeng emerged from the Rebirth Pool, found the Elixir Pills and Puppets buried in his past life, and within a mere four years, reached the True Qi Realm.

Returning to Yinfu Sect, he displayed an unbeatable posture.

Sect Leader Guang Yuan, after twenty years of seclusion and understanding life and death limits, returned to his youthful vigor and regained his power!

Once again taking control of Yinfu Sect.

He continued refining the Golden Silkworm Gu.

Time passed.

Ten years.

Twenty years.

Thirty years.

…

Decades in a blink, Lu Qingfeng's comprehension of the first difficulty of the Observing Eight-Nine Tribulation Method deepened further, becoming even more penetrating.

With the materials for the Golden Silkworm Gu finally gathered, Lu Qingfeng made his move to refine it.

Alas, he failed.

Over a hundred years of preparation, all for naught.

Lu Qingfeng's spirit was devastated, his will shattered.

All thoughts and intentions collapsed, all steadfast resilience ridiculed—he no longer wished to continue, succumbing to degeneration.

He realized the true intent of the Eighth Tribulation.

This is 'Despair.'

His thoughts coalesced, his consciousness returned—Lu Qingfeng rallied and once again attempted to refine the Golden Silkworm Gu.

Yinfu Sect had dominated the Sky Witch Realm for over a hundred years, its influence deeply rooted in the Southern Border, Central Plains, North Sea, and East Mountain regions, growing ever more formidable, gathering materials for Gu Refining more efficiently.

As the eleventh life concluded, Lu Qingfeng realized the first difficulty of the second tribulation of the Observing Eight-Nine Tribulation Method—'Kin.'

Emotional Stir—Kin.

Emotions stirred among one's closest kin, embodying kinship, facing the agony of life and death.

After a hundred years, Lu Qingfeng realized that time flowed like water, with Qingyu and the green mountains not by his side, his longing profound, thus facing the trials of emotional stir.

As his life limit approached and death loomed.

He suddenly awakened and broke free from the tribulation.

At this time, nearing the end of his Life Span, Lu Qingfeng refined the Golden Silkworm Gu a second time.

This time, fortune favored him, and the Gu was completed.

Lu Qingfeng expended all his Experience Value, deriving the first two difficulties of the third tribulation 'Sword and Spear' from the Observing Eight-Nine Tribulation Method.

Then he died.

Karma Barrier—Life and Death!

Karma Barrier—Namelessness!

Karma Barrier—Despair!

Advancing further.

Lu Qingfeng was once again reincarnated.

Now in his twelfth life.

…