Novel11 Chapter 352 : The Attention of Divine Transformation
Chapter 352 : The Attention of Divine Transformation
“The duel begins.”As soon as True Monarch Feng finished speaking, Xue Tianyi reacted as if facing a formidable enemy and immediately summoned her Companion Beast to prepare for battle.
Fairy Moonfirmament Zhao Yue’s eyes shifted slightly as she cast a faint glance at Xue Tianyi.
She neither formed hand seals nor summoned her Companion Beast. With only that casual glance, she used her divine sense to activate the Heavenly-Gang Profound Ability contained within her Companion Seal.
“Crack, crack!”
A string of nearly imperceptible freezing sounds suddenly rang out.
Under the gaze of the crowd, a layer of crystalline, razor-sharp profound ice that radiated extreme cold spread at a speed impossible for Golden Core divine sense to track, instantly covering Xue Tianyi and her Companion Beast.
On the Dueling Platform, the woman and beast were immediately transformed into lifelike ice sculptures, even the terror on their faces clearly visible.
There was no doubt—this was an unquestionable instant defeat.
At this sight, the pupils of the cultivators in the Dueling Plaza contracted as the entire area fell into deathly silence.
“Nascent Soul True Monarch!”
From the spectator stands, Lei Hao, the chief disciple of the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect, changed expression drastically and cried out in shock, breaking the silence.
In an instant, an uproar erupted.
Even the prodigies of the Thirteen Immortal Sects present had not expected to witness history once again at this Immortal Sect Exchange Conference.
A one-hundred-and-forty-eight-year-old Nascent Soul True Monarch!
What kind of concept was that?
It meant that Fairy Moonfirmament Zhao Yue had entered the annals of history, replacing Fang Shanglong, the Jingyuan True Monarch, as the youngest Nascent Soul True Monarch in the history of the Immortal Alliance. She was also the strongest among this generation of the Thirteen Immortal Sects.
Even though Chen Beiwu had previously defeated the Four-Realm Beast King Heaven’s Azure Ox, he would likely be powerless before a true Nascent Soul True Monarch prodigy.
“The victor—Zhao Yue of the Shangqing Immortal Sect.”
True Monarch Feng gave Zhao Yue a deep look before announcing in a resounding voice.
Yet Zhao Yue maintained her aloof and cold demeanor, ignoring both her opponent and the countless gazes fixed upon her. Her eyes settled instead on Chen Beiwu.
Sensing her gaze, the cultivators of the Immortal Sects present subtly changed expression and, as if by unspoken agreement, turned toward Chen Beiwu, curiosity rising in their hearts.
Facing a Nascent Soul True Monarch prodigy, would Chen Beiwu calmly accept the defeat of the Yuqing Immortal Sect? Or would he choose to challenge the impossible and initiate the battle of “Supremacy of the Self Alone”?
If he chose the former, no one present would object.
After all, his opponents were a Nascent Soul True Monarch prodigy and four Golden Core Perfection prodigies.
For Chen Beiwu to withdraw would be helpless—but wise. They could fully understand it, even agree with it.
Yet deep within, an unspoken expectation quietly arose—one they themselves believed unlikely to come true.
“To dare what others cannot—that is the only way to ascend the peak of the Immortal Path,” murmured the chief of the Sword-Abyss Immortal Sect in a low voice.
Better to break than bend—that was the way of the sword.
If Chen Beiwu chose to proceed with the battle of Supremacy of the Self Alone, regardless of victory or defeat, he would admire the man’s spirit.
‘Chen Beiwu, what will you choose?’
Wang Chan, the Taiqing chief disciple, fixed his eyes on Chen Beiwu, his expression complex.
“Step!”
“Step!”
“Step!”
In the next moment, under Wang Chan’s astonished gaze, Chen Beiwu calmly stepped onto the platform. His expression showed neither fear nor hesitation, as though his opponents were not a Nascent Soul True Monarch and four Golden Cores, but five prodigies of the same realm.
‘This… this!’ Wang Chan’s pupils contracted as shock surged within him.
What was Supremacy of the Self Alone?
Wang Chan had always understood it as invincibility in cultivation and absolute suppression by realm. He had even once thought the hidden rules of the Dao Discussion Battle redundant.
But today, through his actions, Chen Beiwu explained the true meaning of “Supremacy of the Self Alone.”
It was not absolute strength, nor eternal invincibility. It was the unyielding will to bare one’s blade before a sky full of gods and buddhas—and fight.
“He’s crazy. Truly crazy…” Mu Nanyan muttered blankly.
Did Chen Beiwu not understand the vast gap between a Golden Core True Person and a Nascent Soul True Monarch?
Did he not know that failure in the battle of Supremacy of the Self Alone might reduce him to a laughingstock?
Mu Nanyan believed he knew.
And yet, he still chose to stand up—to choose an almost certain defeat.
Precisely because she sensed that unwavering will, though she called him mad, the emotion in her eyes was not contempt—but admiration.
Chen Beiwu, unaware of the exaggerated interpretations brewing below, had only stepped onto the stage to witness for himself the strength of a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Immortal Alliance.
Even if the intensity of this Immortal Sect Exchange Conference had exceeded his expectations by dozens of times.
“Do you need time to adjust and recover?” True Monarch Feng asked.
“No need.” Zhao Yue shook her head slightly.
Against a Golden Core Perfection cultivator, she had not expended much strength.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
At that moment, from the Shangqing Immortal Sect’s seating area, four beams of escaping light shot forth and landed upon the Dueling Platform.
‘Second Sister, you lost!’
Zhao Yu curiously sized up Chen Beiwu, transmitting her voice through divine sense.
If she had been in his position, facing a Nascent Soul True Monarch and four Golden Core Perfection cultivators, she doubted she would have the courage to step onto the stage.
Such an act could easily become a textbook case of overestimating oneself.
Yet when Chen Beiwu did it, she felt an intangible charm.
Was it because of his title as bearer of the Yuanshi Golden Core and Pioneer of the Path? Or was she simply swayed by appearances?
‘A lost bet is a lost bet. It only means Chen Beiwu is even more arrogant than I imagined,’
Zhao Qing replied, though her gaze toward Chen Beiwu held admiration.
Among the five from the Yuqing Immortal Sect, only Zhao Yue remained expressionless, as though Chen Beiwu stepping forward one-against-five was perfectly natural.
“Buzz!”
Without a word, Zhao Yue’s Mustard Spirit Ring flashed with cold light. A colossal beast bearing a massive cauldron upon its back thundered into existence.
Its body was enormous, shoulder height nearly ten feet, shaped like a giant bear. Its thick neck was composed of massive ringed bone segments, and at the joints faint streams of blue-black frigid flames flowed.
But more astonishing than that was the dark-blue stone cauldron upon its back, five feet tall.
The cauldron seemed to be the source of the blue-black flames, constantly emitting a ferocious and tyrannical aura that crushed the cultivators present on the level of life itself.
Without question, this was the second Four-Realm Beast King to appear in this Immortal Sect Exchange Conference.
【Name】: Northern Yin Cauldron Beast
【Attribute】: Complete Five Elements (Yin)
【Bloodline】: Fourth-Tier Supreme Grade
【Cultivation Years】: ???
【Profound Abilities】: Northern Yin Cauldron Domain, Yellow Springs Nether Flame, Extreme Yin Cauldron Light, Yin Cauldron Bearing the Years…
【Description】: When things reach their extreme, they reverse; at the height of Yin, order emerges. The Northern Yin Cauldron Beast possessed mysterious origins. According to ancient Immortal Alliance records, it had been enlightened by a great power of the Shangqing Immortal Sect through supreme Daoist Arts, formed from the principles of Yin-Yang order. From birth, it held authority over the suppression of extreme Yin.
Chen Beiwu’s eyes narrowed. At once he sensed the terrifying aura and immense fate emanating from the Northern Yin Cauldron Beast.
Without exaggeration, though both were Four-Realm Beast Kings, this beast gave him a far greater sense of danger than Heaven’s Azure Ox.
“Buzz!”
Seeing this, Zhao Qing and Zhao Yu followed Zhao Yue’s lead and summoned their Companion Beasts, the Gilded Flame Chi Dragon and Raincloud Sovereign.
Strangely, though the three beasts differed in attribute, the aura they emitted together was harmonious—like the Five Elements in unity, ready to merge at any moment.
The other two Shangqing prodigies’ Companion Beasts retreated far away, gazing at the Northern Yin Cauldron Beast with deep apprehension, not daring to approach.
True Monarch Feng nodded and looked toward Chen Beiwu, signaling that in the battle of Supremacy of the Self Alone, he could summon his Companion Beasts in advance.
Chen Beiwu did not hesitate. He activated his Mustard Spirit Ring and summoned Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and Five Qi Vine.
“Na!” (Again!)
Sensing Zhao Yue and the Northern Yin Cauldron Beast’s aura, Five Qi Vine widened its eyes in disbelief.
Chen Beiwu truly had guts. He had just finished fighting a Four-Realm Beast King, and now he faced a Nascent Soul True Monarch and another Four-Realm Beast King.
Golden Egg said nothing, sneaking a glance at Iron Egg.
It had even fought the Battle Demon Ape—how could it fear the Northern Yin Cauldron Beast?
It merely worried that Iron Egg’s cultivation years were too shallow to withstand many exchanges before a Four-Realm Beast King.
Chen Beiwu was unsurprised at his three companions’ reactions.
Before the Dao Discussion Battle finals, he had divined for himself. The result had matched his intuition—the chance of victory was slim.
That was only natural. A peerless prodigy like Moonfirmament, even newly advanced to the True Monarch realm, could sweep aside late-stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Southern Wastes.
At his current Golden Core peak realm, attempting to defeat five alone was indeed forced.
…
Meanwhile, above the Dueling Platform, a hazy cluster of clear radiance hovered quietly, within which three illusory figures could faintly be seen.
On the left stood a thin man in simple hemp robes—True Venerable Tao Yan, Director of the Teaching Department of the Tianyan Immortal Sect, who had long since stepped into the Divine Transformation realm.
On the right, handsome and star-eyed, his aura the most ethereal—Vice Sect Master of the Tianyan Immortal Sect, titled True Venerable Purple Star.
Seated before a white jade table, boiling water for tea, was a white-haired child with a youthful face—Director of the Alchemy Department, titled True Venerable Long Yao.
“This generation’s seedlings are indeed stronger than those of previous Immortal Sect Exchange Conferences,” said True Venerable Purple Star calmly after sipping tea.
“Rainfirmament is enduring, Sunfirmament is vast, Moonfirmament is cold and agile. The Shangqing Three Firmaments are extraordinary this generation, not inferior to Taiqing’s chief Wang Chan—especially the foremost among them, Moonfirmament.”
After True Venerable Long Yao spoke, True Venerable Tao Yan shook his head slightly.
“Even among prodigies there are differences. Though Wang Chan and the Three Firmaments are peerless talents, compared to Chen Beiwu, they are still a notch inferior.”
“Be cautious,” True Venerable Purple Star reminded through divine intent.
Regardless of whether rumors of reincarnated great powers were true, he preferred not to speak carelessly.
True Venerable Long Yao, unconcerned, smiled. “Then do you think Chen Beiwu will win the battle of Supremacy of the Self Alone?”
Both True Venerable Purple Star and True Venerable Tao Yan shook their heads.
“He cannot win.”
The Three Firmaments shared roots and complemented Dao resonance, cultivating together the fundamental method 《Three Pure Ones Evolving the Heavens, Unified Qi Harmonizing Immortal Art》.
Now that Moonfirmament had advanced to Nascent Soul True Monarch, her divine sense could command the other two, fusing their auras into one.
Their combined strength was not mere addition, but multiplicative—through Heavenly-Gang Dharma Aspect, they could unleash several-fold, even dozens-fold, battle power.
It was not that they underestimated Chen Beiwu.
With the Three Firmaments united, they could contend even against the chief disciples of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.
Of course, the strength of each generation’s chief disciples varied.
But against someone like the Supreme Yin Saintess Gu Qinghan, even their combined force would fall.
Thus, whether Chen Beiwu won or lost this Dao Discussion Battle mattered little.
What mattered was the talent, potential, and will revealed.
And in their eyes, Chen Beiwu surpassed both Wang Chan and the Shangqing Three Firmaments.
He was worthy of the name Yuanshi Golden Core.