“Well, let’s have a little test with this puppet first to see what level my understanding of the Dao has reached on Mount Fangcun,” Xu Zong pondered for a moment and quickly replied.

“Alright, the fastest way to obtain the Dharma Door inside is to defeat these puppets,” the Celestial God of Silver Moon agreed, nodding his head. Then he thought for a moment.

“Since Junior Martial Brother has been personally sought out by our Master, his understanding of the Dao must be very high. Ordinary puppets should not be able to stop Junior Martial Brother. How about starting with the puppets of the seventh and eighth realms?”

“Puppets of the seventh and eighth realms?”

“Most human cultivators on Mount Fangcun cannot reach this level!”

“Martial Uncle, are you going to challenge puppets of this level as soon as you arrive on Mount Fangcun?”

As soon as the Celestial God of Silver Moon spoke, everyone around was shocked. They looked at each other in astonishment.

There were many cultivators on Mount Fangcun, including demons, spirit beasts, human cultivators, and innate celestial gods and demons. After all, the Patriarch of Bodhi taught without discrimination and did not refuse any kind of cultivator from ascending the mountain. However, humans were still the absolute protagonists in the world, so human cultivators were the most numerous on the mountain. They were usually disciples of the Patriarch’s disciples and held the highest status. Many spirit beasts and innate celestial gods and demons were actually followers of human cultivators.

Humans were known for their high comprehension. Demons, spirit beasts, and innate celestial gods and demons were far inferior to humans in terms of comprehension. Therefore, overall, human cultivators on the mountain had the highest understanding of the Dao, while demons, spirit beasts, and innate celestial gods and demons were much weaker.

“As a Returning Void God and Demon, I have been on the mountain for thousands of years, but I still can’t defeat a fourth realm puppet. Human cultivators are going to fight against puppets of the seventh and eighth realms as soon as they arrive on the mountain. Although they are disciples of the Patriarch, this is still a bit too much. The comprehension of humans is truly astonishing,” the Spear God Yiji, who had fought against a fourth realm puppet before, muttered sourly.

“Haha, Senior Brother, can’t you see that I am a Purple Mansion God and Demon?” Xu Zong smiled slightly. Wasn’t the Celestial God of Silver Moon just teasing me?

“Junior Martial Brother came from a small world, right? That should be just the beginning of cultivating the God and Demon techniques. The understanding of the Dao may not necessarily be low,” the Celestial God of Silver Moon looked at Xu Zong with some surprise. “Could it be that you really are only at the Purple Mansion Realm?”

“My Qi Refining is barely at the Initial Stage of the Myriad Manifestations, and my physical body is indeed only at the Initial Stage of the Purple Mansion,” Xu Zong spread his hands helplessly.

In the cultivation method of the Nine Cauldrons World, when reaching the Illusory Realm, one must comprehend the Dao of Heaven and Earth. Both Qi Refining and physical body cultivation would be integrated into the comprehension of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, becoming indistinguishable.

However, in reality, Xu Zong’s physical body cultivation was at the Late Stage of Gang Jin, equivalent to the Late Stage of Innate. Therefore, when cultivating the Chi Ming Nine Heavens Diagram, he broke through to the sixth level in one breath. With the support of his talent without bottlenecks, he successfully broke through to the Initial Stage of the Purple Mansion at the seventh level.

In other words, he had previously practiced other physical body cultivation methods, and now he had switched to the God and Demon physical body cultivation method of the Chi Ming Nine Heavens Diagram. So his physical body cultivation was really only at the Initial Stage of the Purple Mansion.

“Oh,” the Celestial God of Silver Moon was suddenly stunned. It turned out that Junior Martial Brother’s cultivation was so low, not because he had switched cultivation methods, but because he was originally at such a low level?

“Then, from which level of puppet do you plan to start challenging?” the Celestial God of Silver Moon restrained his smile, and instead, a hint of seriousness appeared in his expression.

Being brought up the mountain by the Master meant that he must have something that could impress the Master. To be able to impress the Master at such a low cultivation level, this Junior Martial Brother was probably quite extraordinary!

Could he be another Ninth Junior Brother?

The Celestial God of Silver Moon secretly speculated in his heart.

If this Junior Martial Brother was also a genius like the Ninth Junior Brother, then that would be truly remarkable!

“Let’s start with the first realm puppet,” Xu Zong, not blindly arrogant, decided to be cautious and start with the first realm puppet to avoid losing face.

“The first realm… alright,” the Celestial God of Silver Moon’s eyes twitched.

The first realm puppet?

How many years had it been since he last took out a first realm puppet?

But since Junior Martial Brother said so, he would follow suit. He took out a white puppet from his storage treasure, which had only one ring on its arm.

The Celestial God of Silver Moon threw the first realm puppet onto the ground, and Xu Zong walked up to it. He took out a pitch-black spear from his storage ring and pointed the spearhead at the first realm puppet.

“It’s actually a first realm puppet? I haven’t seen this thing in years.”

“Why is Martial Uncle confronting this thing…”

“Don’t worry, maybe Martial Uncle is just being cautious and wants to test the strength of the puppet. Maybe he can challenge puppets of the sixth or seventh realm in one go!”

The surrounding crowd was in an uproar. Countless cultivators gathered around, wanting to see how powerful this new disciple of the Patriarch was.

“You are a Purple Mansion God and Demon, so I will also suppress my divine power to the Purple Mansion Realm,” the first realm puppet spoke in a stiff manner, with a dull expression, as if it had no spiritual intelligence.

“During the competition, the use of divine abilities, secret techniques, and formations is prohibited. We will only compete in the understanding of the Dao. I’m going to make a move,” the first realm puppet took out a giant double-handed sword, and with one swing, it slashed towards Xu Zong’s head.

As soon as the sword was swung, a heavy and majestic aura, like a mountain, oppressed Xu Zong, causing his breathing to stagnate.

Without hesitation, Xu Zong thrust his spear forward. The spear body became blurred, as if distorting the fluctuations of space.

The movement of the first realm puppet suddenly stagnated, unable to determine where to strike with its sword.

Taking advantage of its momentary confusion, Xu Zong thrust his spear forward, directly piercing through the chest of the first realm puppet!

“The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth?” the Celestial God of Silver Moon squinted his eyes like a fox as he witnessed this.

“Moreover, he executed it so effortlessly, he must have reached the level of the Dao’s true meaning… But is this level enough to satisfy the master?”

Unlikely, the Silver Moon Celestial God thought to himself.

“You’ve won.”

The first-tier puppet glanced at the spear in its chest and withdrew its double-handed sword.

Xu Zong also pulled out his spear, and the piercing wound on the puppet’s chest healed rapidly, soon looking as if it had never been injured.

“Now, junior brother, you can choose a cultivation method from the first floor of the Immortal Palace to practice.”

The Silver Moon Celestial God stepped forward, put away the first-tier puppet, looked at Xu Zong, and asked with a smile.

“Junior brother, do you want to continue challenging the second-tier puppet?”

“Defeating this first-tier puppet was quite easy, let’s try the second-tier puppet then.”

Xu Zong naturally nodded.

Soon, the Silver Moon Celestial God took out a second-tier puppet.

This time, Xu Zong took the initiative to charge forward with his spear, fighting with the second-tier puppet.

This time, Xu Zong’s Dao’s true meaning did not give him an advantage. The Dao of the second-tier puppet had not reached the level of the Dao, but its attainment in the minor Dao of mountains was extremely high.

Left with no choice, Xu Zong had to use the true meaning of the Time Dao again. His spear pierced through the puppet’s sword like an illusion and stabbed into its chest.

“Time Dao! And it’s also at the level of the Dao’s true meaning!”

The Silver Moon Celestial God was startled, and some understanding dawned on him.

So, he cultivates both the Time and Space Dao, no wonder the master was moved.

But knowing the master’s character, this junior brother probably cultivates more than just two Dao, right?

Seeing the second-tier puppet defeated, the Silver Moon Celestial God smiled slightly and released the third-tier puppet without a word.

Xu Zong did not hesitate and immediately engaged in battle with the third-tier puppet.

But this time, Xu Zong was in a dangerous situation under the sword of the third-tier puppet. The Dao of the third-tier puppet was obviously much stronger than his, and the true meanings of his two Dao were not enough here.

“Why does it seem like Martial Uncle is having such a hard time fighting the third-tier puppet?”

“This is the disciple personally accepted by the old ancestor, he can’t possibly fall here, can he?”

In the field.

Facing the attack of the third-tier puppet, Xu Zong tightened his face, knowing that the simple two kinds of Dao’s true meaning could not win against this third-tier puppet. To defeat it, he must merge the two kinds of Dao’s true meaning!

Xu Zong’s eyes narrowed, and his spear stabbed out in an instant. At this moment, the true meanings of Time Dao and Space Dao were all wrapped around the spear.

The third-tier puppet was not afraid at all and slashed at Xu Zong with a sword.

In a head-on collision, the power of Xu Zong’s spear was definitely not as strong as this sword.

In an instant, as if adrenaline was being secreted intensely, Xu Zong’s perspective suddenly slowed down. The speed of the third-tier puppet became slower and slower, while Xu Zong seemed to return to the time when he merged the Time and Space Dao a few days ago. Sparks splashed in his mind, and intense inspiration flickered in his mind.

“Swish!”

With a stab, the spear suddenly disappeared without a trace.

When it reappeared, it had already pierced into the chest of the third-tier puppet!

The third-tier puppet paused in its movements, it was stunned for a moment, looking at its pierced chest, it nodded slightly.

“You’ve won.”

Then, the third-tier puppet admitted defeat.

The hand of the Silver Moon Celestial God holding the feather fan tightened, and his eyes showed a strong surprise.

“He actually successfully merged two kinds of true meanings in battle? This junior brother of mine, he must be a battle genius!”

There are many geniuses in this world, geniuses in comprehension, geniuses in temperament, and also battle geniuses. These geniuses are very good at breaking through themselves in battles with others, which is a very rare type of genius.

“Huff!”

A hint of joy also appeared on Xu Zong’s face.

“I didn’t expect to trigger the explosive effect of the ‘Memory Kill’ just now, and successfully merged the two kinds of true meanings in one breath!”

Xu Zong was also very happy in his heart. After all, the ‘Memory Kill’ talent only has a chance to explode, but if it successfully triggers the explosion, his own strength will definitely make a great leap!

This is the value of Xu Zong’s talent, who comes from the world of hot-blooded manga!

Although he is the big boss, and the protagonist who is the easiest to explode is his natural enemy.

“Junior brother, do you want to try the fourth-tier puppet?”

The Silver Moon Celestial God looked at Xu Zong with a smile.

To successfully merge the Time and Space Dao at such a low cultivation level, no wonder the master wanted to accept him as a disciple, and was so satisfied with this disciple. If he had such a disciple, even he, Silver Moon, would wake up laughing from his dreams.

“Let’s give it a try.”

Xu Zong thought for a moment and decided to give it a try.

The Silver Moon Celestial God naturally nodded, then put away the third-tier puppet and released a fiery red fourth-tier puppet.

“Bang!”

With a slash from the fourth-tier puppet, Xu Zong was sent flying in the blink of an eye.

(End of the chapter)