Yan Wang Mansion.

Ji Ning had just returned to the mansion and met with his cousin, Princess Xiyue. She thought he was disappointed for not being able to worship the ancestor, and comforted him for a while.

Soon, a servant came to report that Xu Zong had come to visit and wanted to see Ji Ning.

“Who is this Xu young master?”

Princess Xiyue’s heart tightened, feeling a bit nervous.

“My grandfather said that this Xu young master seems to be a disciple of the ancestor. I wonder why he is here?”

“Xu young master is not a bad person. I’ll go see him.”

Ji Ning followed the servant to the living room and met Xu Zong waiting there.

“Xu young master, the Immortal Fate Conference has just ended. I wonder why you are here?”

“Ji Ning, pack up and come with me!”

Xu Zong stood up, smiling at Ji Ning.

“Go? Where?”

Ji Ning was slightly puzzled.

“Where else can we go? Of course, it’s to my teacher’s dojo.”

Xu Zong smiled, “Of course, you can also choose to stay and worship a True Immortal as your teacher.”

Go to the teacher’s dojo?

Ji Ning’s heart jumped. Could it be that this Xu young master’s teacher has taken a liking to me and wants to take me as his disciple?

“Xu young master, may I ask who your teacher is?”

“You’ll know when we get there.”

Seeing that Xu Zong was unwilling to say more, Ji Ning was very helpless.

But being able to worship the ancestor as a teacher, he certainly did not want to worship a True Immortal as a teacher. Moreover, a teacher who could teach a disciple like Xu Zong must be very powerful. Ji Ning still couldn’t forget the arrow Xu Zong shot in the landscape painting.

Soon, Ji Ning bid farewell to Princess Xiyue and met up with Xu Zong, Baishuize, and Kong Qingshe.

“Let’s go!”

As soon as Xu Zong’s voice fell, a gray-white space vortex appeared next to him.

He led the five of them into it, and Ji Ning and the other two quickly followed.

…………

The Slanted Moon Great World.

Coming out of the passage, Ji Ning and the others saw a huge mountain range floating in mid-air. The vast land in the distance was boundless, and the spiritual energy of the world was no less dense than that of the Daxia World.

Xu Zong enveloped them with his magical power and then teleported them.

When they reappeared, they had arrived on a small mountain, surrounded by dense forests.

“Young junior brother!”

Suddenly, a hearty voice came, and a woodcutter with an axe in hand appeared in front of them, smiling at Xu Zong.

“I heard you caused quite a stir this time!”

“Senior brother, you also know?”

Xu Zong asked somewhat embarrassed.

“Many senior brothers and sisters know, and even some junior brothers and sisters have heard about it.”

The woodcutter laughed heartily and then warned in a low voice.

“Be careful, it seems that Master has some opinions about you.”

After saying this, the woodcutter turned and left leisurely.

Xu Zong couldn’t help but cover his face.

“Xu young master, where are we exactly? And who was that just now?”

Ji Ning looked at Xu Zong with a puzzled expression. The woodcutter just now looked like an ordinary mortal, with no trace of magical power, as if he could be easily defeated, yet he was actually a senior disciple under the ancestor?

“You’ll understand when we get there.”

Xu Zong waved to Ji Ning and the others, then walked towards the mountain.

Outside the dense forest, there was a long staircase leading to an unremarkable Taoist temple. There were two Taoist disciples guarding the gate, and on either side of the gate were inscriptions that read “Lingtai Fancun Mountain” and “Slanted Moon Three Star Cave.”

Seeing the Taoist temple, Ji Ning suddenly felt enlightened, as if all the fog in his mind had cleared.

“Ancestral Master Puti! So that’s it. The Journey to the West on Earth also records that after Sun Wukong became a disciple, Ancestral Master Puti forbade him from mentioning his name…”

Unlike the name of Daozu Chiming, the name Ancestral Master Puti was well-known to him as an Earthling.

“Martial Uncle, the Master has instructed you to take Ji Ning inside!”

One of the two disciples at the gate bowed respectfully to Xu Zong, then smiled and said.

“Yes, Yiji, you all wait outside. Ji Ning, your two spirit beasts should also stay outside.”

Soon, the two of them tidied up their moods and pushed open the door to enter the Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple was extremely large, and a thin old man in a Taoist robe was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, meditating.

“Disciple pays respects to Master, and Ji Ning has been brought here.”

Xu Zong led Ji Ning to the front of the old man, bowing respectfully.

“Ji Ning pays respects to Daozu!”

Ji Ning also hurriedly bowed.

“Sit.”

Ancestral Master Puti finally opened his eyes after the two of them sat down on the cushions in front of him, his expression indifferent.

“Do you know where you went wrong?”

After the two of them sat down, Ancestral Master Puti opened his eyes and looked at Xu Zong with a cold gaze.

“I was too high-profile, Master.”

Xu Zong smiled awkwardly and admitted honestly.

“You were careless this time.”The Patriarch of Bodhi scolded with a frown, “I thought you were a cautious person, but it turns out you are so playful. Not only that, you are so reckless, exposing the third level of your mental power so casually. You are only at the Realm of Myriad Realms, can you afford to expose it so casually?”

“Teacher, you are right.”

Xu Zong nodded honestly.

He didn’t expect the third level of his mental power to be so powerful. Since he cultivated it, he had never used it before, and he didn’t expect it to cause such a big commotion.

“You know your mistake. Some true gods and ancestors outside have noticed you. I secretly blocked many of them from coming back. Consider this a lesson. Fortunately, nothing serious happened. Be more careful in the future.”

The Patriarch of Bodhi calmed down and said coldly.

It was not a big deal for the side of the Nuwa camp. Although some ancestors came, they just wanted to know whose disciple he was. The ancestors of the Indestructible Gate camp might come with a mindset of eliminating potential threats. Fortunately, he had been paying attention to this disciple. After he caused a big commotion, he secretly blocked the ancestors of the Indestructible Gate from coming back.

“Thank you, teacher.”

Xu Zong was also amazed. Goodness gracious, there were already ancestors targeting him?

“Release your true body.”

The Patriarch of Bodhi paused and said again.

Xu Zong had the thought, and his true body walked out of the Celestial Realm treasure.

The second primordial spirit could be re-cultivated if it died, and it wouldn’t be a big deal if it was killed. However, if the true body died, it would be a big problem. So when he caused a big commotion in the landscape map, he immediately switched his observing self to the second primordial spirit, and his true body hid in the Celestial Realm treasure of the Innate Spirit Treasure level.

The defensive power of this Innate Spirit Treasure was quite considerable. Even if there were ancestors, it would be difficult to deal with him in a short time. He had enough time to react, and he had been holding the posture of a cultivator, holding the Patriarch’s token in his hand to notify at any time. His life was still guaranteed.

He just didn’t know if the Patriarch of Bodhi had seen him cultivating for a year.

“In the future, stay in the Xieyue Great World to cultivate. When you are strong enough to escape from the hands of the ancestors, I will release you again.”

The Patriarch of Bodhi looked at him, nodded secretly, and then ordered.

“Strong enough to escape from the hands of the ancestors?”

Xu Zong was suddenly dumbfounded.

Ji Ning had been listening for a while, and at this moment, he also widened his eyes.

“Teacher, in your opinion, when can I escape from the hands of the ancestors?”

Xu Zong asked tentatively.

“Become a Celestial God, complete the Eight or Nine Profound Achievements, and achieve the Great Achievement in the True Space Realm.”

The Patriarch of Bodhi replied indifferently.

In this case, ordinary ancestors would be ninety-nine percent unable to kill you.”

Xu Zong was speechless for a moment.

The first two were still okay. Becoming a Celestial God was easy, and achieving the Great Achievement in the True Space Realm was not difficult with resources comparable to those of the ancestors. But the Great Achievement in the True Space Realm?

Goodness gracious, that required at least comprehending the third level of the power of space and time, a great divine ability!

The True Space Realm was the divine ability that Patriarch of Bodhi was most proud of. Although it had little power, its life-saving ability was first-class. The value of this divine ability even surpassed that of ordinary world divine abilities. To enter, it required a complete comprehension and perfect integration of the Great Dao of Space and Time, a small achievement required comprehending the first level of the power of space and time, and a great achievement required comprehending the third level of the power of space and time. The perfect realm above required reaching the fifth level of the power of space and time!

“Do you have anything to say?”

“No, nothing.”

Faced with the expressionless inquiry of the Patriarch of Bodhi, Xu Zong could only smile awkwardly.

Forget it, let’s just practice on the Xieyue Great World for a while. With the help of the landscape map of the Bright Moon, and my bottleneck-free talent, it shouldn’t take long to meet this requirement.

“Well, you can go out. I have something to say to Ji Ning.”

“Yes, teacher.”

Xu Zong got up and bowed, then walked out of the Taoist temple.

After waiting for a while, Ji Ning also walked out from inside.

“Ji Ning has seen Senior Brother.”

He smiled and bowed to Xu Zong, looking very happy.

“Come, I’ll take you around this Xieyue Great World!”

Xu Zong took a step and walked out first.

From this day on, Ji Ning stayed on the Xieyue Great World.

In front of the Immortal Palace, Ji Ning was beaten by a sixth-level puppet, and he only barely passed the fourth-level puppet. It was still a long way from leaving the Bright Moon Great World. According to the original work, it would take about thirty-six years to leave.

Xu Zong returned to his own place, took out a mansion from the treasure, and settled in. Yiji and others lived around him. Then he found a nephew at the Celestial God Realm and used the temptation of the high-level Dharma Door of the Immortal Palace to help maintain the landscape map of the Bright Moon, using a large number of Pure Yang Immortal Pills to maintain the highest 36 times time flow. His true body and second primordial spirit all entered it and began to cultivate.

“The second primordial spirit has reached the Return to Illusory Realm, but I have hope to cultivate a first-class Golden Elixir. I won’t break through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm. The second primordial spirit will focus on comprehending the Dao.”

In the landscape map, Xu Zong arranged his cultivation direction.My current self is at the twelfth layer of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, fully capable of breaking through to the thirteenth layer and reaching the Yuan Shen Realm. Once I reach the Yuan Shen Realm, I can cultivate the first three rotations of the Eight-Nine Profound Art. After mastering it, my body will be comparable to a lower-grade immortal treasure, and even a medium-level Heavenly Immortal going all out wouldn’t be able to harm a single hair on me.

Unlike the Pilu Corpse Body, a divine ability that requires time to refine, the Eight-Nine Profound Art is purely about resource accumulation. As long as I have enough resources, I can master it in one go. Moreover, it possesses the ability to transform in myriad ways, which is extremely high-end.

“Not many in the group can cultivate it…”

Xu Zong muttered to himself.

Just then.

“Ding! Welcome ‘Type Moon Xu Zong’ to join this chat group!”