Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

“I have a direct disciple, Yuan Fei, who is talented and clever. Joining my Sect for just over a decade, he has already formed his Golden Core. Compared to several of these true disciples, he is hardly weaker, and I believe he should be considered a candidate,” a middle-aged Purple Mansion cultivator from the Wild Beast lineage spoke up.

“Your disciple was merely defeated by my apprentice, and you dare bring him up?” A White Crane Elder from the Vermilion Bird lineage snorted coldly not far away, “Speaking of which, my apprentice’s cultivation has already reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm, just a step away from the Purple Mansion…”

Before he could finish, someone interjected, “And just how old is your apprentice to even say that?”

“How dare you call my apprentice old?” The Elder from the Vermilion Bird lineage erupted in anger, “My apprentice has only been cultivating for just over half a Jiazi, merely fifty-eight years old. If you call that old, what does that make you? Haven’t you thought about the age at which you yourself achieved the Purple Mansion?”

“Enough, enough, stop arguing!” The Great Elder of the Spirit Turtle lineage waved his hand impatiently, “The Sect Master already said we need true talents. Your disciples, by comparison, are either old or of lesser talent, none worthy of mention. If we’re talking about superior gifts and talents, it should be my…”

“No way, Elder Turtle,” the Phoenix Sparrow Elder from the opposite Vermilion Bird lineage burst into laughter, “While your disciple’s cultivation is indeed formidable, the youngest among them, Senior Brother Zhao, is still hundreds of years older than I am. It’s better not to compare him.”

Once this was said, the other Elders laughed as well.

Speaking of age, the Great Elder of the Spirit Turtle lineage was even older than Yu Hualong by a thousand years, his lineage’s cultivation technique granting him prolonged life, a benefit unmatched by other lineages. Thus, while Yu Hualong’s lifespan was nearing its end, the Great Elder of the Spirit Turtle lineage remained leisurely and carefree.

However, the Great Elder of the Spirit Turtle lineage had stopped accepting disciples over a thousand years ago, so even his youngest disciple was nearly fifteen to sixteen hundred years old.

“What do you know?” The Great Elder of the Spirit Turtle lineage glanced at her disapprovingly, “I was not finished speaking yet. I was referring to a disciple from generations later.”

“Uh… please continue, Elder. I shall speak no more.”

“Hmph.” The Great Elder of the Spirit Turtle lineage shook his nearly baldhead slowly and continued, “Originally thoughtless, that girl Qing Han was quite suitable too, but alas, she’s mild-tempered and dislikes conflict, and a few years ago she advanced to the Purple Mansion becoming an Inner Sect Elder. Thus, that’s no longer an option. However, there is another branch disciple in my lineage named Zhang Tianlai! This young man has a gigantic Deep Sea Octopus Demon as his Lifebound Spiritual Beast. In recent years, he has made significant achievements in the expedition against the Red Flame Demon Realm, capturing many resources. Thanks to the abundance of resources, he has nurtured his Lifebound Spiritual Beast to be much larger than many Purple Mansion Spiritual Beasts. His Cultivation Combat Power is formidable, capable of contending with Purple Mansion Divine Skills using just his Physical Body Power, indeed quite unique.

Moreover, with his Talent in Regeneration Divine Power, his endurance in battle is extremely high. Most cultivators who have just entered the Purple Mansion realm might not be his match. I intend to recommend him to the Sect Master, and if you object, feel free to send disciples to challenge him.

If your disciples can’t defeat him, then there is no need for him to go to the Central Region.”

“Good!” Mingxin, the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, nodded in appreciation, “Elder Turtle truly is our elder, fair and impartial in his actions. In that case, I too will recommend my disciple Fang Zheng. He is upright and impartial, has acted very justly during his years in the Law Enforcement Hall, and also has a Lifebound Spiritual Beast with Bi’an bloodline and Innate Divine Ability in Evil Exorcism Eye that can distinguish loyalty and evil, deterring lawbreakers. His combat power is also remarkable. However, rather than just talk, let us set up a ring. Any disciple from any lineage or hall who wishes to go to the Central Region can fight in the ring based on their abilities—win and they can go, lose and they stay; simple and clear, saving us all the trouble of disputes and wasted words.”

“Hahaha, Master Mingxin’s words resonate deeply with me!” Several Elders laughed heartily and nodded in agreement. Seeing this, the others had no objections.

If they wanted their disciples to fight for that opportunity, let them compete on their merit.

If they can’t even surpass their own Sect mates, how can they compete for opportunities against the talented individuals from the major Sects across the Five Domains?

Qin Feng was just there, enjoying the show. Since it didn’t concern him, being one of the top true disciples, he didn’t need to participate in any ring fights, already having a spot secured. Of course, if anyone dared to challenge him, he wouldn’t mind making a display of his prowess to show why the flower is so red!

“Well then, that is settled,” Sect Master Gu Wuxi nodded, “Since we are to compete, let’s do it soon, within three days, and make sure to carefully nurture the selected disciples afterwards, perhaps even offering them some extra benefits. They should have their needs fully met, including those of the true disciples, whether it be in cultivation techniques, magical treasures, Elixir Pills, or resources. Whatever they need, present it, doing our utmost to meet their demands first.

This time we are competing with geniuses from all the great Sects of the world; we cannot afford to diminish the prestige of our Beast Taming Sect!

Moreover, once successful, the rewards will be exceedingly rich. If our Sect can add another Golden Immortal, both the foundation and Qi Fortune of our Sect will greatly improve. If the Sect’s Qi Fortune is strong enough, it could even nourish and push our Jue Tian Ancestor into the Eternal Realm.

So, for both public and personal reasons, do not neglect this matter!”

“Yes!” The crowd responded in unison.

Gu Wuxi then looked towards a few true disciples, saying, “Although you few already have guaranteed spots, do not become complacent, but instead strive even harder in cultivation. Whether or not you can seize this opportunity largely depends on you. Not only are you the most talented disciples in recent years, but after becoming true disciples of our Sect, you have also been protected by the Qi Fortune of our Beast Taming Sect, which is far richer than ordinary disciples, thus necessitating even greater effort on your part.”

“Disciples comply,” said they.

Several juniors quickly got up, bowed deeply, and indicated that they would take the words to heart.

“Hmm!”

Gu Wuxi nodded with satisfaction but then sighed with a trace of regret, “It’s a pity I cannot leave, otherwise I would really like to experience such a grand event.”

“Brother, you are the master of a sect, and you should not leave lightly, but I am willing to take the task for you.”

An Elder from the Divine Bull Lineage of the Heavenly Horse Branch immediately jumped out, “I am willing to escort these disciples to the Central Region, please grant your permission, Sect Master Brother.”

“Pah, old horse, you shameless fellow, how can you even say that!”

Immediately, several Elders jumped out to oppose, “Those disciples are following the Supreme Elders, there is no need for an Inner Sect Elder like you to escort them!

If you just want to go to the Central Region, just say so. Why the subterfuge?”

The group of Elders began to squabble over the quotas to go to the Central Region.

Although they had no chance to participate in the youth disciples’ competition for opportunities, even just going to the Central Region to see was considered good.

The Central Region is different from the Southern Domain.

Or rather, each of the five domains of the Biluo Great World has its own unique traits.

The East Domain is the ancestral ground of Daoism, rich in Dao Rhythm, and it also has the most major sects with the strongest strength!

The Western Regions are the place for Buddhist cultivation. Although there are other cultivators occupying spirit veins on the fringe, they are more or less influenced by Buddhism, and they have slightly different views on Buddhist Law, possessing strengths of both Daoism and Buddhism, which makes them quite unique.

The Northern Domain respects the Ten Directions Ghost City, situated in a yin-cold area, leading other sects to predominantly cultivate either yin or yang cultivation techniques, following a path of polarization.

The Southern Domain is the most mixed. Although the War God Palace dominates the Southern Domain, apart from it, there are very few martial cultivation sects that can make a significant name for themselves. Even royal families of ordinary kingdoms that implement martial cultivation techniques, having a few martial cultivators equivalent to Purple Mansion cultivators is already considered good, and Human Immortals in martial arts are even rarer.

On the contrary, the sects that cultivate other techniques are the most numerous. There are sects like the Beast Taming Sect that breed spiritual beasts, the Five Poisons Sect that dominates the world with unrivaled gu-poisoning techniques, Taiyi Mountain recognized for its Sword Dao inheritance, and the Giant Spirit Sect that focuses purely on body cultivation.

Others, like the Divine Weapon Family known for artifact refining, the Wanfa Sect with powerful fighting capabilities, the Danxia Sect that switched to cultivating the Alchemy Dao, and the Ten Thousand Treasures Building that focuses on business, among other forces, are numerous yet each has become a powerful major sect.

Thus, the entire Southern Domain is like a big melting pot, where almost all types of cultivation inheritances within the cultivation world can be found.

Compared to others, the Central Region is the most special.

Although there are other inheritances that have established sects there, the mainstream has always been the Confucian Cultivators!

They call themselves scholars, inheriting the ultimate truths of the universe through books and advocating the principle of reaching knowledge through the investigation of things.

However, though these fellows understood principles, they were also quite idealistic and extremely stubborn; once they set their minds to something, not even nine bulls could pull them back, and it was impossible for others to change their minds.

Moreover, due to their excessive intelligence and having their own ideologies, they eventually divided Confucianism into multiple schools, refusing to acknowledge each other, often engaging in scholarly debates, verbally sparring and exhibiting brilliant rhetoric to refute their opponents and use their articles to overwhelm them, trying to spread their knowledge across the world and govern the society.

Fortunately, these fellows preferred to talk rather than take action, and with the suppression of the four major academies, no significant chaos arose; even though various schools from the major academies often supported the Central Region’s countries in their wars against other countries, it was always within certain limits and never resulted in the massacre or annihilation of nations.

By comparison, whether it was Daoism from the East Domain, Buddhism from the Western Regions, Ghost Path from the Northern Domain, or other inheritances, Sects capable of cultivating the respective techniques could be found in the Southern Domain, so they were not unfamiliar.

However, the Confucian divine powers of the Central Region seemed novel to these cultivators who had little exposure to them; thus, they all wished to witness and see firsthand what the rumored eloquence of Confucianism, capable of miraculous feats through mere words, was like.

Eventually, under the keen interest of Qin Feng and other juniors, the elders put on quite a show and after fierce contention, they reluctantly settled on the candidates.

Those who went mainly included several elders who had been stuck at their current realm for years without progress and some with great potential who might attain Proving Dao in the future; these individuals had greater potential and naturally required extra care.

“Alright, the number of elders is decided.”

Gu Wuxi also appeared somewhat tired, as some of the older members had taken advantage of their status to secretly communicate with him through voice transmission, and many peers close to him had also asked for his help, the results of which were predictable; he had exerted much effort to mediate these individuals.

“Have the Internal Affairs Hall quickly set up the arena and supervise it through the Law Enforcement Hall; make sure to finalize the matters concerning the disciples below soon.”

He perked up and said, “After it’s settled, have them also practice the Druid Transformation Technique, and it’s best to prepare appropriate Demon Beast Crystals or Demon Cores for them to refine and integrate.

I know not all talented disciples have practiced this technique, and even several elders think that this technique should be preserved as a core inheritance of the Sect.

However, I disagree with this view. While it’s undeniable that the Druid Transformation Technique has its unique aspects, after all, it is something acquired from the outside; since we have gained access to it, as other Sects venture into the void and conquer more worlds in the future, it’s inevitable that someone else will stumble upon this inheritance.

After all, Druidism isn’t exclusive to that world, and the followers of the Forest Goddess in the Natural God System are just believers. According to the intelligence we have secretly gathered, the Forest Goddess has believers in many worlds, who will surely continue to pass down the Druid Transformation Technique as a combat method for her followers.

Thus, other Sects in the Cultivation World will eventually acquire this inheritance. If we don’t fully enhance our Sect’s strength before other Sects obtain this Transformation Technique, wouldn’t we be wasting a great preemptive opportunity!”

He looked around, glancing at the elders from various branches, “When you return, pass down this technique and give the disciples under you opportunities to subdue Demon and Wild Beasts, especially those participating in battles in the Red Flame Demon Realm; create opportunities for them. As long as they can complete the transformation, they’ll have an extra means of saving their lives, and overall, our Beast Taming Sect disciples’ combat power will significantly increase.”

The elders looked at each other and eventually nodded, “What the Sect Master said is very true. In that case, once we return, we will pass down the Transformation Technique and swiftly enhance our disciples’ strength.”

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Ning Wuxu nodded, “The Transformation Technique, while not a path to immortality, has merits worth considering. Not only can it allow us to utilize other Powers of Laws, but it can also enhance the disciples’ combat power.

Especially for these disciples who are about to head to the Central Region to seize opportunities, if their strength could be greatly enhanced—just like Qin Feng, who integrated with a Rock Giant at the Golden Core Realm—their chances of seizing opportunities would significantly increase.

However, this should not be forced; Qin Feng managed to integrate with the Rock Giant because of his exceptional talent, superior aptitude, and strong physical body. If it’s too difficult for other disciples, don’t force them to integrate, lest it harms their lives and their Cultivation!”

“Rest assured, Sect Master, we understand.”

The group of elders responded simultaneously, “They are our own disciples; of course, we do not wish to harm them. We will act according to their capabilities, but if they truly can integrate with Demon or Wild Beasts of a higher Realm than themselves, it will greatly increase their combat power and indeed increase their chances of seizing more opportunities.”