Chapter 3749: Gathering at Golden Cicada Island

The Nine Immortals Sect's stronghold on the Chaos Continent was breached by Chaos Beasts, resulting in heavy losses. If the losses are too great, the Nine Immortals Sect will continue to conscript True Immortal cultivators, a situation that has occurred before.

In total, the Nine Immortals Sect has conscripted over five hundred True Immortal cultivators from the Xia family over the past few million years. They conscript a batch every few tens of thousands of years, ranging from a few individuals to over a dozen; otherwise, the Xia family would have flourished long ago.

"To deal with the Heavenly Beast Sect and the Changyuan Tribe, should we notify the Nine Immortals Sect? Fellow Daoist Jiang from the Nine Immortals Sect is on Qinglian Island; should we inform him?"

Wang Changsheng asked. A little less than half of the Wang family's True Immortals had opened their fourth aperture, which was their advantage. However, initiating a major conflict could make the situation difficult to control. "There's no need to notify the Nine Immortals Sect; they don't concern themselves with these matters. As for Fellow Daoist Jiang, we'll discuss it after he leaves. The Bai family and the Water Charm Tribe are not yet aware of this."

Xia Qiyao said. The Xia family had not yet informed the Bai family and the Water Charm Tribe, having chosen to first consult with the Wang family, as they were in-laws. The Inspector has the authority to intervene in conflicts between subordinate forces, and the Xia family did not wish to be subject to Jiang Tianming's jurisdiction, so they planned to act after he departed.

"Alright, our Wang family will participate in the war." Wang Changsheng agreed. Then, remembering something, he said, "By the way, Immortal Xia, can you contact your clan members on the Chaos Continent?"

"Yes, we can!" Xia Qiyao said with a smile. "Why, does Fellow Daoist Wang also wish to go to the Chaos Continent?"

"Not exactly. I heard from Fellow Daoist Jiang that a beast tide erupted on the Chaos Continent, and it's rumored to be related to Venerable Xuanling. Can a Golden Immortal cultivator possess such immense power?"

Wang Changsheng asked curiously.

"Strictly speaking, the beast tide erupted in a specific area of the Chaos Continent, affecting territories controlled by both the Nine Immortals Sect and the Beast Spirit Gate. My third granduncle mentioned that Venerable Xuanling killed a direct descendant of the Beast King. There are also rumors that Venerable Xuanling stole something beneficial for the advancement of Chaos Beasts, and other reports claim he abducted a direct descendant of the Beast King. As for the actual truth, perhaps only Venerable Xuanling knows."

Xia Qiyao said.

"I've been in the Tianchen Sea Territory for over thirty thousand years, and this is the first time I've heard of Venerable Xuanling. Could he be from another sea territory?"

Wang Changsheng continued to ask.

According to intelligence gathered by the Dark Hall, the North Sea Immortal Realm comprises multiple sea territories. Large territories are overseen by Grand Unity Golden Immortals and are rich in cultivation resources, whereas in smaller territories, the highest cultivation level is Mahayana. The Tianchen Sea Territory is considered a medium-sized territory.

"I'm not sure. He might be from another Immortal Realm. Each Immortal Realm has an entrance to the Chaos Continent, and it's not easy to ascertain the origin of an immortal."

Xia Qiyao analyzed.

Wang Changsheng was a bit disappointed; he wanted to find out which Immortal Realm Venerable Xuanling was from.

According to records in the scripture repositories of various major forces in the Xuanyang Realm, Venerable Xuanling underwent his Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation on the Xuanling Continent and ascended to the Immortal Realm. Why didn't he land in the Tianchen Sea Territory? Could he have ascended to another Immortal Realm?

In the Human Realm, the Four Seasons Sword Venerable is a legend; in the Spirit Realm, Venerable Xuanling is a legend. Wang Changsheng had already met the Four Seasons Sword Venerable and now wished to meet Venerable Xuanling.

According to his estimated timeline, Venerable Xuanling has been an immortal for six hundred thousand years since ascending from the lower realm, yet he is only a Golden Immortal. This demonstrates that advancement for immortals is indeed not easy.

The "Myriad Sea Immortal Scripture" has no bottlenecks, which is a great advantage. Many True Immortal cultivators remain at a single realm for years, and some, if unlucky, can be stuck at a bottleneck for hundreds of thousands of years.

As long as he cultivates step by step, Wang Changsheng can advance, which is his advantage.

After chatting for over an hour, Xia Qiyao bid farewell and departed.

As soon as Wang Changsheng returned to Qinglian Peak, he saw Wang Ruyan sitting in a stone pavilion, sipping tea. Wang Ruyan was still at the early True Immortal stage and had also opened her fourth aperture.

"Husband," Wang Ruyan asked, "I heard from Yongqian that Jiang Tianming increased the levy of cultivation resources."

Wang Changsheng explained the entire situation, expressing his hope that the Nine Immortals Sect would not be affected by beast tides again, so that the Wang family could have more time to develop.

"To deal with the Changyuan Tribe and the Heavenly Beast Gate, it would be good enough to seize some territory; wiping them out completely won't be easy. Senior Sister Chen and the others can also help."

Wang Ruyan said.

Chen Yueying, Ni Tianlong, Gongsun Yang, Sun Tianhu, Li Qinghuan, Cheng Zhenyu, Zheng Nan, Zhao Yunxiao, Li Tianhe, and others were all cultivating in seclusion on Qinglian Island. They had not yet acquired the necessary formation materials to upgrade their spiritual veins into immortal veins.

The immortal artifacts in their possession had all been provided by the Wang family, and it was time for them to contribute their efforts to the family.

The Wang family currently possessed thirteen aperture-opening secret techniques. The "Profound Infant Aperture-Opening Great Law" could open ten apertures, followed by the "Aperture-Opening Secret Manual," which could open five apertures and was obtained from Immortal Seven Star. There were also four secret techniques capable of opening three apertures.

The aperture-opening secret techniques used by Chen Yueying and the others could open a maximum of two apertures. While this was quite good in the lower realms, it was no longer sufficient in the Immortal Realm.

Cultivating other aperture-opening secret techniques would require dispelling the apertures they had already opened. Given their current conditions and strength, they were unwilling to do so.

Wang Changsheng nodded, as he thought so too.

Three days later, Wang Qingcheng gathered all the cultivation resources levied by Jiang Tianming. Jiang Tianming wrote a receipt and departed from Qinglian Island.

A month later, at the invitation of the Xia family, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan arrived at the Xia family's ancestral land, Golden Cicada Island, to discuss the war.

In a spacious and brightly lit hall, a full-figured young woman in a white dress sat in the main seat, while Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan sat to the side.

The young woman in the white dress was Xia Sibing, the Xia family's old ancestor, who was at the late True Immortal stage.

"Madam Xia," Wang Changsheng asked, "have the leaders of the Bai family and the Water Charm Tribe not arrived yet?"

"They have already been notified and are on their way," Xia Sibing replied. "Fellow Daoist Wang, I hear your artifact refining skill is very high, and many fellow daoists have asked you to refine immortal artifacts for them."

Xia Sibing said with a smile.

"I've only just scratched the surface," Wang Changsheng said modestly, "Madam Xia, you flatter me."

Wang Changsheng said modestly.

"I've also learned a little bit, but no one asks me to help refine artifacts. Fellow Daoist Wang, aren't you being too modest!" A rough male voice rang out.

Just as he finished speaking, a nine-foot-tall brawny man in a red shirt walked in. The red-shirted man was broad-shouldered and powerfully built, with a full beard, and his entire body exuded power.

The Dark Hall had collected portraits of all the well-known True Immortal cultivators in the White Deer Archipelago, and Wang Changsheng had seen them long ago.

The red-shirted man was named Bai Yilong, a mid-stage True Immortal who cultivated both magic and his physical body.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, why are you here? Why didn't your Seventh Granduncle come?" Xia Sibing said with a frown.

Bai Yilong was a high-ranking member of the Bai family, not an ancestor. For such a significant matter, why did the Bai family send Bai Yilong?

"Seventh Granduncle is in death-defying secluded cultivation. I can also represent the Bai family. Has Immortal Tong not arrived yet?"

Bai Yilong changed the subject.

"She has arrived."

A gentle female voice rang out.

As soon as these words were spoken, a blue light flew in and landed on the ground, revealing a beautiful young woman in a blue dress. The woman, whose eyes were aqua blue, was slightly larger than a human and had some folds on her head. This was Tong Ruoshui, a late True Immortal and the ancestor of the Water Charm Tribe.