Chapter 4247: Impact on Taiyi Golden Immortal

"The Enlightenment Fruit, one of the ten great immortal fruits, can permanently enhance one's comprehension, making it easier to grasp laws," Ye Xuanji stated.

"According to ancient records, that's true, but the Enlightenment Fruit has an incredibly long growth cycle. Furthermore, there's only one Enlightenment Fruit tree in the Immortal Realm, and even if you obtain an Enlightenment Fruit seed, you cannot cultivate a second tree," Nangong Yunyue explained.

"Really? Even an immortal who has mastered the Law of Wood can't cultivate a sapling with the seed?" Jin Gui asked, puzzled.

"I don't know. Anyway, that's what our family's ancient records say. Whether it's possible or not, we'd know if someone got an Enlightenment Fruit seed and tried," Nangong Yunyue said.

"If I got an Enlightenment Fruit seed, I definitely wouldn't use it to cultivate the fruit. Its growth cycle is too long. I'd refine it into an Enlightenment treasure to comprehend laws," Ye Xuanji remarked.

"Exactly! Even if we could cultivate a sapling, by the time the Enlightenment Fruit matured, we would have long since passed away. Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal couldn't wait 60 million years for its growth cycle, right?" Cang Feng agreed heartily.

Jin Gui's gaze shifted to a sweet-looking young woman in a purple dress. "Madam Wei," he said, "I heard that the Pang family, an affiliated force of your Five Immortals Sect, obtained an Enlightenment Pearl refined from an Enlightenment Fruit seed?"

"The Carefree Devil Lord stole it. We're still pursuing him, but there's been no news so far. He's skilled in transformation arts; we've collected no fewer than a hundred portraits of him," the young woman in purple sighed.

Wei Rongrong, a disciple of the Five Immortals Sect, was in the late Golden Immortal stage.

Wang Qingshan's expression remained calm. His Tree of Laws had grown to seventy-nine zhang, just a step away from completion.

"Immortal Wei," Jin Gui asked curiously, "how come Daoist Ning isn't here?" He was referring to Ning Ting, Lin Tianba's eldest disciple. Ning Ting had cultivated to become a peak True Spirit and, years ago, had intercepted a small unit of Chaos Beasts with Wang Changsheng, Qin Zhaoming, and others.

"Senior Martial Brother Ning has returned to the Scarlet Sun Sea to attempt to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage. He successfully advanced to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and we'll hold a celebration later," Wei Rongrong finished, her face full of pride.

Four disciples of the Five Immortals Sect had entered seclusion to attempt to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, but only Ning Ting had successfully opened all one hundred and eight immortal orifices and advanced. After hundreds of thousands of years of recovery, the Cao family, the Ephemera clan, and the Five Immortals Sect all had new Grand Unity Golden Immortals, slowly regaining their strength. This was their foundation.

"That's wonderful! Don't forget to invite our Golden Star Clan to the celebration then," Jin Gui said with a smile.

"Grand Unity Golden Immortal! What a coincidence, Ancestor Guangting has also advanced to Grand Unity Golden Immortal," Ye Xuanji said with a faint smile. Three members of the Ye family had cultivated to the peak of the Golden Immortal stage and entered seclusion to attempt to reach Grand Unity Golden Immortal, but only Ye Guangting succeeded.

"This is good news. The more Grand Unity Golden Immortals we have, the easier it will be for us to deal with the Chaos Beasts," Nangong Yunyue said with a smile.

"Daoist Nangong, is a major battle about to break out?" Jin Gui asked. At his words, the Golden Immortal cultivators present were startled and all looked towards Nangong Yunyue.

Nangong Yunyue was puzzled. "Who said a major battle is about to break out? Wasn't the last lesson painful enough?" she asked, confused.

"True, I heard that too many immortals were killed or injured in that battle, and both the Immortal Armored Army and the True Spirit Legion were crippled," Jin Gui said.

After more than an hour of casual conversation, Nangong Yunyao proposed exchanging cultivation resources. The cultivators all agreed and took turns presenting items for trade. Wang Qingshan exchanged two mid-grade Immortal Extinction Arrows for thirteen corpses of seven-colored Chaos Beasts. Additionally, he acquired some immortal medicines, which he intended to give to Liu Hongxue for alchemy.

The exchange lasted for more than two hours. Once it concluded, the cultivators left one by one, returning to their respective homes.

Upon returning to Azure Lotus Courtyard, Wang Qingshan saw Wang Qingcheng sitting in the stone pavilion, holding a yellow transmission immortal mirror.

"What's wrong, Qingcheng?" Wang Qingshan asked casually.

"Qingfeng escorted a batch of cultivation resources from the clan. He brought news that Father hasn't yet attempted to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage," Wang Qingcheng replied.

"Every Golden Immortal attempts to reach Grand Unity Golden Immortal at a different time. Is everything alright within the clan?" Wang Qingshan asked.

Wang Qingcheng nodded and said, "Everything is fine." After a brief chat, Wang Qingshan entered the pavilion to rest, awaiting the auction scheduled for the next day.

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On Azure Lotus Island in the Sky Morning Sea, Wang Ruyan, Wang Yinyin, and Liang Qiuyun sat in a green stone pavilion on Azure Lotus Peak, with Wang Ruyan instructing them. Wang Yinyin and Liang Qiuyun were both sound cultivators and spiritual body holders.

Wang Yongqian hurried in, her expression solemn, and said, "Ancestor has attracted heavenly lightning tribulations." Wang Changsheng had cultivated in seclusion on Azure Lotus Island for a period, then went to Dongli Island to enter seclusion and attempt to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage. Not long ago, Wang Tunian contacted Wang Yongqian, informing her that Wang Changsheng had attracted the heavenly tribulations.

"Understood, I'll go right away. You two return to your cultivation," Wang Ruyan said, then flew into a nearby green pavilion, entering a secret room containing a teleportation array. Wang Ruyan stepped onto the teleportation array, cast a spell, and a dazzling spiritual light flared, engulfing her figure.

On Dongli Island, Wang Tunian stood atop a peak, gazing at the nine-colored thunderclouds high in the sky, his expression solemn.

A hundred-mu wide lake had a hundred-zhang tall blue lotus platform in its center. Wang Changsheng sat cross-legged in the center of the lotus platform, a porcelain bottle, a green jade casket, and a green jade box placed before him. His expression was solemn. He had consumed the Dual-Polarity Golden Amber Pill, a Grand Unity Immortal Fruit, and the lotus seeds of the Seven-Leaf Jade Marrow Immortal Lotus, successfully opening all one hundred and eight immortal orifices. As long as he passed the lightning tribulations, he could advance to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage.

Wang Changsheng had communicated with other Golden Immortal cultivators. Most Golden Immortals attempting to reach Grand Unity Golden Immortal would attract twenty-seven lightning tribulations, with the number of six-colored immortal lightning bolts increasing with more special laws mastered. Having mastered the Law of Soul and cultivated it to completion, he was certainly different from other Golden Immortals. Wang Changsheng currently had no access to other Supremes, so he didn't know the exact number and power of the lightning tribulations. He gazed at the nine-colored thunderclouds high above, his fighting spirit soaring.

A rumbling thunderclap echoed as a massive nine-colored immortal lightning bolt tore through the sky, descending like a meteor directly towards Wang Changsheng. Wang Changsheng did not evade. His right fist blazed with blue light as he threw a punch, meeting the strike head-on. His right fist collided with the nine-colored immortal lightning. The lightning instantly dispersed, transforming into a blinding burst of nine-colored thunderlight that engulfed his body. A powerful shockwave spread outwards, and numerous cracks appeared in the void.

Soon, the second nine-colored immortal lightning bolt struck. Thunder continued to rumble incessantly as massive nine-colored immortal lightning bolts struck one after another, the thunderlight engulfing Wang Changsheng's figure. The lake water churned and surged, and a gigantic blue water curtain emerged, enveloping Wang Changsheng within it. The surface of the blue water curtain bore a blue lotus pattern, shimmering with circulating spiritual light. Massive nine-colored immortal lightning bolts struck the blue water curtain repeatedly. The blue water curtain swayed slightly before shattering shortly after.