Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

Chapter 323: Two Years!

Yao Lingling fell silent in an instant.

It knew that its master was right.

In this world, not just anyone has the opportunity to break through Ascension and step into the legendary realm of Transcendent.

Even for itself, if it hadn't been for the coincidence of accepting Liu Zimo, a freak, as its master, it would never have been able to "sneak" into Ascension through a stroke of luck.

After all, before it, there had never been a member of the Devouring Spirit Worm clan who had broken through Ascension solely based on their own cultivation base.

So, as long as there was even the slightest chance of ascending to the higher realm, even if it meant risking their lives, there would be countless members of the Devouring Spirit Worm clan willing to try.

Such opportunities are rare and cannot be sought after. If they miss this chance, there may not be another one.

Furthermore, Yao Lingling was not a fool.

When it sensed that there were only a thousand or so Devouring Spirit Worms left in the Illusion Monster World, and that all of these Devouring Spirit Worms were obediently hiding in the desolate mountains and valleys, not daring to use their own innate supernatural powers anymore, Yao Lingling knew that Liu Zimo must have cleansed the Devouring Spirit Worms in the Illusion Monster World once.

Based on Liu Zimo's cautious and wary attitude towards the Devouring Spirit Worm clan all along, Yao Lingling fully believed that if they didn't take all the remaining Devouring Spirit Worms away this time, every single one of them would be completely wiped out by Liu Zimo.

Since they couldn't escape death either way, why not let them fight for their lives?

If they were lucky enough, maybe they could successfully "sneak" into the Transcendent realm like it did in the beginning?

"Alright, everything will be done according to the master's orders!"

Yao Lingling decisively nodded in agreement.

It not only wanted to expand its harem and recruit subordinates, but also wanted to give these few remaining clan members a chance to survive.

"I am the Devouring Spirit King Worm, and my strength is enough to crush all the Devouring Spirit Worms in the valley. I will personally suppress and gather them, and they won't dare to have any objections!"

After speaking, Yao Lingling turned to Liu Zimo and asked for permission to subdue the thousand or so Devouring Spirit Worms in the valley.

Naturally, Liu Zimo would not refuse and readily nodded in agreement.

Swish!

Yao Lingling turned into a stream of light and flew towards the valley.

Liu Zimo followed behind, calmly releasing his spiritual sense, quietly searching for the whereabouts of Liu Zihao.

Soon, Liu Zimo discovered Liu Zihao's aura in a quaint mountain gate about three thousand kilometers away from himself.

That kid had actually joined a cultivation sect called "Divine Medicine Sect" and was currently refining pills in a pill furnace.

And Xuan Ye, a Perfected Being, stood respectfully behind him, serving him left and right, treating Liu Zihao as his master.

"It's good as long as he's fine!"

Liu Zimo nodded slightly, and the worry that had been weighing on his mind finally settled.

It had to be said that the spiritual energy density in the Illusion Monster World was indeed higher than that in the Earth realm, making it a very good choice for closed-door cultivation.

Since Liu Zihao had already established himself here and was living a relatively good life, Liu Zimo didn't need to rush over and disturb him.

"Master, come quickly! I have already subdued all these little things, and they are willing to follow you to ascend to the higher realm!"

At this moment, the sound of transmission from Yao Lingling rang in Liu Zimo's ears.

Liu Zimo's figure flashed and instantly arrived.

Thousands of different-shaped devouring spirit insects were all standing obediently behind Yao Lingling, in an extremely disciplined manner.

Seeing Liu Zimo approaching, they all prostrated on the ground, respectfully acknowledging their master.

Swish!

Thousands of strands of varying strength and weakness of spiritual soul origins were simultaneously delivered to his Spiritual Sense clone.

Seeing this, Liu Zimo did not refuse. With a thought, he collected all the spiritual soul origins that they had delivered.

Even though he was currently just a strand of Spiritual Sense clone, it did not hinder him from subduing the spiritual soul imprints of these devouring spirit insects for his true body.

"One thousand two hundred and three, not one less, not bad!"

Liu Zimo nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand, collecting all these devouring spirit insects into the Spiritual Sense space he had temporarily created.

Taking away all these devouring spirit insects meant that there would no longer be any need to worry about the threat of devouring spirits in the Earth Realm in the future.

As for how many of them would successfully "cross over" to Ascension, it would depend on their own good fortune.

"Alright, it's almost time. Let's say goodbye to my little brother and father, and then it's time to go back!"

Liu Zimo waved his hand lightly at Yao Lingling, who understood and returned to his left shoulder.

Then, the master and servant disappeared in this unnamed valley.

Next, Liu Zimo first met with Liu Zihao, and then returned to the Earth Realm's Luzhou City.

After meeting with his father and uncle and exchanging pleasantries, he also left behind more than ten sticks of Spirit Ascension Incense for them before actively returning to the Transcendent Realm.

At this time, the sky in the Transcendent Realm had already begun to brighten.

Liu Zimo slowly opened his eyes during his meditation, ending the continuous display of the "Starry Sky Beyond" Supernatural Power.

His Spiritual Sense returned, and his consciousness fully recovered.

After absorbing and integrating all the memories and experiences of his Spiritual Sense clone in the mortal realm, Liu Zimo slowly stood up.

Before he could internally inspect his sea of consciousness and investigate the "crossing over" situation of the more than 1,200 devouring spirit insects, Yao Lingling's voice rang in his sea of consciousness.

"Master, we succeeded! We did it!"

"Hahaha! One thousand two hundred and three clan members, a total of three hundred and twenty-one have successfully undergone the Spirit Power baptism in the Transcendent Realm and are now all in a deep sleep!"

"Great! Great! Almost all the devouring spirit insects with a cultivation base above the King Grade have survived!"

"Nearly a thirty percent success rate, it's truly unbelievable!"

Yao Lingling's wings kept trembling, filled with excitement.

Even though nearly nine hundred devouring spirit insects were lost in an instant, it didn't feel any heartache or loss.

Looking at the three hundred and twenty-one lucky insects currently undergoing metamorphosis in Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness, Yao Lingling's heart was filled with joy and celebration.

Before deciding to bring these more than one thousand clan members to the Transcendent Realm, it had prepared for the worst, with a probability of less than one in a hundred, or even less than one in a thousand.

Now, seeing that a total of three hundred and twenty-one clan members had survived and successfully "crossed over" to the higher realm, it far exceeded its expectations.

"It truly is quite unbelievable!"

Liu Zimo was also extremely surprised.

I originally thought that only a few Saint Level devouring spirit insects would have a chance to survive.

Unexpectedly, all the devouring spirit insects above the King Grade in Cultivation Base have successfully undergone the Heavenly Dao baptism of the Transcendent realm and smoothly "ascended" to the higher realm.

"I have to say, you devouring spirit insects really have extraordinary talent!"

Liu Zimo whispered in admiration,

"Although it is extremely difficult for you to break through on your own, for ten thousand years, not a single devouring spirit insect has been able to ascend by relying on its own Cultivation Base strength."

"But you can use your unique physical characteristics that are neither real nor illusory to borrow strength and sneak into the higher realm."

Just the King Grade Realm alone can successfully borrow strength to ascend and sneak into the higher realm, which is absolutely a talent that no other race can compare to.

If it weren't for the overpowering devouring talent of the devouring spirit insects, most of the hosts targeted by them would be sucked dry and devoured, and there would be no chance for them to ascend.

Otherwise, the devouring spirit insects would not have had no precedent for ascending to the higher realm for ten thousand years.

To become a devouring spirit or to be defeated by a devouring spirit, that is the way it is.

"The master is right. If it weren't for meeting the master and borrowing the master's light, I'm afraid I would never have had the opportunity to transform and ascend in this lifetime!"

Yao Lingling sighed in agreement.

It wasn't until now that it quietly understood.

It turns out that the path of ascension that the devouring spirit insects have been desperately pursuing for ten thousand years was actually cut off by themselves!

If their devouring supernatural power wasn't so overpowering, but instead chose to coexist and symbiotically help the host continuously improve and break through.

With their King Grade Cultivation Base and their unique physical characteristics that can be baptized by the Transcendent realm Heavenly Dao, how could there have been no successful ascension for the devouring spirit insects for ten thousand years?

"Perhaps, this symbiotic coexistence and mutual growth is the best way for our devouring spirit insect race to evolve!"

"No, I must imprint this point into the inheritance memory of my future devouring spirit descendants, and it cannot be changed for eternity!"

Yao Lingling realized this in her heart and secretly made up her mind.

The devouring spirit insect race, which has been evolving for thousands of years, must start to change from its generation.

Blindly devouring and seizing is definitely not the normal path of evolution!

Only by mutually beneficial coexistence and mutual growth with the host can the devouring spirit insect race go further.

[Your good brother Ouyang Songnian had a series of misfortunes and disasters due to his bad luck, and was shattered by someone's thought, dying on the spot!]

[The 'Heaven-stealing' talent attribute has been passively triggered, and you have inherited half of the legacy left by your good brother Ouyang Songnian before his death, with Qiankun Qi Jue +500, Samsara Dao Method +500, Immortal Dao Cultivation Base +1000, Samsara Dao Rhyme +20.]

[Your good brother Ouyang Songnian has gone offline, and the current number of bindable objects is (634/1000).]

[...]

[Your good brother Ouyang Songren has gone offline, and the current number of bindable objects is (632/1000).]

At this moment, Liu Zimo suddenly heard several notifications from his abilities.

It turned out to be news of the deaths of Ouyang Songnian, Ouyang Songren, and Ouyang Songxian, the three elders of the Ouyang family.

The deaths of these three Nascent Soul realm "good brothers" and "good sisters" directly provided Liu Zimo with an increase in Immortal Dao Cultivation Base for nearly three thousand years.

Even if it didn't directly break through Liu Zimo's Cultivation Base Realm to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, it still greatly increased.

"Ouyang Xinxin, this girl, really didn't disappoint me!"

After praising in his heart, Liu Zimo converged his mind and silently absorbed and refined these Immortal Dao Cultivation Base, as well as the cultivation experience and soul memories of various cultivation techniques.

The Cultivation Base aura on his body continued to grow, and the space in his sea of consciousness continued to expand.

Yao Lingling, who resided in his sea of consciousness, also sensed the changes and abnormalities in his body and sea of consciousness. She didn't dare to disturb him and obediently kept quiet.

She had long been accustomed to his abnormal cultivation method of constantly having breakthroughs. It was no longer surprising to her.

After a moment, when it was close to the end of the hour of the Tiger, Liu Zimo woke up from his meditation.

After glancing at the sky, he casually greeted Yu Jiangcheng, who was guarding outside the door, and quickly returned to the Qingyun Immortal Gate.

After changing back into the clothes of a miscellaneous disciple at the No. 6 courtyard, Liu Zimo, as usual, left the miscellaneous hall and went to work at the library halfway up the mountain.

Throughout the Qingyun Immortal Gate, no one noticed anything unusual about him.

Inside the library, the librarian Jing Zongyang was still in closed-door training and paid no attention to Liu Zimo's arrival, allowing him to freely move around the library.

Since Chun Yu Zifang left the Qingyun Immortal Domain, the librarian seemed to have been stimulated and began to spend all his time in closed-door training, rarely showing himself.

Liu Zimo naturally welcomed this change. Without the supervision of the librarian, who was at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, he had more autonomy in the library and the Qingyun Immortal Gate.

He could now freely read the inheritance jade slips that he didn't dare to openly look at before, as well as access many secret realms for cultivation within the Qingyun Immortal Gate.

He no longer had to worry about being caught by the librarian.

For Liu Zimo, the entire Qingyun Immortal Gate now had no secrets left.

However, even so, Liu Zimo did not become arrogant or look down on anyone.

He continued to work as a miscellaneous disciple, going to work and resting every day, never actively causing trouble.

In the eyes of outsiders, he was still an ordinary mortal with no cultivation base, a useless miscellaneous disciple who posed no threat to anyone.

And so, day after day, year after year passed by.

In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.

During these two years, Liu Zimo's cultivation base had already successfully broken through to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, the Returned to Origin stage, on par with the librarian.

However, his Spiritual Sense cultivation base and the range of his sea of consciousness had already exceeded the librarian by tens or even hundreds of times.

As a result, his overall strength as a body cultivator had completely surpassed the librarian and almost all the Nascent Soul peak cultivators in the Qingyun Immortal Domain.

But even so, Liu Zimo still had no intention of revealing his strength or dominating the entire Qingyun Immortal Domain.

He continued to stay in the Qingyun Immortal Gate, accumulating strength and comprehending various Heavenly Dao rhymes, just as he had done for years.

He knew that the Nascent Soul peak in the Qingyun Immortal Domain might already be the pinnacle for cultivators, enough to dominate over others and surpass all.

But outside the Qingyun Immortal Domain, there were the Panlong Immortal Domain, Azure Dragon Immortal Domain, and even higher-level God Transformation Realm cultivators.

Until now, Liu Zimo couldn't forget the immense power that Chun Yu Zifang had displayed in the Qingyun Immortal Gate.

That kind of overwhelming pressure that made people almost despair and dare not resist, even Liu Zimo now still had lingering fear.

And back then, Chun Yu Zifang had only just broken through to the Divine Transformation realm, a low-level Divine Transformation cultivator with only the first stage of Divine Transformation.

Compared to those God Transformation Realm cultivators, or even higher-ranked cultivators, he was now nothing more than a slightly stronger ant.

If he showed off too much and attracted the attention of the strong God Transformation Realm cultivators from other Immortal Domains, with his special identity as an Ascendant, he would inevitably become someone else's Human Cauldron.

(End of this chapter)