Jiang Lan looked at the vegetative egg and decided to observe it for two more days.

  He wondered if the vegetative egg would have inner demons.

  He decided to check on it again tomorrow.

  Jiang Lan then began cultivating.

  This was the best time for him to cultivate.

  The greater the concentration of Netherworld Aura, the faster he cultivated.

  This was because it better suited the Kunlun Heart Sutra.

  On the third day.

  Jiang Lan moved the vegetative egg out.

  He discovered that the egg’s life force had weakened.

  If he were to continue leaving it there, it would be finished.

  Later.

  Jiang Lan once again focused on his cultivation.

  His master did not say much about his training trip to the Ice Cicada Forest.

  It was considered a pass.

  However, his master had reminded him that the aura of the Netherworld had become heavier, and he had to act according to his ability.

  Three years passed once more.

  This year.

  It was Jiang Lan’s fiftieth year on the Ninth Summit.

  He was cultivating peacefully when he suddenly received a message.

  This message came from Kunlun directly.

  All personal disciples in Kunlun would receive it.

  “The Jade Pool is opening?”


  Jiang Lan sat in the Netherworld Cave, reading the news. He knew about the opening of the Jade Pool a few years ago.

  However, his master said that it would be a while later. He did not expect that it would be a few years later. It seemed that he had to familiarize himself with his master’s concept of time.

  The Netherworld Cave continued its eruption of Netherworld Aura.

  However, it had not reached its maximum value.

  From Jiang Lan’s estimation, it would take a few more years.

  Jiang Lan didn’t care about this. In fact, he was looking forward to it even more.

  Because the longer it overflowed, the better it was for him.

  In the past few years, his cultivation had become much stronger.

  Although he hadn’t reached the late-stage Essence Soul realm, he was close.

  His cultivation speed was nearly twice as fast as before.

  If this continued, he would soon reach the Void Refinement Realm.

  In the past few years, he had already completed most of the things he needed to cultivate.

  His Nine Steps of Heavenly Travel had reached the eighth step, the pinnacle he could achieve at the Essence Soul Realm.

  He had a feeling that the ninth step could only be achieved when one was close to achieving immortality.

  His Power of Nine Bulls was close to the power of the eight bulls, but at the Essence Soul Realm, it was unlikely to break through the power of the eight bulls.

  He had long been familiarized with his Ninth Heaven’s Flowing Fire, Heavenly Thunder Descent, Seven Stars Sword Technique, Yin Yang Sword Technique and Spirit Ape Spell.

  He was at the Essence Soul Realm, so these spells and techniques best suited him.

  He had used the Rainbow Auspicious Clouds on the vegetative egg, but it didn’t feel like much of it had been consumed.

  It was good for increasing his proficiency in the spell.

  When it came to humans, he wouldn’t use it casually.

  The impact was too great.

  Jiang Lan had also cultivated the Spirit Speech Spell for some time. He also tried it out using the Dragon language, and the effect was quite good.

  It might not be suitable to be used against enemies, but it was quite effective in cleaning up the plants.

  He had learned most of the Dragon Language.

  It hadn’t been long since he had entered the Essence Soul Realm, and his progress had been too fast. It would take some time for his mastery of the other spells to catch up.

  He had signed in and received quite a few other things over the years.

  He managed to get his hands on the Immortal Binding Rope (Pseudo) again, and the Spirit Striking Whip (Pseudo) as well.

  Jiang Lan had familiarized himself with these new equipments of his.

  “The aura is getting stronger. I wonder if anyone will come out by then.”


  After leaving the Netherworld Cave, Jiang Lan glanced at the entrance.

  There were still some years before the Netherworld Aura outflow would stop.

  After that, Jiang Lan went to his previous residence and watered the vegetative egg with some spirit liquid.

  Here, the vegetative egg became much better.

  It had been fifty years. This vegetative egg of his was no longer a spirit pet.

  It had become a potted plant.

  “There’s still some time before the ceremony. I shall clean up the hall first.”


  Jiang Lan looked at the sky and discovered that it was still early. It wasn’t suitable for him to go now.

  After he had cleaned the hall, it would be time.

  During this time, Jiang Lan cast Rainbow Auspicious Clouds once on himself.

  This spell did have an effect on himself.

  But the longer the intervals between the times he cast it on himself, the more rainbow auspicious clouds he would use and the longer the delay would be.

  He had a feeling that if he used this spell technique after too long an interval, he would destroy the spell.

  As expected, it was a spell technique that was merely similar to that of a divine power.

  There were many restrictions and could only be used to sign in occasionally.

  After that, Jiang Lan left the Ninth Summit.

  The Jade Pool was located behind the nine peaks of Kunlun.

  The rough location of the Jade Pool was at the source of the Kunlun mountain range.

  It was hard to go to the Jade Pool by foot. Jiang Lan had to ride on his sword.

  In the high skies of Kunlun, there were no clouds for thousands of miles. The sun shone brightly as countless sword lights appeared in the sky.

  Jiang Lan was also among them. He didn’t fly too fast nor too high.

  The others formed groups of three to five.

  However, Jiang Lan was alone.

  This was because he was the sole personal disciple of the Ninth Summit.

  It could be said that all the members of the Ninth Summit had come to the Jade Pool to observe the ceremony.

  However, he was glad that his cultivation on the surface was at the early-stage Golden Core Realm.

  It wouldn’t look too bad like that.

  If it was a few years earlier, he would have been a perfected Foundation Establishment cultivator.

  If so, he would be the sole Foundation Establishment cultivator mixed in with a group of Essence Soul or Golden Core cultivators.

  Then, Jiang Lan discovered that he was wrong. The others weren’t just Essence Souls and Golden Cores. Some of them even had immortal power within their bodies.

  …