Chapter 1: Crossing into Another World

  In the great hall, while Sun Hao was talking with Xu Zhen, Li Tian Luo had already left.

  After listening to Sun Hao's experience before Lingzong, Xu Zhen took Sun Hao to his living room.

  The place where Xu Zhen lived was the residence of a former elder of the sect, which had undergone great changes. The elder also lost contact in that great change, and the room was left empty until Xu Zhen's arrival.

  "According to Master, before our decline, the Xuanmo clan was one of the top three among the eight major peaks. I don't know what unexpected event caused our Xuanmo imperial family to fall directly. Unfortunately, my current strength is too weak, and even if I knew, it would be useless. The only plan now is to become stronger, stronger, and even stronger! When I reach the pinnacle of this world, what can't I do?"

  Just as Xu Zhen was thinking in his room, You Yuefeng and You Lándiān arrived.

  "Are you willing to join the Youyue Sect?"

  A majestic voice came from the Azure Temple.

  "I'm willing, Master."

  In front of the Azure Temple, a girl of eleven or twelve years old knelt on the empty ground. Upon closer inspection, the girl's eyes were firm and resolute, her delicate face also full of determination.

  If Xu Zhen were here, he would definitely recognize that the girl kneeling in front of the temple to formally pay homage to her master was none other than his only acquaintance, the little princess of the Imperial Flame Empire's Four Great Clans, Yu Ling.

  It turned out that among all the disciples who joined the sect this year, she was the one with the most hope of breaking through to the Innate Stage!

  "Alright! From now on, I officially accept you as a disciple of the Youyue Sect. Starting today, you will be one of my core disciples!"

  As the sound grew clearer, in front of the Azure Temple, a woman gradually appeared.

  From her appearance, the woman has no flaws that can be picked on, with an icy expression on her face. This also adds a kind of solemn temperament to this beauty.

  But if the disciples of other peaks saw this woman, they might not have the heart to appreciate such beauty.

  This woman is one of the seven great protectors of the Qingxia Sect - Zilong Wang Zhao Zilong!

  After kowtowing to the ancestral portrait, Yu Ling officially became the 130th core disciple of Qingxia Sect's Youyue lineage.

  "Take your little junior sister down to rest." Zhao Zihong said to a woman beside her.

  "Yes, Master. Little sister, come this way." As she spoke, the woman led Yuling out of the main hall and towards the back of the mountain.

  Watching Yu Ling disappear at the gate of the main hall, Zhao Zilong slowly walked out of the main hall and turned his gaze to a mountain peak beside him.

  "Li Shixiong, although you were one step ahead of us in cultivation, but when it comes to nurturing the younger generation of disciples... you lost again..." The voice lingered in front of the temple, with a hint of resentment, unwillingness and anger, gradually disappearing into the vast expanse of heaven and earth...

  The next morning, Sun Hao appeared at the door of Xu Zhen's room. Just as he was about to knock on the door, Xu Zhen called out to him from behind.

  "Big brother is up early, what brings you here so early? Is there something that needs little brother's attention?"

  Sun Hao turned around and saw Xu Zhen standing in front of him with a spirited expression, knowing that Xu Zhen had just returned from his training. He was very pleased with Xu Zhen's hard work. After all, even for a genius, success cannot be achieved without effort, and Xu Zhen was only promising so far.

  "I didn't expect my junior brother to be so diligent, getting up early to practice. Is the place where you live comfortable?

  Before reaching the Xiantian stage, at dawn when the first light shines, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is easiest to sense, so for warriors in the Ling Shi realm, every morning before breaking through to become a Ling Shi is extremely important. However, once they break through the Xiantian stage and become a Ling Shi, there's no difference in practicing at any time of day."

  "Master brother is overpraising me, I just couldn't sleep and was wandering around to cultivate a bit. Living here is very comfortable, much better than the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain."

  Sun Hao learned about Xu Zhen's experience before entering the door through Li Tian Luo, and naturally understood what the thatched cottage at the foot of the mountain meant.

  He smiled and continued, "Now that my junior brother is up, let's go take a bath and change our clothes. Today is the day you officially join the Xuanmo Sect! We must prepare properly."

  Xu Zhen was already informed yesterday when he returned to his room that he would be formally entering the sect today, so there wasn't any surprised expression.

  As Sun Hao arrived at the mountain hot spring, he took a good bath and then put on the clothes sent over, which symbolized the core disciple of Qingxia Sect's Xuanmu lineage. Xu Zhen came to the grand hall.

  In front of the grand hall, a large number of disciples had already gathered. Through careful observation, it was discovered that nearly half of the almost hundred disciples on the square were actually at the level of Tianling Master!

  It's no wonder that it was one of the eight major veins, even if it encountered a great change and lost many excellent disciples, but what's left is still not comparable to those other branches!

  In front of the main hall, Li Tian Luo sat in the seat of the Peak Master. The other chairs were empty, and Xu Zhen knew that at this time of great change, nearly 80% of the elders and guardians of the Xuanmo Sect had not returned. The remaining few elders and guardians were busy with the affairs of recruiting disciples in front of the sect, so they did not appear here.

  "Descend, young disciple, and merge with my profound and mysterious lineage!"

  "Returning to the peak, the disciple is willing."

  "Alright! From now on, you will be officially accepted as a core disciple of the Qingxia Sect's Xuanmu lineage, and I will personally guide you to become the 134th generation's top-notch talent!"

  In the Xuanmu Hall, the three incense sticks had already been lit, and Xu Zhen stood reverently in front of the portrait and kowtowed nine times.

  The gift is ready.

  The ceremony of becoming a disciple was simple, just as he remembered it from his past memories of becoming a disciple.

  Sincerity is the way of heaven; the attainment of sincerity is the way of men.

  "Now that you have officially joined my Xuanmo lineage, I will pass on to you the inherited technique of our sect, the 'Xuanmo Key'."

  "Xuan Mu Jue was created by the founder of Ben Miao, Jing Huang Guan Xuan Mu Feng, after a hundred years of changes and sudden enlightenment. Like other seven-vein transmission methods, it is the top-level method of this sect, second only to "Seven Leaf Qing Lian Jue"."

  With the "Hong Meng Zhuan Lun Jing", Xu Zhen originally didn't need any other cultivation methods. However, since Xu Zhen successfully broke through to the prenatal stage and became a spiritual master, he discovered that things weren't as simple as he thought. The "Hong Meng Zhuan Lun Jing" itself is a cultivation method for improving one's realm and absorbing spiritual energy. But when it comes to techniques, there are no records, whereas the methods recorded above are indeed extremely powerful, but the problem lies in their extreme power. The attacking methods recorded above are truly too heaven-defying, it can be said that as soon as you make a move, it's a matter of life and death!

  Having entered the sect, it's not possible to let Xu Zhen and fellow disciples spar like this every time. Each move is either lightly injured or heavily fallen on the spot, so that no one will be willing to spar with themselves in the future, nor will the sect be willing!

  So the emergence of "Xuan Mu Jue" allowed Xu Zhen to get rid of the embarrassment of not having a "low-level" gong method, as for those powerful anti-heavenly style gong methods, let's wait until the life-and-death battle to give the enemy a big surprise!

  "Thank you, Master! I will definitely work hard to cultivate and soon enter the King's stage. Together with Master, I will make our Xuanwu Sect return to its former glory!"

  Li Tianluo nodded in satisfaction and handed over the Ling Stone with the Xuanmo Secret Technique printed on it to Xu Zhen.

  In this world, only those insignificant lower-grade secret manuals are still recorded in books. Anything slightly more valuable would use a spirit stone as the medium, which is simple and not easily damaged.

  Ling Shi arrived in his hands, Xu Zhen bowed slightly. This is a ceremony of passing on the art.

  Li Tian Luo said to Xu Zhen after receiving this gift:

  "Disciple, memorize this 'Mystic Dusk Formula' in your mind. Later on, when you encounter places you don't understand, Master will explain them to you."

  "After you go back, first practice the hidden method above. Although I don't know who taught you your concealment technique, it's extremely subtle, and even someone three stages higher than you might not be able to see through your cultivation. However, it can't hide the spiritual energy inside your body. In that case, in the future when you go out for training, if people discover that you haven't reached the Spiritual Realm yet but have such pure spiritual energy, it will definitely bring you great disaster! You should know that anyone who has aspirations to become a king, no matter where they are, as long as they're not disciples of our sect, are the first to be eliminated!"

  "Got it, Master!"

  Xu Zhenzheng was worried about how to conceal his unusual spiritual energy. Now that he had the "Mystic Dusk Formula", it just so happened to solve this big problem. The "Breath Holding Formula" didn't record these things!

  "Right, disciple. Remember not to go out for three days, after the recruitment of new disciples is over, all the newly admitted disciples will worship together at the ancestral hall."

  After finishing this sentence, Li Tian Luo left the main hall and went to prepare for the arrangement of the disciple's ancestral temple.