Nian Yan knew what Ning Cheng meant, and did not continue with what he had just said, but said, “This time, with the help of refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, I am afraid that someone is looking for supreme treasures that have the most top-notch technique inheritance. This person should not be doing it intentionally, but unintentionally. It shouldn’t be Mu Zuo Yi, nor is it someone from the Five Great Dao Courts.
So until the end of this Dan Competition, you don’t have to worry that someone will be targeting you. After this Dan Competition, if word reaches this person’s ears, I’m afraid that at that time, he will go all out to find you.”
Ning Cheng fell silent, this person could sway the title of the Five Realms Dan Competition, or at least a person of the same level as Mu Zuo Yi. Facing such a strong person, he was afraid that he wouldn’t even have a chance to escape.
Nian Yan smiled lightly, “Actually, this person may not really come looking for you, according to my guess, he is not in the Taiyi Realm at this time.”
“You know who he is?” Ning Cheng asked suspiciously.
Nian Yan nodded, “His name is Ao Beijiang, he is Mu Zuo Yi’s master. I know that he has recently left the Taiyi Realm, which is why I let you rest assured. With my guess, without some years, Ao Beijiang wouldn’t be able to return. That’s why it wasn’t deliberate for him to come up with the question of refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill. It’s also just that after he came up with it, he didn’t even think of the real result himself.”
Only after hearing this did Ning Cheng breathe a slight sigh of relief. How many years later, who knew where he was?
“Senior Sister Nian Yan is telling me this, is she planning to leave the Shallow Cloud Villa?” Ning Cheng asked, after Ao Beijiang came back, if he wanted to investigate, he could definitely check on Nian Yan’s head. So he was also a little worried about Nian Yan.
Nian Yan gave a hmph, “That’s right. In fact, when you went to find me at the Shallow Cloud Villa, I was planning to leave the Shallow Cloud Villa. You don’t need to worry about me, I’m leaving the Taiyi Realm and can walk away anytime. I’m preparing to find a place to tide over the downfall of the mixed elements because I’m going to advance to the mixed elements ……”
Ning Cheng asked in shock, “Senior Sister Nian Yan, aren’t you already a Mixed Origin Saint Emperor? Am I wrong? And what is that Mixed Yuan Decay thing?”
Nian Yan sighed and said, “I just have too many side distractions. It caused the fact that I haven’t broken through to the Mixed Yuan realm yet. In fact, you are not wrong, my perception of the Great Dao has always been higher than my own cultivation level. At this point in time, my realm of Dao perception has long since surpassed that of a mixed element. I just haven’t bothered to break through.
Anyone who saw me and felt my aura of Dao rhythm would think that I was a Mixed Yuan Saint Emperor. In fact, if I wanted to, I could break through to the Dao Yuan realm at any time. Advance to Mixed Yuan. Together with the fact that I can easily defeat a normal Mixed Yuan Saint Emperor, I am considered a Mixed Yuan Saint Emperor by most people’s standards.”
Ning Cheng had no more words to say because Nian Yan was right, he had sensed the auras of many Mixed Yuan powerhouses and they were not necessarily more powerful than Nian Yan.
“Because my strength is here, I generally admit that I am a Mixed Origin Saint Emperor as well. In fact, I know very well that a Mixed Origin Saint Emperor who doesn’t experience the decline of a Mixed Origin. One can never be called a Mixed Yuan powerhouse.”
Ning Cheng stood up and bowed to Nian Yan, “I would also like to ask for guidance from Senior Sister Nian Yan, I am from the Tai Su Realm because the rules of Heaven and Earth in the Tai Su Realm are dilapidated and broken. Although there are some Mixed Origin Saint Emperors, there is no such thing as Mixed Origin Decay.”
Nian Yan said in a soft tone. “Only the Tai Su Realm has full Heaven and Earth rules in the Five Tai Su Realms, so the Saint Emperors that come out of the Tai Su Realm are a little stronger than their counterparts. Cultivators travel against the heavens. Advancing in the lower star interfaces will have the Heavenly Rule Thunder Tribulation. Once the Dao has been witnessed, there will be the Decline of Heavenly Man. The Decline of the Mixed Element was only the first of the Declines of the Heavenly Man.
Stepping into the mixed elements. Only after experiencing the Decline of Heaven and Earth will one become a true powerhouse in Heaven and Earth and have the opportunity to ask for the third step. The so-called decay is when the mind and spirit are exhausted, the skin, flesh and bones are atrophied, the dao rhythm is disordered and the divine power is dissolved. If one is unable to cross this decay, the realm of mixed elements will all be illusory, and the heavier the soul will be destroyed, the lighter the elemental spirit will be blurred.”
Ning Cheng was secretly shocked in his heart, he suddenly remembered that Li Feng from the Du Xuan Ancient Clan, did that guy look like that because he had to cross the First Decay?
“A Hybrid Saint Emperor who has not experienced the First Decline is usually called a pseudo Hybrid. The highest achievement of this kind of mixed origin can only be like this in their lifetime, and it is never possible to step into a higher level. It is very difficult for a Hybrid Saint Emperor to feel the decay of a Hybrid Yuan in a dilapidated interface. That’s why even if they are at the late stage of a mixed origin, most of them are still pseudo-hybrid.” Nian Yan’s tone was light, not caring about going through the First Decline of the Mixed Yuan himself.
“Senior Sister Nian Yan, what is Mu Zuo Yi’s cultivation level then? Hasn’t he experienced the First Decline of the Mixed Elements either? When I first saw him, I always suspected that he was a Harmonious Dao powerhouse.” Ning Cheng thought of Mu Zuo Yi’s kind of vast and boundless aura and had some suspicions that he was even a Harmonious Dao powerhouse.
Nian Yan smiled faintly, “Mu Zuo Yi’s master is a top-tier powerhouse, and I reckon he should have experienced the First Decline of the Heavenly Man long ago. As for Dao Harmony, he is not. In this Five Realms Dan Competition, no Dao Harmony powerhouse has gone over. There are three steps to Dao enlightenment, and Dao Harmony is the second step. To become a true Dao Harmony powerhouse, one must experience the Second Decline of Dao Harmony.”
“Then what is the third step of Dao attestation?” Ning Cheng asked offhandedly, he knew from many people that there were three steps to Dao attestation, and that Dao Harmony was only the highest realm in the Tai Su Realm, and that the highest realm in the Tai Yi Realm was obviously not Dao Harmony.
Nian Yan let out another sigh, “In the Five Tai realms, I am afraid that the highest realm that can truly be reached is only Dao Harmony. Perhaps there are people who have surpassed Hedao, but these people have never shown themselves. I have been deducing the third step of the Dao of Evidence, but I just never came to any conclusion. I have checked countless texts in the Taiyi Realm over the years, but no higher realm has ever appeared. Today I have found you here, in fact, for the third step of the Dao of Evidence.”
Ning Cheng said in a cautious tone, “Please instruct Senior Sister Nian Yan.”
He had great admiration for Nian Yan’s demonic talent, and if he could help, he would not resist.
Nian Yan bowed to Ning Cheng before saying, “I am pushing to perform the third step of the Dao of Evidence, which is to first create a realm, and the rules of this realm must be higher than the rules of the Five Tai Realm. I am unable to create this realm, but I know that there are some heaven and earth opening creation treasures in the universe and heaven, and these creation treasures not only come with their own top level creation techniques, but also have a separate realm of creation ……”
When Nian Yan said this, Ning Cheng understood, “Senior Sister Nian Yan, you want to enter the world of creation to take a look and then sense the rules of heaven and earth in the world of creation? Thus pushing through the third step of the Dao of Proof?”
Nian Yan nodded and looked at Ning Cheng and said, “Yes, that is indeed what I want to do.”
“I have a world, if Senior Sister Nian Yan doesn’t mind, she can go to my world to have a look.” Ning Cheng said in a deep voice, he understood that Nian Yan had long been aware that he had a world of creation. With a cultivation level like Nian Yan’s, even if he did not discuss it with him and took it by force, there was nothing he could do.
“Many thanks, Senior Brother Ning.” Nian Yan was calm and unruffled.
Ning Cheng also secretly appreciated Nian Yan’s open-mindedness, if he had no good intentions, as long as Nian Yan had entered his Xuanhuang Pearl, even if Nian Yan was a Hybrid Saint Emperor, he would still have the means to suppress her. But Nian Yan did not seem to have considered this at all.
“Senior Sister Nian Yan please let go of your mind ……” As Ning Cheng spoke, he had already brought Nian Yan, who had opened her mind, into the Xuanhuang Pearl.
Nian Yan was shocked as she stood in the vast and boundless Xuanhuang World. This was a world that was even higher than the rules of the Taiyi Realm, even if this world was not yet perfect, the incomparable clarity of the rules had already allowed her to understand many dao rhythms that she had not been able to figure out before.
Ning Cheng did not bother Nian Yan, he deliberately went to see Yan Ji who had been in closed-door cultivation. Yan Ji was still in seclusion, and from the aura on her body Ning Cheng could feel that Yan Ji’s cultivation was improving very rapidly.
It was not known how long it had been before Nian Yan came to Ning Cheng’s side, “Senior Brother Ning, I did not expect you to be able to perfect the Creation Xuanhuang Pearl to this extent.”
Ning Cheng was also very satisfied in his heart, so far since he had obtained the Xuanhuang Pearl, the Xuanhuang Pearl had consistently been perfected.
“Where did you get that strain of Fusang from?” Nian Yan asked, pointing at a lush giant tree nearly ten thousand feet in the distance.
“That’s a Fusang?” Ning Cheng asked in amazement.
Nian Yan nodded, “Yes, this is the Fusang tree, one of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots. When one cultivates under this tree, one’s mind is at peace and one comprehends the Dao more quickly. When experiencing the downfall of heaven and earth, this tree can even protect the heart and soul. Another thing is that under the Fusang tree, it is especially suitable for women to cultivate. It can be said that this tree is a priceless treasure.”
Ning Cheng sucked in a breath, he did not expect this tree in the Xuanhuang Pearl to be so precious.
It was a while before Ning Cheng said, “I actually did not know that this tree was called Fusang, when I obtained the Xuanhuang Pearl, this tree was in it, only that initially this tree was withered. Later, I gradually perfected the Xuanhuang Pearl, and this tree came to life on its own.
Nian Yan understood that this tree in the Xuanhuang Pearl must have been left behind by the previous owner, and for some unknown reason, the previous owner had fallen. Not only was the Xuanhuang Pearl obtained by Ning Cheng, but even the Fusang Tree also fell into Ning Cheng’s hands.
“Thank you, Senior Brother Ning, I have gained a lot from the Xuanhuang Pearl world. I saw that you also have a woman here who once took the Six Yin Soul Pill and has not woken up yet.”
Ning Cheng knew that Nian Yan was talking about Mushroom Hanrui, and he hurriedly explained, “That was a friend of mine whose divine soul was blasted to pieces when she was in the lower interface, leaving only her physical body behind. I didn’t give her a Six Yin Soul Pill until a few years ago, I just don’t know why, but she still hasn’t woken up.”
Nian Yan let out a hint, “Senior Brother Ning, if you trust me, then hand her over to me. I know what’s going on and I can still wake her up.”
Ning Cheng and Nian Yan had befriended each other up until now, and he did not have half a doubt about Nian Yan. He also believed that Nian Yan would not deceive him in such matters, and he hurriedly bowed in thanks, “Ning Cheng thanks Senior Sister Nian Yan on behalf of Senior Sister Han Rui.”
Nian Yan nodded and raised her hand to roll away all of Mushroom Hanrui along with the formation prohibitions around her, before saying, “Let’s go out.”
The two of them once again returned to the bamboo house, Nian Yan walked out of the bamboo house door and turned back to Ning Cheng and said, “Senior Brother Ning, in the future if you ask for the third step of the Great Dao, if you can not rely too much on the Xuanhuang Pearl, your achievements will be even greater. Also in my bamboo house are some of my insights on the Dao of Dan and the Dao of Formation as well as in cultivation, so if Senior Brother Ning is interested, he can refer to them. This bamboo forest will be given to Senior Brother Ning, I am leaving, I will see you again some other day.”
As he watched Nian Yan leave with Liang Cai in his flying magic treasure, Ning Cheng suddenly had a feeling of despair in his heart.