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The arrival of Wang Luo from the Immortal Hidden Sect had solved a major problem for Lin Zheng. The Pig Spirit should be safe, so he could rest assured. At the same time, Wang Luo revealed something else. Lin Zheng was also shocked.

It turned out that six years ago, the Sect Master of the Controlling Spirit Sect changed hands. The original Sect Master's name was Han Tianchao. Furthermore, Han Tianchao's progress had stopped over the years and he had not reached the Spirit Stage. During the heavenly tribulation, he caused trouble and almost died. In the end, he was able to survive, but his cultivation level had been reduced. His sect's Left Deputy Sect Leader, Gongsun Haoming, suddenly returned six years ago. His cultivation had risen to the peak of the late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage.

After Gongsun Haoming came back, he began planning to overthrow Han Tianchao, and six months later, it happened. Gongsun Haoming led his gang and overthrew Han Tianchao in one fell swoop, becoming the new generation head of the Controlling Spirit Sect.

After Gongsun Haoming took office, he began to expand his own influence and appoint members of his own clan. In five years, the Spiritual Cult had swallowed up no less than seven small sects. It was said that he had entered seclusion for the sake of entering the Nascent Soul stage. If he succeeded in his closed door cultivation and passed the heavenly tribulation, he would be able to reach the early stage of the Divine Soul Realm. At that time, he would be the only Divine Nascent Realm expert in the Heavenly Imperial Kingdom. It was also a year ago that the Controlling Spirit Sect discovered the Valley of Immortals.

The Valley of Immortality was a small, secluded sect. There weren't many people in the sect, but if one were to talk about size, it was inferior to the South Sea Sect. Although the Immortal Chu was small, it was still an independent sect. Even though the Sect Leader Daoist Wuji's cultivation had yet to reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage, he was still at the middle stage. If Gongsun Haoming didn't personally act, then the other sects might really put in a lot of effort.

Only Gongsun Haoming had reached the peak of the late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. At first, a few had reached the late stage, but after the battle for the throne, either he or she had died or they had to leave. Even the late stage Nascent Soul Stage powerhouses that were left behind were those that were close to death. Their mana and skills were far from being able to support the late stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. As for the masters obtained from the later stages of the annexation of the other sects, they were originally an independent sect. As for the masters obtained from the later stages of the annexation of the other sects, they were themselves independent sects.

In all sorts of disadvantageous situations, Gongsun Lan led the Royal Spirit Sect to besiege the Valley of the Immortals. As a result, the two sides came to a draw, with each side suffering casualties. In the end, both sides agreed that they would fight three battles to determine the victor. If the three battles were successful, then the Valley of Immortal Landing would follow the Sect and become a branch of the Sect. If the Sect lost, then within five hundred years, the Sect would no longer violate the Valley of Immortal Landing. Daoist Limitless had also requested for all the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators to not participate in this battle. All the battles would be fought by the Dao Building Stage disciples, which meant that the Dao Building Stage disciples would be the deciding factor in the fate of the Hidden Immortal Sect. The reason why Daoist Wuji made such a request was because the eldest disciple of Daoist Wuji, Wang Luo, and the eldest disciple of the Scarlet fairy, Yan Caixuan, had already reached the great circle of the Late Dao Building stage. As long as the two of them could break through the limit of the Dao Building Stage, they would be able to reach the Nascent Soul Stage.

The first requirement was the completion of the five elements' foundation cultivation technique, and the second was the formation of water spiritual energy within the body. Of course, the water was not water in the real world, but was formed from the saturated state of the five elements' spiritual energy, forming the water shaped spiritual energy. This was the water formed from the five elements' spiritual energy. Actually, everyone who reaches the late stage of Dao Building will not necessarily be able to form a Nascent Pill. It can be said that the chances of them forming a Nascent Pill is only around 50-60%. At the very least, his life would be broken. If he succeeded, then he could live up to five thousand years or so, and that would form the foundation for him to climb to greater heights in the future. Therefore, many people wanted to pass the Core Formation stage, so since ancient times, people had always been studying how to pass this hurdle, and how to achieve Core Formation in the future. Wang Luo and Yan Caixuan were currently practicing the Core Formation method.

Right now, the Immortal Hidden Valley had naturally sent out these two. As for the third candidate, they had not been decided yet. Most of the disciples thought that one might appear between Qiu Tingting and Gu Yu, so the two most famous people were these two. There were three lines in Qiu Tingting's Five Elemental Cultivation Methods that were close to the ninth level, but she was only a sliver away from the ninth level and the eighth level. Her cultivation could be said to have been driven out by the pill, so her progress was very fast. She was faster than Qiu Tingting, but her foundation was a little weak. Although Gu Yu's cultivation technique was close to the ninth layer, based on her combat experience, she should still have the upper hand.

Right now, the battle between the Controlling Spirit Sect and the Immortal Hidden Immortal Sect had pushed these four people into the limelight. Wang Luo and Yan Zhaoxuan's battle had been decided, but as the other two Elders had suggested a competition, Daoist Limitless had also agreed. After all, this was related to the future of the sect, so this method was definitely the best of the best.

At this time, Lin Zheng also returned to the sect. This meant that all the disciples from the sects were here. After returning, Lin Zheng was very worried. It had been nine years since he had returned to the sect, and now that he hadn't even completed his sect's mission, he didn't know if he could explain it to them. On the way back, Lin Zheng asked Eldest Brother Wang Luo about it. Wang Luo smiled as he looked at Lin Zheng and told him that the sect was facing an important matter and that no one would ask about it for the time being.

After Lin Zheng returned, other than going to the West Peak cultivator Yu Ming's place, he did not go to the rest of the place and returned to his residence alone. Lin Zheng had received a lot of information about the sect from Yu Ming. When Yu Ming saw Lin Zheng's cultivation, he was shocked beyond belief. Yu Ming had already spent eighty-five years cultivating his Five Elements basic skill, while two rookies in the sect, Wang Luohui, had used seventy-six years, and Yan Zhaoxuan had used sixty-three years to master the skill, while Lin Zheng only had nine years to master it. Lin Zheng had already reached the eighth layer of his basic skill, and the other four were all at the fourth layer. According to this speed, Lin Zheng should be able to master one of the five elements in just three to five years.

During this period of time, his own juniors had all come to visit him, and so had Xue Jingming. However, he didn't mention anything about the sect's mission and only came to visit Lin Zheng. As a result, they were all shocked. Ding Hua Ran's two disciples also came to visit Lin Zheng. They were deeply surprised by Lin Zheng's cultivation. Lin Zheng did not pay much attention to their surprise. He only said that he had obtained a fortuitous encounter and that he just happened to have leveled up. As for Yu Ming's disciples, Lin Xin had met with several of them on his way to the West Peak. What made Lin Zheng even more excited was that he had met Li Huayuan. He didn't expect this fatty to have eaten something in the past few years and become even fatter. It was as if he was a round meatball. However, Lin Zheng felt that this fella's Five Elemental Arts had improved by a lot, reaching the seventh level. Li Huayuan, as usual, narrowed his eyes and greeted Lin Zheng.

Five days later, Lin Zheng went to the main mountain. Since Daoist Limitless wanted to recruit him, Lin Zheng did not dare to be slow and hurried over to the main mountain where Daoist Limitless was cultivating in seclusion. Daoist Limitless was very happy after inspecting Lin Zheng's cultivation. He immediately bestowed a small silver sword to Lin Zheng and passed on the Imperial Armament technique to him. Two days later, Lin Zheng would be able to control the small silver sword.

Actually, the small silver sword was not a magical equipment, but an ordinary magical equipment. Cultivators at the Dao Building Stage usually had less spiritual energy, so if they were not at the peak of the five elements, then they could not produce spiritual sense. Therefore, cultivators at this level were unable to refine magic treasures, and the refining of magic treasures could only be done at the Nascent Core Stage. Cultivators at the peak of the five elements would usually not be able to use talisman paper, which meant that cultivators at the early stages of the Dao Building Stage would be forced to use talisman paper; after entering the middle and late stage of the Dao Building Stage, they would be able to use magic tools, which was why cultivators at this stage would need to take a long time to refine their own magic tools. The method was to infuse a drop of his blood essence into a refined magic tool that was wrapped in spirit energy. When the spirit energy was used, one would be able to control the magic tool, and it would be very easy to defend against or attack. Of course, the small silver sword that Daoist Limitless gave Lin Zheng was a magic item.

Ten days later, the list of participants was announced. Lin Zheng was also on the list. In fact, Daoist Limitless had also asked Lin Zheng if he would like to participate in this competition, so Lin Zheng naturally did not dare to make any decisions, and only told him that he could do whatever he wanted, but he did not expect Daoist Limitless to also add him onto the list, which made Lin Zheng unable to understand, there were more than ten people like him in the sect, and in terms of experience, none of them were worse than Lin Zheng, especially Xue Jin Ming, Qiu Tingting, and Gu Yu. Their cultivation was higher than Lin Zheng, and Lin Zheng felt that there was no chance for him to surpass them. However, he had his own thoughts on why Daoist Limitless wanted to add him to the list. Right now, it could be said that his cultivation was at the initial stage, although he was not very confident in fighting with magic, but he could take this opportunity to test it out.

Ten days later, the match finally began. According to the list, it was a one-on-one knockout. There were a total of sixteen contestants chosen from the high-level disciples. These sixteen contestants were the disciples of the Sect Leader, deputy sect master, and elders, and two of them were chosen with outstanding cultivation bases. Lin Zheng even recognized one of them; it was the fat Junior Brother Li Hua Yuan. The first day would be the elimination round, and of course, Lin Zheng would be among them. As for Wang Luo and Yan Caixuan, they had already been decided, so they would not participate in this competition. Lin Zheng's opponent in this competition was Elder Chen Xuanfeng's eldest disciple, Chen Yunqi. It was said that Chen Yunqi and Chen Xuanfeng had a blood relation, but of course, Chen Yunqi was able to enter the Immortal Hidden Sect not because of this level of relationship, but because he himself had demonstrated great talent in cultivation. He had entered the sect for eighty-two years, and at the age of one hundred and nine this year, three of the five basic cultivation techniques had reached the seventh layer, and two had broken through to the eighth layer.