Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Chapter 1307 - 564: The True Demon King

At this moment, the reason Lin Xuankong brought up Steward Ma and Jiang Yuran,was naturally not merely because, after returning to the Great Xia Dynasty, he planned to pay homage to the departed,

but because within Lin Xuankong’s body now, that Celestial Demon Bone Secret Realm of a Tier Nine Celestial Demon, after over ten thousand years of management, had already expanded to its utmost, becoming a Little World whose area was several times larger than the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm. It was only that this Little World had appeared too recently—merely a short ten thousand years—so it had yet to nurture many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!

However, to be able to gestate such an enormous Little World, the Power of Origin contained in the Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone was definitely several times greater than that of the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm!

From this, Lin Xuankong also made some conjectures—since the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm was likely a world formed after a mighty Celestial Dragon of the Supreme Origin Realm fell, then there was a great chance that all things within the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm were derived from the flesh and blood of that Five-Clawed Golden Dragon. The reason the Little World within the Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone could be even vaster than the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm was because it was nurtured from the Power of Origin within the strongest piece of Dragon Bone of that Five-Clawed Golden Dragon!

As for the wondrous Great Reincarnation Technique obtained after fusing the Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone, that naturally was also due to the Power of Origin within the Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone!

Only Power of Origin could possibly give rise to such a formidable Demon Technique, directly gathering scattered souls and reversing life and death!

Lin Xuankong had already fully mastered the Great Reincarnation Technique now, which naturally also meant that Lin Xuankong had completely grasped the Power of Origin contained within the Tier Nine Celestial Demon Bone!

The only thing that puzzled and made Lin Xuankong wary was this: if even the corpse and bones after death could form such a vast Little World, it was easy to imagine how powerful that Five-Clawed Golden Dragon he had seen in the illusion back then must have been; it likely could have annihilated an entire Little World like the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm with a mere flick of its hand!

Yet why would such a powerful Five-Clawed Golden Dragon fall?

Once ascended to the Supreme Origin Realm, whether Celestial Buddha, Celestial Immortal, Celestial Demon, or Celestial Fiend, since they were all extremely difficult to kill and possessed near-immortal Life Force, why then did this exceedingly powerful Five-Clawed Golden Dragon fall?

To be able to defeat this Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and cause it to perish, its flesh transforming into a Little World—just how powerful must that being have been?

Thinking of this, Lin Xuankong, who was already preparing to undergo the final Celestial Tribulation and ascend to the Supreme Origin Realm, could not help but give rise to a measure of wariness and doubt toward the peak powerhouses that might exist within the Supreme Origin Realm! Of course, what Lin Xuankong feared was that being capable of slaying the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, whereas those Initial Tier Celestial Demons who had once lain in ambush at the entrance of the passage between the Golden Dragon Immortal Realm and the Supreme Origin Realm, Lin Xuankong already had complete confidence in being able to contend against. Otherwise, he would never have neglected to enjoy tens of millions of years of Lifespan only to go to the Supreme Origin Realm to court death!

At present,

Lin Xuankong mentioning Steward Ma and Jiang Yuran was naturally because he was recalling old ties and planned to use the Great Reincarnation Technique to resurrect these two departed ones!

Steward Ma Jiang and Jiang Yuran had already been dead for over ten thousand years; back when Lin Xuankong had just obtained the Great Reincarnation Technique, it would have been absolutely impossible. As for the current Lin Xuankong... even beings who had fallen hundreds of thousands of years ago, so long as he was willing to expend a vast amount of resources, he could likewise resurrect!

City Lord Jiang of Great Marsh Prefecture naturally knew nothing of this. Hearing Lin Xuankong mention Steward Ma and Jiang Yuran,

his expression paused, then he revealed a rather excited look. "Immortal Venerable Lin, more than ten thousand years have passed, yet you still remember my honored ancestor. This humble one is truly grateful beyond measure! The burial place of Ancestor Jiang Yuran lies in the Jiang Family ancestral grounds southwest of Great Marsh Prefecture. If Immortal Venerable Lin intends to go, I will immediately send people to make preparations there!

In addition... as for Steward Ma, this humble one does not know which Steward Ma Immortal Venerable Lin refers to. The Yin Talisman Sect merged with the Profound Phoenix Celestial Sect over ten thousand years ago, and most of the stewards of the Yin Talisman Sect at that time also joined the Profound Talisman Celestial Sect! Yet in the records of the Profound Talisman Celestial Sect, most of what is recorded are anecdotes about Elders, Sect Masters, and Saintesses and Saint Heirs of past ages. As for the lives of some Chief Stewards or Grand Chief Stewards, there are also a few scattered records, but it is extremely rare for any mention of stewards to be recorded! Therefore, this humble one truly does not know which Steward Ma Immortal Venerable Lin refers to, and can only beg Immortal Venerable Lin’s forgiveness!"

Hearing City Lord Jiang of Great Marsh Prefecture say that he knew nothing of Steward Ma, Lin Xuankong, Little Hu, and the several other old Yin Talisman Sect members who had always followed Lin Xuankong all could not help but knit their brows.

Yet whether it was Lin Xuankong or the others who had once been on good terms with Steward Ma, they all understood very well that in a top Sect like the Profound Talisman Celestial Sect of the Great Xia Dynasty, which recruited disciples broadly, the number of Steward Level Cultivators each generation likely numbered in the hundreds or even thousands. It was absolutely impossible for the records of the Profound Talisman Celestial Sect to clearly record every single Steward Level Cultivator of every generation! Especially after the passage of over ten thousand years, ninety-nine point nine percent of people and events would certainly be forgotten by all and vanish into the long river of history!

But though he understood, a trace of melancholy inevitably rose in Lin Xuankong’s heart.

He turned his head to look at the Divine Communication Demon King Old Willow Tree. "Ever since you gained sentience, for these more than ten thousand years you have always cultivated within Great Marsh Prefecture, so you should be extremely familiar with the affairs of Great Marsh Prefecture. You should remember Steward Ma Jiang of those years, yes? After Steward Ma Jiang passed away, do you know where he was buried?"

The Divine Communication Demon King Old Willow Tree, hearing this, shook its several thousand branches. "In reply to Master, Steward Ma Jiang, Chief Steward Jiang Yuran, and the others, of course I remember them. However, ever since Master left Great Marsh Prefecture, whether Steward Ma Jiang or Chief Steward Jiang Yuran, they very rarely came again to the Lin Residence, and their dwellings were at quite a distance from here. Even though my body is tall and large, I still cannot possibly know every single detail of everything that happens in Great Marsh Prefecture!