Chapter 672: An Official Position at Last

‘Honestly, trying to act all proud and unyielding under a gaze like that would be just plain stupid.’

Fortunately, the gaze didn’t linger for long.

A moment later, the boundless, oppressive might receded like a tide.

Xu Yunfan clearly sensed the gaze linger for a moment on the wisp of Heart Fragrance he had offered—the one containing the true nature of Divine Sky and the Mental Realm of Profound Vault Undying. In that instant, it revealed a faint but genuine hint of satisfaction.

Then, the gaze vanished as if it had never been there.

Xu Yunfan felt his back drenched in a cold sweat.

‘The Primordial Daoist Lord… he was just looking at me.’

“Good.”

True Monarch Pu Du’s voice rang out again, tinged with relieved ease and a hint of joy.

He rose to his feet, the compassionate, peaceful smile returning to his face. His gaze toward Xu Yunfan now held a newfound, genuine warmth and approval.

“It seems the Daoist Lord is quite pleased with your advancement to the Golden Core Realm. You’ve done very well, Junior Brother Xu.”

Still shaken, Xu Yunfan asked, “True Monarch, that gaze just now… was it?”

“That was the Daoist Lord himself, of course.”

True Monarch Pu Du’s voice was filled with reverence.

“Only by reaching the Golden Core Realm and forming a Lifebound Dao Fruit can one be considered to have truly stepped across the threshold to pursuing the Primordial Dao. Only then are you qualified to draw a sliver of the Daoist Lord’s attention and be noticed by him.

“The Heart Fragrance you offered contained the True Intent of your Dao Foundation. The Daoist Lord reviewed it and approved of your chosen path—Divine Sky Destruction and Profound Vault Undying. That is why he was pleased.

“This is a tremendous honor, as well as a protective Talisman. In the future, you must act with an understanding of the Daoist Lord’s will as shown today.”

‘So only after you’re on the Daoist Lord’s radar are you considered a true core disciple of the Primordial Sect.’

‘So that’s how it is. Anyone below the Golden Core Realm is just a consumable, and you only get an official position once you form a Golden Core, huh?’

Xu Yunfan came to an understanding, and a powerful sense of longing welled up within him.

‘The Realm of a Daoist Lord… Just what kind of incredible realm is that?’

“I understand.”

He replied respectfully, his desire for the Nascent Soul Dao Embryo Realm burning even hotter.

True Monarch Pu Du said, “I recall that one of the Nine Immortals Mountains was left by the previous Divine Sky Nine Heavens True Monarch. It should be very suitable for you.”

Xu Yunfan’s heart skipped a beat. ‘If it was truly an Immortal Mountain established by the previous Divine Sky Nine Heavens True Monarch, wouldn’t that be a perfect, ready-made inheritance?’

‘Yes, perfect!’

Xu Yunfan was overjoyed. He loved finding things ready-made.

After leaving the Primordial Palace, True Monarch Pu Du gave a few more brief instructions on choosing an Immortal Mountain, then let Xu Yunfan depart on his own.

After leaving Chenghua Mountain, Xu Yunfan didn’t immediately go to choose an Immortal Mountain. Instead, he hovered in the void, gazing down at the nine Immortal Mountains below. Each one had a unique aura, with the principles of Law faintly visible around them.

He closed his eyes, Concentrating his Spirit. His Divine Thought spread out like an invisible net, carefully sensing the Origin aura and Law fluctuations emanating from each Immortal Mountain.

Purple Void Mountain was wreathed in purple mist, its Dao Rhyme seemingly formed by nature itself.

Jade Palace Mountain shone with a brilliant Immortal Light, majestic and righteous.

Celestial City Peak soared into the clouds, gathering Starlight.

Youhuang Valley was thick with a gloomy, ghostly aura, a hiding place for ten thousand phantoms.

At Blood Soul Cliff, Evil Qi surged to the heavens, and a bloody light filled the air…

Each Immortal Mountain represented the Manifestation of a powerful type of Law, and was itself a colossal energy source and a nexus for the Heaven and Earth Dao Principles.

Cultivating a corresponding Dao on one of them would undoubtedly yield twice the results with half the effort.

His Divine Thought swept over them like a gentle breeze, searching for a resonance with his Divine Sky Golden Core.

The Divine Sky Dao Fruit was of the Supreme Yang, capable of destroying the Ten Thousand Laws, while the Profound Vault Imagery required a vast foundation to evolve a world of its own.

Finally, his Divine Thought locked firmly onto an Immortal Mountain to the northwest. Its form was rugged and steep, piercing straight through the firmament, its peak perpetually shrouded in a storm of violent thunderclouds!

Those thunderclouds were not natural; they were woven from the purest Thunder Principle. Countless bolts of purple lightning, like serpents, writhed and roared within them. They exuded an aura where destruction and Vitality intertwined, creating a powerful resonance with the Divine Sky Golden Core in Xu Yunfan’s Dantian.

The Rules of this mountain were stable and its space was vast. More importantly, it contained a majestic energy from the same origin as his Power of Divine Sky. It was the perfect dojo for him to evolve his Thunder Cave Heaven.

‘It was most likely the Immortal Mountain that the previous Divine Sky Nine Heavens True Monarch had poured his heart and soul into creating.’

There was no doubt about it.

‘Anyone who wasn’t an idiot would know which one to choose.’

With a flicker, his body transformed into a streak of light, shooting toward the thundercloud-shrouded Immortal Mountain.

The entire mountain was a deep, dark purple, its substance as hard as Divine Iron and naturally branded with countless esoteric Thunder Runes.

At the very summit was a vast platform, as if it had been sheared flat by some supreme power. A colossal stone stele stood upon it, ancient in style and wreathed in Thunder Patterns.

On the Stele were three ancient seal-script characters that seemed to have been carved by the thunder of heaven and earth itself.

Divine Sky Mountain.

“Divine Sky Mountain…”

Xu Yunfan spoke the name aloud, a smile touching the corners of his lips.

“The previous True Monarch certainly knew how to name a place. This land is destined to be my dojo!”

He raised his hand, focusing his Heart and Spirit. At his fingertip, Divine Sky Magical Power and Divine Thought mingled, carrying the Dao Rhyme of a newly-ascended True Monarch as he pointed through the air toward the Stele.

The instant his finger was about to touch the Stele, the entire Divine Sky Mountain began to tremble violently.

RUMBLE!

All the Thunder Runes on the mountain’s surface instantly lit up, erupting in a dazzling, purple-gold radiance.

The violent, perpetual thunderclouds at the peak seemed to answer a summons, converging madly downward and transforming into an impossibly thick Purple Gold Thunder Pillar that struck Xu Yunfan with perfect accuracy.

Xu Yunfan neither dodged nor evaded, letting the pillar of lightning descend upon him. He only felt a pleasant tingling sensation spread through his body, as if he were receiving a deep-tissue spa, and he let out a comfortable sigh.

The Nine Immortals Mountain of the Primordial Sect were profoundly mystical. This Purple Gold Thunder Pillar contained all the power that Divine Sky Mountain had accumulated for a thousand years.

It was a baptism and a gift from the Origin of the Immortal Mountain Dojo to its new master.

A majestic and pure Power of Thunder Origin, hundreds or even thousands of times greater than that of Divine Sky Peak, mixed with the thousand years of Dao Rhyme accumulated by Divine Sky Mountain and surged madly into Xu Yunfan’s body.

The Divine Sky Golden Core in his Dantian was like a parched land receiving sweet rain. It let out a joyful roar of draconic thunder and greedily devoured this power of a shared origin.

The ninety-nine Purple Gold Divine Dragons on the Golden Core’s surface grew more solid and active, and the Thunder Qi they exhaled became even more potent and pure.

Nourished by this Power of Origin, the Grotto Heaven evolving within the Golden Core seemed to stabilize; its spatial barriers grew more solid, and the Thunderbolt that spawned within it carried a richer Dao Rhyme of both Destruction and creation.

At the same time, a flood of information about Divine Sky Mountain poured into his mind.

The mountain’s structure, the direction of its Earth Veins, the foundational nodes of the Mountain Protection Array, the locations of several Thunderbolt Secret Realms within the mountain, and the position of the core control hub…

Authority over the entire mountain was transferring to him.

Xu Yunfan closed his eyes, suspended within the pillar of thunder, and began to circulate the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture with all his might.

He no longer suppressed the energy. Instead, he guided the irresistible Power of Divine Sky Origin to scour and temper his Divine Sky Dao Body and Golden Core.

Purple-gold lightning completely enveloped him, forming a massive cocoon of light.

A powerful fluctuation of Law radiated from him, announcing a claim to one of the Nine Immortals Mountain of the Primordial Sect.

Divine Sky Mountain now had a new master.

Divine Sky True Monarch.