On the lake island, a gentle breeze stirred, thick mist swirling.

  Auspicuous purple qi seemed to drift, carrying a divine mystery and elegant beauty.

  Outside the island.

  Old Man Xuancang sat cross-legged on the sea. His initially unsettled heart—from being barred entry—gradually calmed.

  Floating with the waves, his mind grew serene.

  As a human quasi-saint, per Tonggu's ranking: late-stage among the ten. Not peak like Tonggu or Xiaoyaozi.

  But strong—soul level at second layer's pinnacle.

  Clarify the heart, comprehend tranquility.

  His mindset soon peaceful.

  Calmed, he began appreciating the Five Phoenixes' world. The vast sea's waves intrigued him.

  Eyes closed like a statue, he entered meditation. Primordial spirit drifted, observing all Five Phoenixes.

  Curious about this newborn Immortal Martial World.

  Normally, human ancestral lands monitored human Immortal Martial Worlds—those reaching it should be brilliant.

  Like the Ninth Heaven: once noted, but failed ascension—powerhouses perished, abandoned.

  Protective, actually—less attention: divine-demons ignored.

  Five Phoenixes' rise: comet streaking the sky—swift, unexpected.

  Overnight sensation.

  "Though time array aided... more: someone guiding evolution..."

  "Lu Ping'an..."

  Xuancang gazed at lake island, smiling.

  "Odd fellow."

  Then silent.

  Spirit surveyed Five Phoenixes.

  ...

  Atmosphere silent, heavy.

  Tonggu's words silenced Lu too.

  World never lacked those bearing burdens, forging glorious eras for those behind.

  Swallowing bitterness and tears alone.

  Far from home, guarding peril—cleaving thorns amid crises.

  Worthy of respect.

  Even Lu revered such powerhouses—deserved saint title.

  From Tonggu's fragments: human plight dire.

  Lu once optimistic—enlightenment grounds: easy divine-demon kills, stabbing during trance.

  But Tonggu's description: far from simple.

  Divine-demons vastly superior.

  Not just apex—even mid and low tiers crushed humans.

  True battlefield: no time, no truth ripples trapping divine-demons...

  Battle: terrifying.

  Lu inhaled deeply.

  Ultimate: personal strength.

  Five Phoenixes: no saint behind...

  Divine-demon assault: greatest crisis yet.

  Tonggu left—not ancestral, but Five Phoenixes blessed land: heal wounds.

  Mouth light—but worst injuries in years.

  Not fundamental—but long recovery.

  ...

  Tonggu exited island. Meditating Xuancang's spirit returned, eyes opening.

  "Talk over?"

  Xuancang rose reluctantly, smiling.

  Tonggu eyed his blooming chrysanthemum-like grin oddly.

  "Why so happy?"

  Xuancang rare no bickering: "This Five Phoenixes... interesting."

  "Given time: top Immortal Martial, human backbone."

  Tonggu surprised—high praise unexpected.

  "Five Phoenixes good... but future uncertain. Develop: survive divine-demon sieges first."

  "Survivors develop."

  Tonggu shook head.

  "Too immature. Fast rise, but Brother Lu focuses physical strength—neglects heart transformation..."

  "Persist: dead end. Change: longer than growth."

  Tonggu said.

  Xuancang smile faded—true. Ancient starry sky eons: countless brilliant Immortal Martial Worlds born—only Primordial Immortal Domain ancestral-level.

  Five Phoenixes fast—but flaws.

  "I believe in this world. Master Lu Ping'an... has something."

  Xuancang smiled.

  That arrow: unforgettable.

  Eyes sharpened.

  "Wood Origin statue—not ancestral?"

  "Why? Ancestral can't utilize?"

  Tonggu rolled eyes.

  "Plus, I risked life from ruins—you fools opposed initially."

  "So why return?"

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  Tonggu smirked.

  "I have temper!"

  Xuancang speechless—silent. True: retroactive fear.

  Absolute thinking wrong.

  Thought statue safe with chaos being—only emperor move possible.

  Unexpected: she released it.

  "Black-White Empress healed via statue—energy mostly drained, useless: released."

  "If kept: emperors wouldn't spare—initially stormed Wood Elemental Realm, seized from emperor. No death battle: likely agreement."

  Tonggu unconcerned.

  Winner takes all—statue human: details irrelevant.

  "Now Five Phoenixes three statues... tsk. For humans: rivals Primordial Immortal Domain."

  "Open enlightenment: countless human powerhouses."

  Tonggu smacked lips.

  Xuancang darkened at thought.

  "You had me probe Lu Ping'an... now good—petty brat. Ancestral geniuses enlighten Five Phoenixes: must cultivate equivalents for them!"

  "Your rotten idea!"

  Xuancang said.

  "Hey, blame me? I said probe—not flex! You flexed—struck. My fault? Sold face to Brother Lu hard! My face worthless?!"

  Tonggu fired up—two quasi-saints bickered image-less outside island.

  ...

  Lake island.

  Lu sensed outside.

  Shook head smiling.

  Ignored—he did it, no retract.

  Five Phoenixes needs strength. Ancestral geniuses enlighten: cultivate talents—fine?

  Not same-tier.

  Lu's demand reasonable.

  Plus...

  Easy gains: uncherished.

  Pressure: value hard-earned slots, diligent enlightenment.

  Lu leaned Thousand-Bladed Chair—pondering Tonggu's three soul levels.

  Tonggu: Lu second layer...

  Lu thoughtful—transformed once: mortal return trip. Qi Refining stuck—transformation boosted greatly.

  Soul elevation: vital cultivation.

  Five Phoenixes quasi-saint birth: can't neglect soul.

  "Soul cultivation: heart cultivation..."

  Lu frowned.

  Pondering.

  System—jumped once for Wood statue—prompted.

  "Heart enters emptiness, thoughts return tranquility. Host triggers mission: cleanse Five Phoenixes cultivators' impetuosity, calm dust, cultivate heart, intent, soul..."

  System words popped.

  Lu stunned—mission different.

  "Heart enters emptiness, thoughts return tranquility?"

  Lu frowned—system: cultivate mindset?

  Thought: yes.

  Five Phoenixes growth too fast—low to mid to high martial, now Immortal Martial...

  Four leaps: externally lightning.

  Time array altered...

  Many unadapted—new layers.

  Breakthroughs: foundation accumulation.

  Fortune aided Human, True, Mystic, Golden Immortal.

  But Daluo Immortal: harder...

  Current Daluo like Lu Jiulian, Zhulong: first soul layer.

  Though Lu Jiulian's avatar—now independent. Lu no control/erode soul: tender, even more than others.

  Five Phoenixes second layer cultivators?

  Lu pondered.

  "Perhaps Underworld Emperor Dantai Xuan..."

  "Experienced much..."

  Lu thought.

  Lu witnessed Five Phoenixes changes amid storms—plus mortal transformation: second layer.

  Dantai Xuan experienced: likely second, or near.

  "Bathe Five Phoenixes cultivators' hearts?"

  Lu leaned—thoughts myriad.

  "One's strength: not just power—heart too. Inner-outer harmony: foundation."

  Lu said.

  "Perhaps I know what to do."

  Lu eyes brightened.

  "Ning Zhao, Ni Yu, Yi Yue..."

  Lu called.

  Words fell—three maids flashed, landing before.

  "Young Master."

  Three puzzled at Lu.

  "Guard for Young Master—seclusion."

  Lu said.

  "This seclusion: see no one. Remember... no one."

  Lu serious.

  Needs preaching platform big deed.

  Five Phoenixes transformation.

  Ning Zhao eyes sharpened—gentle her: first such gravity.

  "Yes."

  "Ning Zhao guards with life."

  Ning Zhao said.

  Ni Yu, Yi Yue nodded.

  "No tension... worst: wake me."

  Lu smiled.

  Ning Zhao nodded—heard? Unknown.

  Three flashed out—dragon scale tokens: control Fortune Tower, guard Lu.

  Lu leaned railing.

  "Five Phoenixes Immortal Martial... life, power boosted significantly..."

  "Accelerate time array."

  Lu pondered.

  Mind stirred—next: Five Phoenixes starry sky.

  Vast primordial spirit: massive sundial emerged—pointer spinning rapidly.

  Lu accelerated time.

  Cultivators sensed.

  Ancestral geniuses, Five Phoenixes: clear feel.

  Unconcerned.

  Tonggu, Xuancang: expressions shifted.

  "Time array accelerated again?"

  Quasi-saints knowledgeable—Lu's array from preaching platform: potent. Iterated: treasure now.

  Five Phoenixes treasure.

  "Alter flow: treasure-level. But lifespan limited—acceleration consumes... heavens balance."

  Tonggu said.

  "Brother Lu's choice: good or bad unknown..."

  But unconcerned.

  Quasi-saints: vast lifespan—no care acceleration drain.

  "But acceleration tests Three Realms stability..."

  "Especially Underworld soul reincarnation."

  Xuancang said.

  "Five Phoenixes Underworld Emperor: solid lad—met, good impression."

  Tonggu smiled—Dantai Xuan favorable.

  Xuancang silent—stepped out, left Five Phoenixes.

  Tonggu healed accelerated in Five Phoenixes.

  Xuancang ancestral: report.

  Tonggu no—acceleration beneficial.

  Ancestral time treasure: but Five Phoenixes superior.

  ...

  Xuancang through Ninth Heaven: left.

  Out: glanced time-veiled world—sighed.

  Five Phoenixes: seize every moment now.

  Lu's arrow: expose position—bad news.

  Exposure: three statues secret soon out.

  Then...

  Five Phoenixes: divine-demon thunder wrath.

  Xuancang inhaled—ancestral: discuss with quasi-saints, strategize.

  Five Phoenixes vital to Primordial Immortal Domain.

  Metal, Fire, Wood statues: top secret realm importance!

  Out Ninth Heaven—starry detour.

  Frowned: sensed lurking divine-demons in dark.

  Exhaled—accelerated ancestral return.

  Just back.

  Xiaoyaozi instant appear.

  Xuancang sighed—Wood Origin mispredicted: no more errors.

  Xiaoyaozi listened gravely.

  "Tonggu right?"

  "Five Phoenixes three statues?"

  Xiaoyaozi exhaled—shocked even him.

  Beast Ancestor statues...

  Enlightenment: three saint-level teachings.

  For urgent powerhouse-needing humans: vital.

  More than saint treasures!

  "Convene quasi-saints—detail."

  Xiaoyaozi decisive.

  ...

  Five Phoenixes.

  Lu accelerated array.

  Mind sank preaching platform.

  Boom!

  "Release me! Suppressing my spirit useless... emperors trace body—find you, doom this world!"

  Sealed cauldron Fire Elemental God roared.

  Blazing flames burned, refining spirit.

  Lu ignored roars.

  Millennia refine Elemental God spirit?

  Slow—he unhurried, useless rushing.

  Focused—array words emerged, shifting like stars around.

  "Cultivate Five Phoenixes heart method?"

  Seated platform.

  White robes fluttered—vast immortal qi dispersed.

  Lu narrowed eyes.

  Deduced repeatedly—mind racing, myriad methods.

  E.g., secret realm battles for soul elevation.

  Quickly vetoed.

  Life-death transformations great—but low success.

  Five Phoenixes no battle lack—Lu's growth: battles.

  But soul levels not battle-elevated.

  "Tailored teaching."

  Lu thoughtful.

  Overturned words—resimulate.

  But tailored: massive workload.

  Each unique heart, thoughts.

  Mission hard.

  But vital for Five Phoenixes.

  Exhaled.

  Sank deduction again.

  Platform.

  Fire Elemental God roared—gradually stopped: Lu ignored, air.

  Watched Lu's actions—initially unclear.

  Gradually: array word figures changing.

  Understood.

  This human: crafting soul level cultivation tool for humans?

  "Mad?"

  "Soul levels: human quasi-saints, saints..."

  "Even ancestral no such means—you defy heavens?"

  "Mass-producing saints?!"

  Fire Elemental God cauldron-seated, sneered.

  Incessant—disrupt Lu.

  Success: horrifying.

  Change human inferiority.

  Lu frowned—god excited, trash-talked more.

  Hmm?

  Hearing words.

  Lu thought something.

  Slowly raised head—platform-seated ethereal: gazed god.

  "Eh?"

  Lu tilted neck.

  Eyes from calm to heated—to gleaming like Azure Dragon spotting veiled beauty...

  Fire Elemental God trash-talk halted.

  Lu's cold face: lips curving higher—terrifying arc.

  God bad premonition.

  "Spirit power insufficient? I'm mere Qi Refining twelve—normal. But... ready nutrient?!"

  Lu smiled.

  God unspoken: nearly forgot.

  Divine-demons not spirit-specialized—but Elemental God quasi-saint peak equivalent: vast spirit!

  Quality average—quantity immense!

  Energy: quantity matters!

  Lu focused—improve realm.

  Raised hand—grabbed void.

  "Whoosh..."

  Cold chains formed platform.

  Cauldron-sealed god chilled.

  "What?!"

  Uneasy.

  Lu's smile: stripped feeling.

  Chains bound cauldron—linked realm: endless spirit supply.

  Lu estimated: god's spirit enough five-six Five Phoenixes cultivators.

  Lu clapped satisfied.

  Realm complete...

  Next: deploy. But not White Jade Capital name.

  As god said: "saint-making" insane.

  Without platform: impossible.

  Trust Tonggu, quasi-saints—but caution.

  "Reappear 'Six Paths Immortal'... Tonggu thinks saint—show saint means..."

  Lu smiled.

  Mind stirred.

  Returned lake island.

  Breeze—centuries passed.

  Realm building: centuries.

  Normal—nearly bald from it.

  No end seclusion.

  Mind stirred.

  Picked white piece.

  Spirit Pressure board dustless centuries.

  Lips curved—raised palm, piece down.

  Plop!

  Piece placed—finger pushed forward.

  Boom!!!

  Next: mind-spirit quake, primordial roar.

  Platform realm: forcefully pushed into selected Five Phoenixes continent spot!

  Five Phoenixes continent.

  Beiluo City.

  Legend's start.

  This day: calm shattered.

  Beiluo Lake: massive vortex unknown when. Purple qi surged—innate purple qi soared like purple dragons: shocking phenomenon.

  Beiluo City: guarding Luo Yue, Luo Cheng father-son incredulous.

  Lake fishing-grilling Lv Mudui, Mo Tianyu chilled!

  Big event!

  Next: vast vortex—terrifying aura skyward.

  Then...

  Amid gazes.

  Mysterious figure emerged.

  Six Paths Immortal!

  Great Xuan imperial capital.

  Strolling Tonggu: Beiluo anomaly—instant expression change.

  Brush!

  Instant from capital to Beiluo outskirts.

  Stared sky Six Paths Immortal.

  Narrowed eyes.

  Vast spirit swept—absorbed by preaching platform behind "Six Paths Immortal"...

  Tonggu shocked.

  Eyes contracted.

  "Quasi-saint will?!"

  "No... saint will?!"