"I am willing."
Little Jingtian solemnly accepted.
"From now on, you are a disciple of Cyan Mountain."
Ning Xunqiu was gratified.
"Before I leave, I will slay Jiang Hong for you, buying you several decades of time."
He looked at the achievements in the Celestial Derivation Volume following the Great Unity of the World: Starting Point.
[Red Achievement World Unity and Ideal Land: Establish an ideal land where education is available to all, labor has its reward, medical needs are met, the elderly are cared for, and all have a place to live. At least a million people must genuinely accept your ideal for it to be eternal and unending (incomplete).]
[Golden Achievement Great Unity Under Heaven - Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Establish an ultimate world of great unity and equality for all (incomplete).]
Now upgraded to the golden Celestial Derivation Volume, some rare achievement conditions could be seen.
These two red achievements and golden achievements.
They are very difficult.
Virtually impossible to complete.
Ning Xunqiu had rewritten his life once, unifying the world, and even with the "Purple Gold Gourd" and Celestial Martial Force, he spent over a hundred years without achieving it. The true accomplishment conditions are probably equivalent to a million saints.
Reasoning, it's not about killing.
To touch hearts is merely law, not heartfelt reasoning; they would still instinctively sort themselves into ranks. Thus, he realized a truth—people can only save themselves.
However, the inheritance of the idea of "Great Unity Under Heaven" cannot be severed here.
Perhaps, thousands of years later, a great hero will emerge to achieve this.
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Vast Sea Land.
The "Ascension Tower" has yet to be constructed.
"You may now return home and reunite with your families."
Ning Xunqiu took "Jiang Hong's head" and announced this message to the conscripted farmers.
"Thank you, Cyan Mountain Immortal!"
Amidst the crowd came cheers like landslides and tidal waves. The farmers took a moment before stepping forward to express their gratitude, each joyously going home to farm.
After completing all this, Ning Xunqiu's figure flickered as he quietly headed to the coastal dock.
A medium-sized ship was docked nearby.
Gao Fei Xue and Ah Qing were waiting silently, each carrying a large cloth bag, while Flame Sparrow and Yiya lay on the bags, leisurely enjoying the sea breeze, chirping excitedly.
"Junior sister, Ah Qing, let's embark on our journey to sea."
Ning Xunqiu stepped forward, picked up the heavy cloth bags on the ground, preparing to board the ship.
Inside the bag was a small pill furnace and three thousand taels of gold, though his amassed wealth was far more. Over the past decade, most had been used to feed the Divine Weapon, Flame Sparrow, nurturing it to a plump and glossy state, even growing a tuft of golden hair atop its head.
As for the most precious treasures, such as the "Purple Gold Gourd" and the "Profound Dragon Pearl," he kept them close by.
Additionally,
Gao Fei Xue's large bag contained the Cyan Jade Spirit Seed, Dust-removing Pill, and other Treasure Medicine Seeds.
Ah Qing's large bag contained a pot, bowls, ladles, pans, condiments, mutton, and various daily necessities.
The three of them hardly looked like immortals in such a state.
Ning Xunqiu actually didn't want to appear this way, but a "Spatial Storage Magical Artifact" is somewhat high-end. Conjuring one requires more than twenty points of fortune.
His fortune, after ten years of recovery, was only [twenty-six to forty-four].
He couldn't afford it.
Ning Xunqiu hadn't expected that Duan Hong's place of inheritance didn't contain a "Spatial Storage Magical Artifact" either.
Yet upon further thought, it's not surprising, as he had the "Magical Treasure: Mountain and River Seal," a personal heaven and earth, naturally not needing other storage tools.
Ten days later.
Eight hundred li off the coast of the Demon Realm.
This was the world's end, the exit of this heaven and earth.
"Roar—"
Accompanied by an ear-splitting dragon roar, a pitch-black shadow surged quickly from beneath the sea.
The ship shook violently, on the brink of capsizing.
"Is it coming so quickly? Junior sister, take care of Ah Qing and Yiya."
"Divine Weapon Flame Sparrow!"
Ning Xunqiu rose into the sky, singing aloud.
"Red Lotus Karma Fire, Red Flame Celestial Mandate, purifying heaven and earth, burning the world!"
With a gesture, the Divine Weapon Flame Sparrow transformed into a brilliant rainbow, merging into Ning Xunqiu's body.
Crackle—!!
Blazing flames suddenly surged, roaring with a thunderous sound.
Ning Xunqiu's image transformed drastically in an instant, red hair like fire, golden eyes blazing, with an ancient script etched at his brow, holding a crystalline Glazed Long Spear.
He resembled an ancient fire god.
"Roar!!"
The pitch-black figure charged unrestrainedly.
Boom!!
Ning Xunqiu, unhurried, countered with the spear, a reverse strike of "Red Lotus Demon-Slaying Evil-Breaking Divine Light," sending the opponent flying back.
Bang!
Pitch-black sea water surged violently, coalescing into a hundred-zhang flood dragon, blotting out the sky and obscuring the sun, making the entire firmament dark.
Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning accompanied the dragon's image as if following shadow, the below ship uplifted by this might.
"Courting death!"
Ning Xunqiu coldly reprimanded, red light flourishing around him, illuminating the entire sea.
Sword Demon Heart Eye - Undying Divine Intent!
Slay!
Slay!
Slay!
Red Lotus Demon-Slaying Evil-Breaking Divine Light!!!
A massive red pillar of light pierced through the sea, striking the flood dragon's remnant soul, leaving no escape. The pillar, as scorching as the Great Sun, instantly consumed the dragon's remnant soul.
"Ong~"
The mournful wail of the flood dragon's remnant soul echoed in the sea, unraveling amidst the red glow into wisps of black smoke, finally dissipating into the waters.
The wind and rain ceased, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing a clear sky.
Ning Xunqiu landed on the capsized ship, surveying with his heart mind to confirm Gao Fei Xue and Ah Qing's safety before easing slightly.
"Junior sister, is Ah Qing alright?"
"Elder brother, we're alright."
"Yiya yiya~"
Both Gao Fei Xue and Ah Qing, being Innate Martial Artists, could temporarily glide through the air. She turned toward the sea, where pots, bowls, and other luggage floated on the surface.
"Only our luggage needs some retrieving." She sighed lightly.
"It's okay as long as everyone's safe."
Ning Xunqiu waved to salvage the large black pot from the water surface.
Here, less than a hundred li from the exit, they would fly over soon.
At this moment,
Ding dong.
[Congratulations, you have completed the red achievement Dragon Slayer: The dragon race is noble, nature's favored child, born with the power to control wind and rain, immune to many spells due to its formidable body, protected by wind and rain. Rarely can a Qi Cultivator slay one.
Yet you, with a mortal body, have slain a flood dragon, what an astonishing feat!
Though the Profound Flood Dragon had perished, becoming a Mountain and River Dragon Vein, its consciousness befuddled, with strength but a tenth remaining, yet it still proves your might.
Undoubtedly, you are the strongest mortal in the Qingxu Realm.
Achieving this surpasses 100% of people in the Qingxu Realm.
Receive a red special reward.]
"A special reward from a red achievement?"
"No way, I'm still considered a mortal in the Qingxu Realm in this form?!"
Ning Xunqiu glanced down, scrutinizing his "True Body of the Martial Lord" after activating Source Blood, god-like and demonic, feeling speechless.
"Claim the reward."
[Extracting reward…]
[Congratulations on receiving the red achievement reward—Magical Treasure: Mountain and River Seal!]
[Magical Treasure: Mountain and River Seal]
Composed of the Primordial Spirit of Majestic Mountains, Ancestral Vein Fortune of the Divine Land, and the merit of sea governance, this defensive magical treasure can suppress fortune, shield celestial secrets, and block primordial spirit attacks (note: Qi Cultivators below Immortal Daoist).
It can measure mountains and rivers and evolve into a real small world.
This newly-formed Mountain and River Seal currently has only a barren heaven and earth of ten li (lacking Dragon Vein, mountains, water veins, Great Sun, Moon Spirit, Heaven and Earth Primordial Spirit's wind, thunder, rain, cloud... missing and incomplete.)
This treasure can be perfected to attain the Dao, transforming the Spiritual Acupoint Heaven and Earth into a Blessed Land.
The Master of the Blessed Land, sharing longevity with the land, becomes a Carefree Immortal, evading the Three Calamities.
Free from the jurisdiction of heaven, divine dynasty, immortal court, yet within the Dao.
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