Time flies, years pass like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, nine years had passed since the Heavenly Mandate descended.
Although various fortunes no longer arose in response to destiny, they still existed, just not as frenzied as in the previous years.
Those who transcended tribulations to become immortals were not absent either, but similarly, it wasn't as exaggerated as before.
One Heavenly Mandate, one spiritual radiance.
In just nine short years, the cultivation civilization of This World had been pushed to an entirely new height, reaching an unprecedented level of prosperity.
In the past, cultivating a Golden Core might not have been considered anything extraordinary, but at least one could be self-reliant. When venturing out for experience, one didn't need to be constantly on edge. Even if one accidentally stumbled into some formation and couldn't break out, they could at least cautiously hold out and think of a way.
Now?
If one only had Golden Core Cultivation Level, it was best not to go out at all. If you did venture out, forget about getting trapped in some formation—you wouldn't even get the chance. The experts outside could casually erase you.
Exaggerated?
Not in the slightest.
Don't even mention Golden Core Cultivation Level.
Nowadays, even if you cultivated a Nascent Soul, going out would only qualify you for menial labor.
Nine years ago.
Cultivating a Nascent Soul made you a Daozun, revered and feared by all. At the very least, when venturing out for experience, as long as you didn't actively stir up trouble, others wouldn't dare to provoke you casually.
Now?
If you hadn't cultivated a Nascent Soul, you'd be too embarrassed to even greet people.
Even if you did greet them, if they saw you had no fortunes, they'd be too lazy to pay you any mind.
Nascent Soul Great Venerable?
That was nine years ago. Now, Nascent Soul was no longer a Great Venerable, and no one used 'Great Venerable' to address those with Nascent Souls anymore. They had fallen to the status of 'Yuan cultivators'.
Why?
No reason.
Because one Heavenly Mandate and one spiritual radiance allowed many cultivators to smoothly gestate Nascent Souls almost without encountering any bottlenecks.
Too many, countless.
They were everywhere, as common as pigs and dogs.
Some of the more talented geniuses even broke through continuously within just a few years, from the eighty-one revolutions of the Golden Core, to the eighty-one transformations of the Nascent Soul, to the eighty-one manifestations of the Nascent Soul, without even taking a break in between.
Do not doubt it.
This was the benefit of the great nature's spiritual radiance.
It was a kind of 'greatly nourishing' spiritual energy. Absorbing this stuff to cultivate, there was simply no such thing as a bottleneck. Even if you encountered one, you could use the colorful spiritual energy to break through directly. Whether it was the condensed Golden Core or the gestated Nascent Soul, they were all extremely powerful. With good luck, you could even obtain the great nature's colorful spiritual fortune.
Although taking too big a stride could easily lead to trouble.
If the foundation was unstable and the realm insufficient, forcing a breakthrough would inevitably lead to failure in future tribulation transcendence.
However.
In this crazy era, who still cared about that?
If you had no fortunes on your person and your Cultivation Level wasn't high, even girls wouldn't give you a proper glance.
Immortal fate Dao companion?
Don't even think about it in this lifetime, destined to be single forever.
Young people were like this.
The old seniors also couldn't hold back. They understood better than anyone that cultivation had no shortcuts, requiring one step at a time to attain the Dao and become immortal.
It wasn't that they didn't know, they just couldn't resist the temptation of the spiritual radiance.
Especially those old seniors who had experienced the spiritual energy scarcity of Ancient Times. They were 'poor' and afraid. Unlike the young people of the current era who caught the good times of the revival of all things, where in just a hundred years of the current era, the Cultivation Level of their disciples and grand-disciples had surpassed theirs. This left a very sour taste in their hearts. So, with this Heavenly Mandate's descent and the sky filled with spiritual radiance, they couldn't care less about tribulation transcendence or not; raising their Cultivation Level was the priority.
The descent of the Heavenly Mandate affected not only cultivators, nor just the structure of This World.
There were many other things as well.
Such as ancient cave dwellings, ancient ruins, and even some ancient secret realms.
Under the sky filled with extraordinary colors, perhaps influenced by the changes in great nature, they all emerged one after another.
Only, if you went out now, without a powerful Great Immortal leading the team, you'd only be going to your death.
...
The Divine Continent was the most prosperous and flourishing region of This World, bar none.
Not only was the Immortal Dynasty that ruled This World located in the Divine Continent.
But also, the top-ranked great nations, great sects, great families, and major powers within the world were almost all situated in the Divine Continent.
In Ancient Times, there were many countries in the Divine Continent.
At that time, due to the Immortal Dynasty's strength, they had no choice but to submit to the Immortal Dynasty, obey its commands, and become its vassal states.
Since the Immortal Dynasty was destroyed by Lord Chixiao, demons and monsters threw the world into chaos, and many countries perished because of it.
Nowadays, only five countries remained in the Divine Continent.
Yanluo was one of them.
Yanluo was an ancient country of This World, and had always been a relatively powerful nation, even during Ancient Times.
Firstly, because Yanluo was rich in resources, with a prosperous nation and wealthy people. Even in Ancient Times, after paying enough spirit stones to the Immortal Dynasty annually, the national treasury remained very ample.
Secondly, within Yanluo, the Four Great Clans and Seven Great Sects were all ancient legacies. Even placed within the Divine Continent or the entire world, they were renowned.
Thirdly, and most importantly, the Yanluo imperial family had no mediocrities. Regardless of gender, all possessed extraordinary aptitudes. The emperors throughout the generations were wise and mighty, especially the Yanluo Empress at the end of Ancient Times, who was a peerless, legendary woman.
On this day.
The sun shone brightly.
A spirit beast great carriage was slowly moving through the air.
The spirit beast was a great elephant, white as jade, with a massive body like a mountain range, imposing and majestic, quite extraordinary. This was clearly no ordinary spirit beast.
And indeed, that was the case.
This white elephant was called the Water Cloud Jade Elephant, a precious and rare spirit beast. It was said to possess astonishing strength; its mere trumpet could shake the Dharma forms of Nascent Soul Daozuns, truly remarkable.
The great carriage pulled by the Water Cloud Jade Elephant was also built of white jade. Though it didn't look luxurious or imposing, it was exquisitely crafted.
On the back of the Water Cloud White Elephant sat a woman dressed in green.
The woman didn't look very old, around seventeen or eighteen, yet she exuded the aura of a Nascent Soul. In other words, at such a young age, she was already a Nascent Soul Daozun. At this moment, she sat cross-legged on the elephant's back, seemingly cultivating her Nascent Soul. Suddenly, the Nascent Soul aura around her became chaotic, and the woman's face immediately turned panicked.
Right then, a figure flashed out from inside the great carriage. It was also a woman, looking to be in her early twenties, wearing a blue robe, her beauty gentle and moving.
As she appeared, her slender jade-like hands formed spirit seals. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of spirit seals condensed and manifested, enveloping the green-clad woman. After a short while.
The green-clad woman's panicked expression gradually calmed, and the chaotic Nascent Soul aura around her slowly stabilized. She opened her eyes, seeming still shaken, patting her chest, she said, "That really scared me just now..."
"Shui'er, I've told you, your Cultivation Level rose too quickly. The Nascent Soul you gestated is fundamentally unstable. If you're not careful, forget about transcending the immortal tribulation in the future, I'm afraid you won't even pass the manifestation tribulation of this Nascent Soul..."
"Princess, I've been very careful...
But..."