Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Zhao Yu said, "I want to rent a Fifth-Order Low-Grade cave mansion to cultivate spells for one year."

Steward Li enthusiastically responded with a smile, "Yes! Elder Zhao, as a Gold Elder of the Immortal City, you are entitled to a fifty percent discount according to the city's rules."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

Steward Li swiftly completed the procedures and then respectfully handed the jade token to Zhao Yu.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhao Yu took the jade token and headed towards the direction of the Fifth-Order Low-Grade cave mansion.

"Could Elder Zhao be attempting a forced advancement to the Nascent Soul? Impossible, right? It's said that Elder Zhao is only at the Late Golden Core Stage, and there's still a vast distance before he can advance to the Nascent Soul."

Steward Li caught a glimpse of Zhao Yu's retreating figure and a thought surfaced in his mind, then he shook his head slightly.

As soon as Zhao Yu arrived at the Fifth-Order Low-Grade cave mansion, he set up a Gathering Yuan Formation inside, gathering the spiritual energy together before summoning the White Ghost Emperor.

"Advance, White Ghost Emperor!"

A fiery intensity flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes. With a thought, a stream of cool air flowed endlessly from within him into the White Ghost Emperor's body through the mysterious Human-Ghost Pact.

The White Ghost Emperor, already on the edge of advancement, trembled as it received the Dao Fruit that refined Ning Haozi's Nascent-Soul-Level pure soul power, beginning its transformation.

Opening its mouth, the White Ghost Emperor sucked in the vast spiritual energy rushing from all directions, frantically flowing into its body. Enjoy new chapters from empire

The spiritual energy extracted by the Formation from the one hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones Zhao Yu had set up in the cave mansion continued to flow into the White Ghost Emperor's body.

A faint white armor appeared on the surface of the White Ghost Emperor's body, gradually solidifying from a blurry shadow into reality.

One month later, above Yunluo Immortal City, countless streams of spiritual energy converged from all directions and then were dyed pitch black, forming dark clouds. An immense pressure, comparable to that of a Nascent Soul Level, slowly permeated the air.

Inside Yunluo Immortal City.

Xuanyun Zhenjun's eyebrows knitted slightly, and as he looked towards the dark clouds, he said, "Such a phenomenon indicates that someone is advancing to the Nascent Soul within our city!"

Yunluo Fairy's eyebrows rose as she said, "The dark clouds... That person is cultivating either a Demon Path or a Ghost Path cultivation technique! He has successfully advanced, adding another Nascent Soul cultivator to our ranks! However, his origins remain unknown. Let's go and meet this fellow cultivator!"

Xuanyun Zhenjun nodded slightly. Although they, as a couple, only possessed one Spiritual Treasure, they were a match even for a Mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivator when they joined forces.

If they were in Yunluo Immortal City, with Yunluo Fairy and Xuanyun Zhenjun plus the power of the city's great Formation, they could even compete with a Late Nascent Soul Stage grand cultivator.

The two, Yunluo Fairy and Xuanyun Zhenjun, rode the clouds towards the high-grade cave mansion area.

Upon reaching the cave mansion, Xuanyun Zhenjun raised his voice and said, "Fellow Daoist within, I am Xuanyun Zhenjun; I hope you will not begrudge me a meeting!"

"So it is City Lord himself who has graced us with his presence. I have failed in meeting you from afar, my apologies! My apologies!"

The door to the cave mansion opened directly, and Zhao Yu emerged from within with a smile, accompanied by the White Ghost Emperor, who had already successfully advanced to a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost.

Xuanyun Zhenjun's brow furrowed slightly as he asked, "Zhao Yu, how come it's you? Where is the fellow cultivating here that advanced?"

"That person is me!"

The White Ghost Emperor revealed a ferocious smile, its body surging with dark energy, and an aura of a Fourth-Order Evil Ghost Level emanated from within it.

"A Fourth-Order Evil Ghost?"

Xuan Yun Zhenjun and Yunluo Fairy both showed a hint of solemnity in their eyes, prepared for battle.

A Fourth-Order Evil Ghost possesses combat power comparable to a Nascent Soul Cultivator, and without someone to deal with it, a single Fourth-Order Evil Ghost could easily massacre a nation.

In the Great Qian Empire, every Great Sect bears the heavy responsibility of slaying demons and eradicating evil spirits. Once such evil ghosts and malevolent spirits are discovered, cultivators from the Great Sects will arrive to annihilate them.

Zhao Yu smiled slightly and said, "There's no need for the City Lords to panic! It is a Spirit Ghost under my control!"

The White Ghost Emperor split its mouth into a ferocious smile and said, "That's right! Zhao Yu is my master! It was he who cultivated me into a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost!"

"What? He can cultivate a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost? How is that possible?"

The complexions of Yunluo Fairy and Xuan Yun Zhenjun, both powerful beings, changed slightly as their gazes fell on Zhao Yu.

Cultivating a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost is more difficult than a cultivator's own progression to Nascent Soul, and though Yunluo Fairy and Xuan Yun Zhenjun, being Nascent Soul experts and rulers of Yunluo Immortal City, possess Nascent Soul-level techniques for cultivating spirit ghosts, neither of them has managed to cultivate a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost.

Xuan Yun Zhenjun slowly said, "I have long heard of Zhao Daoist Friend's extraordinary Ghost Control Talent. Back in the Northern Wastes, it was precisely with the evil ghosts he controlled that he defeated strong enemies! It seems that this one is the Spirit Ghost Daoist Friend once controlled!"

Yunluo Immortal City had long since sent people to investigate Zhao Yu's background and naturally knew he had once controlled a Spirit Ghost, but none of them had expected that Spirit Ghost could advance to Fourth Order.

After the Spirit Ghost advanced to Fourth Order, it also meant that Zhao Yu possessed Nascent Soul-level combat power. Even though he was just a cultivator at the Golden Elixir Seventh Layer, Xuan Yun Zhenjun regarded him as an equal.

"That's right, I am the evil ghost under the master's control! I will shred all enemies for my master!"

The White Ghost Emperor split its mouth into a smile, revealing sharp teeth, with black ghostly aura swirling around its body, emitting a terrifying presence.

Zhao Yu said, "City Lords, please come into my mansion to talk!"

Xuan Yun Zhenjun and the other City Lord nodded slightly and entered the cave mansion Zhao Yu had rented.

"That's the City Lords!! The evil ghost controlled by Elder Zhao has actually advanced to Fourth Order! It's unbelievable!!"

Steward Li stood at a distance, watching Xuan Yun Zhenjun and the other City Lord enter Zhao Yu's rented cave mansion, his eyes gleaming with disbelief.

An Escape Light flew in from afar, landing in front of Steward Li—it was Yan Wuheng.

Yan Wuheng asked curiously, "Steward Li, which Daoist has ascended to Nascent Soul? Did you see it?"

Steward Li replied excitedly, "Elder Yan, it's Elder Zhao!! The anomaly was caused by the advancement to Fourth Order of an evil ghost controlled by Elder Zhao Yu! The two City Lords just went into the mansion with him!"

Envy flashed in Yan Wuheng's eyes as he sighed faintly, "A Fourth-Order Evil Ghost? That is truly remarkable! How envious!"

There are countless cultivators in Yunluo Immortal City, and on the surface, there are more than six at the Golden Core Great Perfection level, yet there are only two City Lords who are Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Over the past, Yunluo Immortal City had given rise to over a dozen Golden Core Great Perfection Cultivators, but none had been able to advance to Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Now that Zhao Yu had cultivated a Fourth-Order Evil Ghost and had become its master, he already had the status to sit on equal footing with the two City Lords of Yunluo Immortal City.

After entering the cave mansion, Zhao Yu sat down with the two City Lords, with the White Ghost Emperor standing quietly at Zhao Yu's side.

Xuan Yun Zhenjun asked, "I wonder, Daoist Zhao, what are your plans for the future?"

Now that the White Ghost Emperor had advanced to Fourth Order, Zhao Yu's status was comparable to a Nascent Soul Cultivator. His relationship with Yunluo Immortal City would naturally change since he was not a Nascent Soul Cultivator cultivated by Yunluo Immortal City.