Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2379: 195: The End Approaches
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“Can we pass through Immortal Pass?”
Within Wang Ba’s thoughts at that instant, just this single idea lingered.
Should he manage to breach Immortal Pass, every difficulty tormenting him and the whole Little Cang World would vanish without effort!
He’d whisk away Little Cang World along with the Outer World Cultivators ready to join him, fleeing this realm and abandoning a hollow remnant for the Supreme True Buddha.
Afterward, boundless skies and oceans awaited, granting them true liberty.
Yet he soon reined in his thrill and anticipation, steadying his spirit.
His gaze locked onto the barrier ahead.
The four magic wands slid effortlessly into the wall, like coming back to their origin, or as though sinking into liquid, effortlessly agitating the surface…
Across the wall, waves similar to water’s undulations emerged.
Amid those waves, intricate golden symbols stood out plainly.
However, right after rippling outward, they swiftly receded back into the wall.
As the four magic wands neared total immersion within the wall, Wang Ba faintly felt his command over them slipping away.
His spirits dropped, prompting him to hastily summon the four magic wands back.
What left him with a touch of gloom was their diminished obedience compared to earlier; they acted hesitant, resistant to departing the wall’s interior.
After a brief pause, they gradually emerged from the wall and drifted back to circle Wang Ba.
“Is it due to my incomplete refinement of the True Fire Staff and the Overturning Water Staff?”
Wang Ba reflected.
Individually or in pairs, the four magic wands displayed no response, yet united, they vibrated in harmony—likely because his partial mastery of the True Fire Staff and Overturning Water Staff caused the group’s sluggish reaction.
“On that note, the Land-Parting Staff is missing a few Innate Cloud Bans still…”
Wang Ba contemplated briefly, remembering how he’d assembled the Wind-Driving Staff. Then he directed immortal power, pouring it exclusively into the Land-Parting Staff.
The Land-Parting Staff quivered faintly.
Right then, with his attention centered on the Land-Parting Staff, Wang Ba detected a profoundly distinct feeling.
He appeared to ‘witness’ a dark rock drifting amid the wreckage in the Sea of Chaos Realm, abruptly shaking before silently cracking open its ebony exterior, exposing a sleek yellow-brown gem beneath.
Next, as if sensing something, it morphed into a slender yellow-brown beam of light, darting swiftly toward his position!
Still, Wang Ba held back his joy and spotted an overlooked aspect:
“How does ‘immortal power’, blended from Immortal Monarch Luhe’s immortal blood and Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid, gather Tibo’s Dao Treasure?”
“Does it merely stem from immortal power’s capability?”
Wang Ba felt confused yet couldn’t grasp it.
Through his senses, the final piece of the Land-Parting Staff remained somewhat distant, so he avoided delay and shifted to refining the True Fire Staff and Overturning Water Staff promptly.
Chong Hua hadn’t refined the True Fire Staff, leaving it unclaimed. The Overturning Water Staff came from a trade with other Dao Treasures, after pledging to Qiao Zhongxu and removing the prior owner’s Primordial Spirit Mark.
Thus, Wang Ba’s refinement proceeded at a remarkable pace.
He’d studied the Supreme True Buddha’s scriptures deeply without practicing them himself, so the four felt familiar to him.
Refining these Dao Treasures from a fresh cultivation viewpoint proved far easier now, as the True Fire Staff and Overturning Water Staff willingly assisted, letting him swiftly grasp the Innate Cloud Bans…
“Innate Dao Treasures truly stand out, suitable for cultivators or Buddhist monks alike.”
Wang Ba observed.
He dove back into full concentration once more.
In this way, time slipped by, spanning several years.
One day, a yellow-brown streak of light hurtled from the distance, merging rapidly into the Land-Parting Staff among the four magic wands floating near Wang Ba.
Upon absorbing this final segment, the Land-Parting Staff vibrated lightly, then cast thirty-six Innate Cloud Ban projections onto the nearby Immortal Pass Wall.
The Cloud Bans flowed, brightening the area, as the four magic wands harmonized, shining in unison.
More years elapsed.
Wang Ba emerged from his enlightenment trance at last, staring at the four magic wands in front of him, letting out an elated cry he couldn’t hold back, brimming with happiness.
He had thoroughly refined all four magic wands.
Once fully refined, each possessed distinct powers.
The Land-Parting Staff excels in ‘immutability’; post-refinement, it acquired a special trait akin to the Wind-Driving Staff’s, called ‘eternal steadiness’, ensuring one’s core endures unchanging amid any disasters.
The True Fire Staff emphasizes ‘warmth’; its refined power is ‘ ceaseless depletion’, not typical expenditure but a transformation of force, allowing it to block the Immortal’s Eye and curb Yu Yu’s instability via ongoing depletion for sealing.
The Overturning Water Staff centers on ‘coalescence’; after refinement, it grants ‘duplication, revival’. As shown during Qiao Zhongxu’s control, it exhibited these traits, though duplication and revival’s strength depends on the wielder’s realm and Cultivation Base, under specific limits.
Unfortunately, the Silkworm Dragon Staff embodying ‘perception’ lagged in refinement for some unclear cause, only advancing to the eighteenth Innate Cloud Ban over years, apparently stalled at a barrier. While he gleaned partial understanding of ‘perception’, it left him a bit unsatisfied.