Beast Tamer Ascension-Chapter 1Book 4: : Emerging from Seclusion

Vol 4 Chapter 1: Emerging from Seclusion

The opening of the Golden Era brought immense benefits to many cultivators.

For some powerful-bloodline demonic beasts, reproducing and producing offspring was extremely difficult.

For high-level cultivators, ensuring that their descendants perfectly inherited their cultivation talents was also a major challenge.

But not long after the Golden Era began, second-generation Royal-Blooded and Reversion-bloodline beasts began popping up across the continent like bamboo shoots after the rain.

With each newborn, all kinds of divine physiques and strange phenomena manifested throughout the Tianyuan Continent.

The Tianyuan Realm had truly entered its prime. And it wasn’t just the new generation—

Even the older generation felt their bottlenecks loosening with the arrival of this Golden Era.

At the number one sword sect in the realm—the Heavenly Sword Gate of the Ancient Kingdom—

One of the sect’s ancestors, the Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor, had been stuck at the peak of the Void Mystical Stage for over a thousand years without a breakthrough.

Finally, in the third year of the Golden Era, he shattered his bottleneck and became the first cultivator in a millennium to successfully reach the Dao-Seeking Stage.

The reason Heavenly Sword Gate was only the second strongest sect of the Ancient Kingdom, rather than the first, was because the Spirit Dao Sect had a Dao-Seeking ancestor, whereas the Heavenly Sword Gate’s own had long since passed.

Now, with Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor’s breakthrough, the two sects were finally equal in top-tier strength.

His breakthrough also lit a fire under countless old monsters, who, under the influence of the Golden Era, began entering deep seclusion.

Suddenly, very few senior cultivators showed their faces.

With the appearance of the Golden Fortune List, the continent gradually became a playground for geniuses of all races vying for fortune.

Cold Moon Sword Immortal, the personal disciple of Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor, became the only sword cultivator on the continent to inherit a Dao-Seeking sword lineage thanks to the Golden Era.

Though she had only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage, her peerless sharp aura still earned her a place on the Golden Fortune List.

Heirs from all major factions, determined to become the stars of their era, set out across the land—

cultivating, dueling, and stealing fortune from other prodigies.

With the old generation in seclusion and the new generation roaming the world, the battle for fortune became the main theme of this Golden Era.

Under this backdrop, shocking news and legendary feats were born almost every single day.

Five years after the Golden Era began, the protagonist of that once-earthshaking incident in Qingzhou… was no longer the most talked-about figure of the age.

Except… within the Demon Court.

“Your Majesty, has His Highness the Holy Son still not emerged from seclusion?”

“It’s been five years… has something happened to him?”

“The Holy Son possesses the Longevity Body. His cultivation advances slowly. It’s only been five years—what’s the rush?

Your current task is to expand the Demon Court’s territory within Qingzhou.

Once the Holy Son comes out of seclusion, I’ll naturally reward those who have contributed.”

With a casual wave, the Demon Emperor dismissed the elders and ancient races of the Demon Court.

Since the revival of the demon race, more and more beast clans sought to join the Demon Court.

But the court did not accept just anyone.

Most of these clans wished to join in order to transform into demonfolk, but the problem was:

Transformation Grass and Transformation Pills were in severely short supply.

Even within the Demon Court itself, distribution was limited.

So, any beast clan wishing to join had to undergo strict selection.

“He should be almost ready…” the Demon Emperor murmured, glancing in the direction of Lin Jing’s retreat.

This Golden Era had even made her feel the possibility of breaking through to a higher realm.

While it was true the Longevity Body cultivated slowly, it shouldn’t be taking this long.

At the same time — at Immortal Prison Mountain.

By now, this territory under the rule of Jindan had become a prison in every sense of the word—

its underground layers transformed into a massive holding ground for demonic beasts.

For years, Mosquito Man, obeying Jindan’s orders, had led countless mosquito swarms and secretly captured large numbers of demonic beasts—

sealing them on this mountain, awaiting Jindan’s return from seclusion, when they would be refined into pills.

As for Jindan himself, almost no one knew—

he had actually already broken through to the Lin Jing Realm just a year after entering seclusion.

Even Bao Qi hadn’t expected it—

that he’d go from Peak Foundation Establishment to early Lin Jing Stage in just seven years.

After all, it had taken him ten whole years just to go from Qi Refinement to Foundation Establishment.

That’s why he hadn’t dared to attempt his breakthrough inside the Hourglass of Time, which only allowed ten years at most.

If he failed to break through within the time limit and got forcibly ejected, the interruption might ruin the entire attempt.

So instead, he broke through in the outside world—

and to his surprise, it only took four years.

Thinking back, his earlier breakthrough was slow because of lack of preparation.

But now, with both full preparation and the boost from the Golden Era, it made sense.

Even after breaking through to the Core Formation stage, Lin Jing wasn’t satisfied.

Still failing to master the Heavenly Demon Physique, he returned to the Hourglass and cultivated in isolation for ten more years.

With the Partial Hidden Dragon Fortune he’d obtained earlier, he re-tempered every single spell and divine ability he had—whether he’d learned them well or not.

Unfortunately, the one technique he most wanted to master—the Heavenly Demon Physique—still eluded him…

But fortunately, in other areas, those ten years inside the Hourglass brought major gains.

The three biggest gains were:

1. His Physical Body.

Back at the Beast Taming Sect, Lin Jing and Senior Pine had split a few Spiritual Seeds.

These seeds were treasures from the Immortal Palace Cavern Heaven.

Even now, as the Demon Court’s Holy Son, Lin Jing still considered them immensely powerful.

Now that the Pine Leaf Mouse had completed the Everlasting Emperor's Longevity Art, it had matured all of the seeds.

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Cloud-Hidden Orchid, a nemesis to heart demons—

Lin Jing consumed it directly, ensuring that even if he killed endlessly or lived for ten thousand years, he would never fall into madness.

Nine-Sun Divine Lingzhi, which massively boosted fire and yang-type cultivation—

He gave this to the Dragonblood Carp, and after Lin Jing reached the Core Formation stage, the carp’s cultivation soared to the peak of the Core Formation realm.

According to Senior Pine’s earlier assessment, this lingzhi was strong enough to elevate the carp directly to the Nascent Soul stage.

But at that time, it had only possessed King-tier bloodline.

Now, it was close to Ancestral Blood, meaning it could handle even stronger mana—

So the breakthrough to Nascent Soul still needed a bit more time.

That said, in terms of strength, the carp could now fight toe-to-toe with Nascent Soul-stage demon kings.

And most importantly, the Nine-Life Exquisite Grass—

which granted incredible regeneration, practically giving Lin Jing a Nine-Life Physique.

He took it himself.

After taking the Nine-Life Exquisite Grass, Lin Jing used Thunder Dragon Scale Blood, the carp’s Heavenly Thunder Flame, and the Ice Soul Gu’s Tribulation Lightning to refine his body.

Under the tempering of thunder and fire, Lin Jing’s physique eventually reached a level comparable to the proudest talents of the Dragon Clan.

Even though his cultivation was only at early Core Formation,

his physical strength alone rivaled those peak Core Formation Thunder Dragons.

In short—

Lin Jing now could take on most Core Formation-level attacks without using any defensive techniques at all.

Even if injured, his regenerative powers allowed him to recover instantly.

And this… wasn’t even his biggest gain.

His second major gain—was a Golden Core divine ability he birthed within himself:

“Divine Dominion Technique” (《神御之术》).