Chapter 724 - 421: A Feast Not to Be Missed

Even after catching Gongyang Wuji’s attention, Zou Feng didn’t stop advancing deeper into the Northern Domain.

In fact, with Gongyang Wuji now a top-tier target, Zou Feng couldn’t wait for such a grand meal to deliver itself to his doorstep.

’So what if he’s a Royal Family prodigy from the Dubhe Divine Domain? How could he possibly be stronger than a cheater like me?’

In short, Zou Feng was completely unafraid. His gourmet journey continued, and he didn’t forget to collect the other Immortal Ascension Skills along the way.

「In the blink of an eye, three months passed.」

During this time, Wang Tianhu’s injuries had mostly healed two months prior.

However, he had temporarily lost his fighting spirit. He had developed a deep fear of Gongyang Wuji and was unwilling to continue the northern expedition.

So, after formally thanking Zou Feng, he chose to scurry back to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

Wang Tianhu had barely escaped with his life this time, and with all his subordinates dead, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect wouldn’t label him a deserter.

And during these three months, by venturing deep into the Northern Domain, Zou Feng had naturally eaten his fill until his mouth was dripping with oil.

Since he was eating so well, Zou Feng’s Realm naturally soared at a rapid pace.

Advancing to the Golden Core Middle Stage was just standard procedure at this point.

In addition, he had seized three Immortal Ascension Skills he hadn’t yet cultivated: the Path of Corpse Liberation, the Path of Incense, and the Path of Guidance.

At this point, adding to the five he had already cultivated, Zou Feng had learned eight of the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills.

Only the last one remained, but he had yet to encounter a Tribulation Cultivator who practiced this skill.

Needless to say, this final remaining skill must be the one with the fewest practitioners in the entire Ninefold Celestial Court.

As for why so few people cultivated this skill, Zou Feng had already learned the reason by interrogating an Immortal Official.

The Immortal Skill among the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills with the fewest practitioners was called the Path of Rebirth.

It sounded harmless enough, but in reality, this so-called "rebirth" was actually body-snatching.

To snatch a body, one had to be at least a Golden Core Realm Cultivator, so the basic requirement for cultivating this Immortal Skill was to first break through to the Golden Core Realm.

Furthermore, body-snatching itself was fraught with all sorts of unknown risks, so naturally, very few people chose to cultivate this skill.

That was why Zou Feng had yet to encounter a Tribulation Cultivator who had cultivated the Path of Rebirth.

But Zou Feng wasn’t in a hurry. It would be useless even if he collected them all right now.

After all, to merge the Nine Skills into one, he had to cultivate every one of the Immortal Ascension Skills to at least the Limit-Breaking Realm.

This was extremely difficult, as Zou Feng could only rely on the Refinement of Celestial Generals and Immortal Officials for his Cultivation.

But if this plan to merge the Nine Skills actually succeeded in the future...

...then even if he went to the Ninefold Celestial Court’s main camp, the Queen Mother herself would have to personally spoon-feed him.

"Junior Brother Zou, something’s not right up ahead..." Ye Chenhua’s voice suddenly cut in while Zou Feng was pondering the various aspects of the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills.

Zou Feng immediately looked up and saw the distant sky dotted with numerous spatial vortexes and rifts.

This wasn’t the first time they had encountered such a phenomenon after entering the depths of the Northern Domain.

’Have Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators fought here again?’

During this period, they would occasionally come across sites where Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators had clashed.

They had just never witnessed a battle between Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators with their own eyes.

It couldn’t be helped. When Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators fought, they mostly just slammed their "Small Thousand Worlds" into each other. Under normal circumstances, it was indeed difficult to witness the specific process of their battles.

Of course, not being able to see the specific battle process was actually a stroke of luck for them.

Otherwise, if they were to get caught up in it, they would face dire consequences.

The northern expedition had been incredibly brutal up to this point.

The Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect did indeed have the overall advantage, but the participation of the Dubhe Divine Domain had certainly brought a lot of trouble.

According to information from other Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect members they met along the way, five of the Immortal Sect’s True Disciples who had come here had already fallen.

And the number of fallen Golden Core Realm Elders was even higher.

Fortunately, there had been no news of any Nascent Soul Realm experts falling in battle so far...

But as the war dragged on, casualties among the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators were probably just a matter of time.

From this, one could also see that the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was truly furious this time.

In previous northern expeditions, they would basically just drive the Tribulation Cultivators back into the depths of the Northern Domain and call it a day.

This time, however, while not necessarily aiming to annihilate the two Tribulation Cultivation Sects, they clearly intended to make them feel the pain.

Of course, Zou Feng had no way of knowing what the leadership of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was actually planning.

Needless to say, Ye Chenhua immediately changed direction, steering clear of the area where the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators had fought.

Shortly after changing course, they spotted several Immortal Sect Cultivators in the distance, looking battered and defeated.

Upon seeing the Flying Celestial Ship, they hurriedly flew toward it, crying out for help.

But tragically, before the Flying Celestial Ship could get close, these fellow sect members exploded where they stood, turning into a bloody mist in the air.

"That bastard Gongyang Wuji again!?" Ye Chenhua said with hatred in his voice.

Similar incidents had been occurring from time to time, starting with Wang Tianhu.

Gongyang Wuji had already become a thorn in their side on this northern expedition.

The Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was now even aware of the method he used—the Dao Heart Demon Planting Skill.

However, despite the main army dispatching special squads to hunt down Gongyang Wuji on multiple occasions, they had all returned empty-handed.

There were even instances where he turned the tables and annihilated the entire squad.

But while the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had a massive headache over the menace that was Gongyang Wuji, the Tribulation Cultivator Camp was similarly complaining nonstop about Zou Feng’s habit of "ganking" targets all over the map.