Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 1114 - 698: Immortal Guests Ascend in the Penglai Sea, Heavenly Venerate Personally Confers the Title of Saint

In front of Tao Qian lay an endless, pathless Source Swamp, teeming with countless Evil Gods accumulated through the ages, each locked in vicious combat, most lunging towards him in order to devour his Abnormal Soul. A few, however, like the "Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou," harbored benevolent thoughts or had other reasons to turn back and block them.

With just a cursory glance earlier, he had vaguely realized that he had walked this Source Swamp Secret Path before.

Or rather, his Abnormal Soul had walked it.

Perhaps he had seen figures like Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou long ago, which was why some Evil God Daoists would assist him.

But now, he couldn't afford to delve into secrets or reminisce.

The perception of his Abnormal Soul headed straight to the deepest part of the Secret Path.

In that instant, his Abnormal Soul once again displayed the unique Divine Ability "Exemption Cost" of the Great Abyss.

Along the way, whether it was the blockage of countless Evil God corpses, Divine Skills, or the surging Nightmare Energy, nothing could obstruct his gaze at this moment.

Exempt!

Exempt from all!

In an instant, he surpassed everything, swept across a path seemingly interminable, and finally, in a trance, he caught sight of something.

It was the ultimate end of all Source Swamp Secret Paths, the site of termination, where a doorway appeared prominently.

A bronze portal that seemed to seal everything, boundless, limitless.

With just one glance, Tao Qian's Abnormal Soul felt a deranged tremor, as if it would collapse directly.

A mass of obscure, terrifying Records burst forth intermittently:

[To behold the Xuanpin Gate... is to see the roots of Heaven and Earth!]

[The Dao is within the Nightmare... the Nightmare births myriad Daos...]

...

He had no need to form thoughts; the perception of his Abnormal Soul retracted automatically, and before he returned, he caught sight of the area before that portal, corpses of Evil Gods and macabre objects sufficient to fill a cosmos, any one of which existed at least at the Tribulation Immortal Realm, if not the Chaos Realm.

But they all perished, fallen before that unseeable Heaven and Earth portal.

In an upheaval like overturning seas, Tao Qian's Abnormal Soul began its return.

The once stagnant storm swept again, blowing him toward the Ascending Immortal Star Acupoint.

Simultaneously, many Evil Gods broke free from the barriers of "Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou" and other God Demons, employing various means to pursue Tao Qian's Heart Soul.

This scene was exceedingly perilous; with his current Cultivation Realm, even being caught by the weakest pursuer would spell certain death.

But at this juncture, Tao Qian had no time to worry about Them.

Or rather, he did not care.

Upon glimpsing that Heaven and Earth portal momentarily, he had already shattered the Dao Nightmare.

Only after the Heart Soul returned to his shell could he step directly into the [Daoist Transformation Realm].

Had this been before, leaping to become a Daoist Lord would undoubtedly be a cause for joy.

But now, Tao Qian also did not care; he was desperately digesting the most crucial gain from this venture:

The Source Swamp Tree Path Map!

Or rather, the Dao Path as well.

Each of those seemingly endless, unnumbered "Source Swamp Secret Paths" almost all were arduously developed by the God Demons of the Great Abyss and the Talented Ones of myriad races through numerous eras, spending incalculable years and their entire selves.

It goes without saying that most, one would fear, are dead ends.

But having seen that Heaven and Earth portal, seen the countless corpses of God Demons, naturally, many routes to life exist.

Compared to this gain, the Divine Power Secret Book Tao Qian obtained, the Lifebound Scripture, and such, were inconsequential, even the "Carefree Travel Scripture" personally gifted by Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou.

But alas, that [Dao Map] was simply too vast, esoteric, and obscure.

Because each Secret Path on it actually contains the Great Dao might of the "Path-Opener," knowing that those who enter the Source Swamp to open paths likely exist at least at the Perfect Realm of Daoist Transformation, and most such Path-Openers would die within, the more mature and safe the path, the mightier the Path-Opener.

Some paths were even opened by a mass contingent of God Demons and Dao Masters, the Dao Qi therein unfathomable.

Ordinary Cultivators of the Daoist Transformation Realm likely couldn't remember a single Secret Path.

Though Tao Qian was different, and could exempt the cost.

But even exerting his utmost, he only managed to memorize a dozen or so paths, most of which remained incomplete, uncertain if revisiting them could work?

...

The passage of time unknown, amidst the ongoing riot and boiling within the Great Abyss Origin Sea.

Tao Qian's Abnormal Soul at last traversed everything, returning to the Ascending Immortal Star Acupoint, returning to the Dharma Body shell.

Upon opening his eyes and attempting to recall the [Dao Map].

The Star Acupoint he was in abruptly underwent a great change.

Because within that Source Swamp, a large volume of intangible Dao Nightmare Qi already existed, inevitable to contaminate upon his journey, and at that final moment numerous Evil Gods cast their "Qi Mechanism" to send it over.

Initially, those Nightmare Energies, upon his return to the Star Acupoint, transformed into reality on the spot.

Instantly boiling the Star Acupoint, the terrifying, ghastly scenes Tao Qian had experienced descended once more, ten times, even a hundred times more intense than before.

Just at the first glance, Tao Qian, sitting in "boiling soup," saw a hundred corpses of Master Xiao, a thousand corpses of Aunt Yunhua and Spiritual Propitious Time, over ten thousand corp

ses of his own wife and daughter, all shattered beyond recognition, as if a nightmare had come true.

These were alarming enough, but more horrifying were the Qi Mechanisms sent by the Evil Gods. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

They too became tangible objects, some were unmatched in Divine Power, some were books containing the Lifebound Scripture, and some were simply a Dao Qi Yuan Tai... if only Tao Qian wished, taking any at random, he could gain an inheritance unimaginable to others.