Longevity Strange Immortal-Chapter 555 - 71 I Eat the Meat, You Drink the Soup
Outside the Ancestor Court, it was utter chaos.
Ever since cultivators who had entered the court began to mysteriously drop dead, their flesh and bones automatically condensing into towering gateways, the situation spiraled out of control, drawing more and more factions to the scene.
In less than half a year, there were already over twenty Land Immortals present.
Their expressions varied as they fixed their gazes on the Gate God, plotting in secret while keeping a close eye on the three individuals within the Immortal’s body—Li Mo and his companions.
Who could have anticipated a mere Body Integration Realm cultivator would use an Immortal as the foundation for an array?
Although the Gate God was unusually unstable, with its blood and bones continually mutating, it was evident that even Immortals descending into the mortal world were subject to the torment of Death Disease.
But no matter what, Immortals were not beings that mere Body Integration cultivators could control.
The spiritual patterns comprising the array weaved freely along the surface, seemingly harmless to the Gate God, causing the Immortal to disregard them. However, the difficulty in achieving such a feat far exceeded imagination.
An array capable of affecting an Immortal must already have reached the level of a Land Immortal.
For Li Mo to mitigate the array’s dangers to this extent suggested he had considered the structure of an Immortal’s body when designing the spiritual patterns.
His mastery of Array Tao could influence an Immortal—a level unmatched in the Cultivation World.
"It truly is the Heavenly Sword Sect’s innate Immortal Seed," Tai Ci remarked. "Daring enough to begin plotting against an Immortal."
The Land Immortal dispatched by the Heavenly Sword Sect was none other than the Old Poisonous One from the Poison Horn Sword Tomb.
He had only met Li Mo once before—an incident where Li Mo killed one of his disciples. While there was bad blood between them, it had not yet reached irreconcilable enmity.
"And so what if they’re Immortals? How many have already died in the mortal world?"
The Old Poisonous One stroked his sparse beard and said, "In my opinion, Taiyi’s actions targeting the Immortal can only benefit us."
Master Huang Shi interjected, "The Incense Fire Dead Immortal doesn’t really count as a True Immortal." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
The so-called Incense Fire Dead Immortal referred to an Incense Fire Immortal that had fallen into uncontrollable mutation—a being whose power certainly did not reach the level of a True Immortal.
In their eyes, False Immortals and Incense Fire Dead Immortals had always been equivalent.
"Master Huang Shi, your Yellow Dragon Mountain’s innate Immortal Seed is among those inside as well. Did you know in advance they were going to move against the Ancestor Court?"
Faced with the questioning of a Land Immortal, Master Huang Shi could only force a series of wry smiles.
In truth, before Qu Ai left the sect, she had casually mentioned wanting to take a stroll within the Ancestor Court. Master Huang Shi had paid no attention at the time.
The result of her "stroll"? It now appeared as though she was prepared to target an Immortal!
Tai Ci’s gaze shifted toward Zhibai Dao’s camp.
Among all the factions present, those of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zhibai Dao of Si Rui Zhai, and Qu Ai of Yellow Dragon Mountain were in particularly awkward positions.
They didn’t understand the intentions behind the array’s construction, yet they couldn’t recklessly approach the Immortal either.
This left tens of thousands of loose cultivators watching helplessly from the sidelines as Li Mo drew the patterns. Even the Land Immortals had no choice but to wait patiently for events to unfold.
"Your Zhibai Dao specializes in arrays. Can you discern the array’s purpose?"
Tai Ci’s question drew the attention of the surrounding cultivators toward Zhibai Dao, where the Body Integration Realm array repairer Shen Cai let out a long sigh.
"If this old man isn’t mistaken, it’s derived from the Golden Blood Formation. Its purpose is... to steal organs."
"Hiss..."
The Old Poisonous One’s lips twitched. Truly, there seemed to be no limit to what Li Mo would dare attempt.
The Thirteen Immortals from the No-Life Sect were all somewhat deranged. Setting their sights on an Immortal’s organs—there did appear to be a sliver of opportunity, daunting as it was.
"Stealing Immortal organs? It’s not that simple,"
The True Monarch of Ten Thousand Demons, Sui Mo, screeched, "Once the Dead Immortal fully descends into this world and perceives the three of them, completing the array within such a short timeframe will be impossible!"
No one responded.
After all, the cultivators inside the Gate God’s body were Li Mo and the Si Rui Zhai cultivator—both extraordinarily skilled in Array Tao. It truly wasn’t something one could definitively rule out...
In fact, the Old Poisonous One had already reached out to the Heavenly Sword Sect. If suitable organs could be obtained, they could repair the gap in the Great Sun Sword Tomb—an outcome too appealing to ignore.
Moreover, Li Mo and his companions’ theft of organs didn’t directly conflict with the interests of other factions.
After all, they mainly targeted the corpses of mortals.
While no one wished to see the natural order upheaved again, failing to make any preparations meant they’d be swiftly eliminated when calamity struck.
"Heh."
Finding no one paying him any mind, Sui Mo True Monarch turned his attention back to the Gate God.
As they exchanged idle chatter, Li Mo’s speed at drawing patterns began to increase. Dozens of arms moved in a dazzling display, leaving onlookers dizzy.
Li Mo, meanwhile, kept a constant watch on the external situation, fully aware he was the target of countless hostile eyes.
Yet the temptation of Immortal organs was simply too great. Even setting aside the Immortal Elixir Field, any random organ from the Five Internal Organs or Six Viscera might contain secrets of immortality.
The fragmented cultivation techniques obtained from the Ancestor Court by various factions had originally come from the Gate God itself.
Though the Gate God was seemingly born of the imagination of mountain folk, the revived deceitful object proved to share the same essence as the Gate God in its entirety.
"The number of Land Immortals in the mortal world is truly staggering."
"And every single one of them were ancient cultivators who hid like cowards during the upheaval of Heaven and Earth. They’ve hoarded resources, ruling over later generations."
In the nine thousand years since the Catastrophe ended, the number of new Land Immortals could be counted on one hand.
Li Mo speculated that on one hand, they aimed to achieve False Immortality, while on the other, they feared that cultivators whose systems were better adapted to the environment would surpass them.
Si Rui reminded, "Junior brother, the Immortal’s body has already partially descended. It’s beginning to show signs of agitation. Hurry up."
"Hmm."
Li Mo stopped paying attention to the outside world. What came next was the most critical moment.
Half a day—he had only half a day to steal the Immortal’s organs.
Since his senior sister wasn’t interested in the rest of the organs, he figured he’d take as much as he could. If the array could deceive the Gate God’s senses, Li Mo even entertained the wild notion of taking it all.
Li Mo silently digested the Bodhi Fruit and pushed the Supreme Heavenly Being technique to its limits.
Under Qu Ai’s complex gaze, Li Mo’s body swelled to over two hundred meters tall, the arms sprouting from his ribs exceeding a hundred in number.
On the surface of each arm, bulging eyes emerged, allowing him to observe the Gate God from every angle, ensuring no lapse during the array setup.
The yin-yang split of the Cave God’s Dharma Eye cracked open, thrusting Li Mo into an intensely focused state.
A flicker of surprise crossed Si Rui’s face.
For some reason, her Cave Void Immortal Eye sparked a peculiar sense of familiarity, as if mysteriously connected to the pupil skill Li Mo displayed.
"Could it be..."
Si Rui played it off, but her expression turned contemplative.
BOOM!!!
After pausing briefly, Li Mo’s hundred-plus arms resumed drawing patterns. At the same time, countless Spider Sword Orbs spewed from his mouth and nose.
The Spider Sword Orbs stealthily burrowed into the Gate God’s tissues, assisting Li Mo in assembling the array.
In an instant.
The spiritual patterns on and within the Gate God surged wildly, intertwining as the Golden Blood Formation began spreading like wildfire.
With the support of Si Rui’s Cave Void Immortal Eye, Li Mo had essentially mapped out the Gate God’s entire structure. It was now no more difficult than tracing a drawing by numbers.
Shen Cai, who had previously looked relatively calm, now wore an expression of grim seriousness.
If Li Mo’s earlier display of Array Tao mastery had been within the realm of comprehension, his current performance had utterly exceeded imagination.
"An innate Immortal Seed with an Immortal Body truly leaves one feeling powerless,"
Shen Cai muttered under his breath. His voice wasn’t particularly soft, yet no one in the crowd of cultivators dared refute it.
Large sects had all witnessed the overwhelming potential of innate Immortal Seeds—thirteen individuals possessing Immortal Bodies who, instead of competing, banded together in a tight-knit coalition.
Many Land Immortals had to admit that, were it not for the upheaval of Heaven and Earth,
Each and every one of the thirteen innate Immortal Seeds would have undoubtedly ascended to the Immortal Realm. The crushing disparity in talent and potential left them suffocating.
"Success."
Li Mo let out a sinister laugh. As the Golden Blood Formation completed, vast amounts of blood pooled within the chamber, merging with Spirit Root Worms into the array.
The blood continuously morphed, emitting an aura mimicking the Gate God’s presence.
Through his connection with the Spirit Root Worms, Li Mo manipulated the blood.
As the blood formed into a grotesque meat tumor, the Gate God actively extended countless blood vessels to connect with it, signaling the relative smoothness of the organ-theft operation.
"Hehehe. The Upper Dantian is first,"
Li Mo and his companions watched as the tumor sank into the walls. The Gate God’s original Upper Dantian exhibited slight signs of rejection, quickly picked up by the Spider Sword Orbs.
The Gate God, now a deceitful and mutated being, bore incomparably grotesque organs.
The Upper Dantian resembled a cow’s kidney, composed of clusters of meatballs emitting the aura of Soul Worms and saturated with fragmented thoughts.
Carefully, Li Mo controlled the Spider Sword Orbs to crawl toward the Upper Dantian, gnawing at its blood vessels so the meat tumor could replace the original organ.
Fortunately, the Spider Sword Orbs were connected to the Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Bone, and the blood vessels bore traces of Death Disease. Otherwise, severing the vessels would have been immensely challenging.
Li Mo understood why Si Rui had chosen this specific timing for the Gate God’s descent into the mortal world. Once the Gate God fully emerged from the Blood and Flesh Gate, it would repress the Death Disease, and its strength would gradually recover to its peak.
Before long, a suspended Upper Dantian appeared above their heads.
Superficially, the Upper Dantian didn’t seem particularly mystical, but its interior housed faint traces of Immortal Spiritual Power, far superior to any Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials found in the mortal world.
"I haven’t entirely severed the blood vessels, so I can’t guarantee the Immortal won’t lash out. It’s better to leave them partially intact and snatch everything at the last moment to secure our escape."
Li Mo’s focus shifted immediately to the Middle Dantian. After the Gate God’s transformation into a deceitful being, its Immortal Spiritual Power had scattered throughout its blood and bones, rendering its Three Elixir Fields desolate.
Qu Ai hesitated as if about to speak, then refrained. Truly befitting of Taiyi Taoist.
One organ at a time, the risk was theirs to bear. If they removed all the organs simultaneously, the resulting disorder would spill over to the external factions.
She suddenly realized how much Zu Xiuyun’s personality resembled Li Mo’s—both were people who, once seizing an opportunity, would never let go lightly.
"The Middle Dantian is secured as well."
"Next, it’s the Lower Dantian. Senior sister, look—I told you half a day would be more than sufficient."
The difficulty of extracting each organ varied, with approximately an hour of spacing between each. The Creation Book was exceedingly responsive to Immortal organs.
Li Mo couldn’t help but wonder—did Incense Fire Immortals lack Immortal Bodies entirely?
He carefully reflected on the Gate God’s aura, trying his best to replicate it through the Spirit Root Worms. Gradually, he seemed to piece together the positions of the Gate God’s Five Internal Organs and Six Viscera.
"Incense Fire Immortals ascended through the belief of their followers, gaining recognition from the Immortal Realm. They should have some kind of organ analogous to a Spirit Root, no?"
Li Mo wasn’t particularly interested in the path of ascension through incense and belief, as it was impossible to replicate in later generations.
But so long as it was a unique organ, it would undoubtedly hold value. Who knew—it might even integrate into his Three Immortal Body, pushing his Immortal Body to new heights.
