Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 697 - 691: Devastating Home Invasion! The Beginning of the Cultivation Prosperous Era_1
"The time for action is long overdue!"
The plan had been delayed until now, and the Dead Immortal had lived on for several more decades.
This thorn in my side should be dealt with sooner rather than later! Such a decaying existence should simply turn to dust!
Before Jia Ren departed, he deliberately dug a huge pit within the Lingbao Sect, into which a vast quantity of Spirit Sea from the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl continuously flowed. The massive amounts of nebulous Spiritual Liquid flowed out, gradually dissipating throughout the Lingbao Sect. Spiritual Energy flowed towards lower areas, and for the Spirit Sea, the Lingbao Sect was full of such depressions. From nebulous Spiritual Energy, it eventually turned into an incessant drizzle of Spiritual Rain.
In just half a day, the concentration of nature’s spiritual energy within the Main Sect of the Lingbao Sect had risen more than tenfold, truly making it a Blessed Land of Cave Heavens. This merely consumed less than one-tenth of the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl’s reserve of nature’s spiritual energy.
The three Sub-Sects, the Source Treasure Cave Heaven, and several Secret Realms followed suit, forcefully upgrading the quality of the Secret Realms. In the end, only one Spirit River remained in the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl’s Spirit Sea.
This was power left in reserve, to prevent any battles from erupting mid-journey in the Void, used for maintaining the State of Law, Heaven, and Earth. Jia Ren’s generous release of the nature’s spiritual energy from the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl had its own purpose.
When the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl’s Spiritual Energy is full, how can it accommodate even more nature’s spiritual energy? He planned to scour the Qian Realm for a large amount of nature’s spiritual energy to fill the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl and weaken the Dead Immortal Will’s strength.
Charity begins at home. As the Grand Elder of the Lingbao Sect, Jia Ren naturally infused the Sect and several Secret Realms with nature’s spiritual energy. The nature’s spiritual energy within the Secret Realms and the Source Treasure Cave Heaven became incredibly dense. This made it more likely for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to be born, and the Sect’s entire resource production depended on these Secret Realms.
If the nature’s spiritual energy from other Cultivation Worlds were all plundered and brought here, the Mysterious Realm would surely become the most powerful Cultivation World. All kinds of top-tier cultivation resources would be plentiful, and prodigies and extraordinary powerhouses would emerge one after another.
After finishing everything, Jia Ren finally transformed into his Golden-Winged Peng Bird Form, tearing through the Void as he sped towards the Qian Realm. Ever since he advanced to the Mahayana Stage, he had gained a significant increase in speed. Previously, it took over half a month to reach the Qian Realm, but now, the time had shortened to just half a month.
"I’m back again!"
Unlike his previous arrival in the Qian Realm, where he had to sneak around, this time Jia Ren made no attempt to hide and swaggered into the Qian Realm. Contrary to his expectations upon landing in the Qian Realm, the Dead Immortal Will did not resurge, nor did a great battle break out. All was calm.
Jia Ren was prepared for a magnificent battle with the Dead Immortal, only to find that the fellow had become a shrinking turtle!
What’s going on? Could it be aware that my strength is not what it used to be and has become cowardly? How to draw it out? Of course... by swallowing the nature’s spiritual energy of the Qian Realm into the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl! Without the Qian Realm’s nature’s spiritual energy, how long can the Dead Immortal Will hide?
"Dusk Treasured Light!"
Eight Paths of Dusk Treasured Light emerged around Jia Ren, as massive amounts of nature’s spiritual energy surged towards him at an alarming rate. The Birthless Killing Sword accumulated energy. During its Immortal Artifact Tribulation, he had not remained idle but absorbed the power of the Prohibition Treasure Mirror, transforming it into his Eighth Path of Dusk Treasured Light.
At this point, the Dusk Treasured Light was complete, and the speed of devouring and plundering nature’s spiritual energy had become even more terrifying. The surrounding nature’s spiritual energy seemed to be swallowed by an invisible maw. This situation continued to spread at an alarming rate. Everywhere it passed became a place of Dusk!
What Jia Ren was doing was akin to snatching food from the jaws of a tiger; not something others could readily emulate.
The nature’s spiritual energy in the Qian Realm had a problem—it was all tainted by the Dead Immortal Will’s Power of Laws. Such a massive amount of nature’s spiritual energy entering one’s body would contaminate one’s Spiritual Power. Even Mahayana Stage Cultivators with no solution would be under its control.
Not giving the Dead Immortal Will a chance for a last-ditch counterattack, the pure white Southern Ming Separation Fire rose within his body. The ’tainted’ nature’s spiritual energy from the Dead Immortal Will was instantly purged of its hidden dangers, leaving no chance for the Dead Immortal Will to gain control over him.
The aura of his expended Spiritual Power continued to expand, its influence reaching further and further.
Within Heaven and Earth, it seemed as if a will was awakening, but this power was far weaker than imagined, at most at the standard of the Mahayana Stage. It was only at this moment that the opposing side finally launched a counterattack!
What’s going on? After a few decades, the Dead Immortal Will has become this pathetic? Could its power be entering a period of decline?!
The Dead Immortal Will was no longer in its prime. It had struggled to persist for a hundred thousand years—no easy feat—and its power had long since begun to wane. If it had not been so, it would not have desired the Phoenix so desperately.
The power that had just coalesced was easily destroyed by Jia Ren, and from then on, there was no further trace of it.
"Is this all its strength?" I feel like I’ve been outsmarting thin air all this time...
Just as Jia Ren was using the Dusk Treasured Light, conquering as he went and shattering the coalesced Mahayana Stage ’World Will’.
Outside the Void, a Li Feng and a tremendously large Kunpeng were flying. The Li Feng, exuding the aura of an eighth-order pinnacle, seemingly sensed something and its expression turned extremely unsightly.
"Dammit! Hurry and take me back to the Qian Realm!"
So, it’s finally found its main target! The Kunpeng, with wings spanning ten thousand miles, coldly stared at the Li Feng, hesitated for a moment, and then flew off with it at an astonishing speed.
Over a decade ago, the Dead Immortal Will had raised its Li Feng avatar to the eighth-order pinnacle. It was impatient to eliminate Jia Ren and seize the Phoenix to achieve resurrection. Others affected by the nature’s spiritual energy could not leave Qian Country, but this did not affect the main body of the Dead Immortal Will. The Dead Immortal Will had deliberately spent a great amount of time and effort refining the Li Feng avatar, just for the freedom to move about.
It would no longer be passive but choose to actively attack! This time, it aimed to catch Jia Ren off guard and take him down completely.
The Dead Immortal Will was extremely familiar with the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade, which enabled it to conceal its movements, eluding the senses of the Immortal Treasure.
Before this, it had found the slumbering Kunpeng in the Cloud Realm and awakened it. Without being detected, the two of them headed straight for the Spirit Realm.
Upon arriving, they were completely baffled. The Spirit Realm had already collapsed, leaving only a few remaining areas, which had become a land of the Dusk long, long ago. No Cultivator could survive in such an area, let alone give rise to top-tier Cultivators.
Jia Ren might have originated from the Spirit Realm, but he had abandoned it countless years ago. The Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade must have been a treasure he took from the Spirit Realm.
The would-be decisive killing blow inevitably hit empty air.
The Dead Immortal Will did not wish to give up and took the Kunpeng to search several Cultivation Worlds known for their rich Spiritual Energy. Only lands enriched with nature’s spiritual energy could give birth to hidden dragons with outstanding potential, and only by searching Cultivation Worlds rich in Spiritual Energy could they find Jia Ren.
They wandered through the Void for decades, visiting no fewer than a dozen Cultivation Worlds, but from beginning to end, they found no trace.
Just when they were about to question their existence, the Dead Immortal Will suddenly discovered that its home had been robbed!
The thief was none other than the very Jia Ren they had been desperately pursuing...
Its search for the enemy had failed, and instead, its home had been ruined by that enemy...
This result nearly made the Dead Immortal Will explode with rage, and it hastily had the Kunpeng carry it at full speed toward the Qian Realm. Their current realm was extremely distant from the Qian Realm, and even with the Kunpeng’s unimaginable speed, they could not return quickly.
Only by killing Jia Ren can I quell my fury!
Jia Ren still believed that the Dead Immortal Will’s capabilities had declined, so he continually devoured the surrounding nature’s spiritual energy with no one to obstruct him. The massive influx of nature’s spiritual energy was transformed by the Southern Ming Separation Fire to eliminate any hidden dangers before finally entering the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl.
Incessant spiritual rain descended from the sky within the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl, and its nearly exhausted nature’s spiritual energy was gradually replenished. It seemed a second ’flooding’ disaster was imminent.
His plundering range expanded—ten thousand miles, then a hundred thousand miles! After plundering the nature’s spiritual energy in one area, he moved to another location and continued.
In comparable regions, the Qian Realm’s nature’s spiritual energy was richer than that of the Vast Wave Realm.
As the plundering drew to an end, the nature’s spiritual energy inside the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl was overflowing. However, the Qian Realm still retained a vast amount of nature’s spiritual energy.
"I’ll return to the Mysterious Realm first!"
There’s too much Spiritual Energy; I can’t hold it all. It can’t go to waste. A few more trips back and forth, and I can empty it completely.
Jia Ren returned to the Mysterious Realm to release the nature’s spiritual energy. The previous Spiritual Energy supply was to the Lingbao Sect; this time, it was to the Mysterious Realm.
A vast stream of nature’s spiritual energy continuously flowed into the Mysterious Realm, and the concentration of Spiritual Energy increased at an astounding rate. It was as if there was a return to the richness of nature’s spiritual energy found only in ancient times.
For Cultivators, this was an unprecedented grand occasion. In an instant, countless Cultivators cheered, ecstatic.
With such rich nature’s spiritual energy, the future was bound to produce countless treasures. When mortals and Cultivators had offspring, they would replenish the dwindling population. A thousand years later, the Mysterious Realm would welcome an era of peak prosperity!
The changes in nature’s spiritual energy did not escape the Lingbao Sect Cultivators. They felt the Mysterious Realm regaining vitality, with the concentration of Spiritual Energy beyond their comprehension. All of this was the Grand Elder’s achievement. As members of the Lingbao Sect, they shared in this glory.
"We’re truly fortunate that Jia Ren is a Lingbao Sect Cultivator!"
Had Jia Ren not been a Cultivator of the Lingbao Sect, it would have been impossible for the sect to continue to this day, let alone become the sovereign of a realm and lead the beginning of a golden age of cultivation.
The Lord of Suppressing Evil Peak was filled with lingering fear.
Back when the Sinful Denizens slandered Jia Ren, claiming he had destroyed the Sealed Eastern Lands, I harbored doubts about Jia Ren and even considered using forceful measures. Fortunately, Tian Lingzi stopped me, and no incident occurred. Otherwise, if that had happened and Jia Ren had become disillusioned and indifferent towards the Sect, would we ever have witnessed this day?
The Lingbao Sect had endured to this day, and the teachings passed down from ancient times were all the more crucial. Although these teachings had once caused the Lingbao Sect to suffer greatly, they had now brought an unimaginable reward.
Having replenished the Mysterious Realm with nature’s spiritual energy, Jia Ren hurried nonstop back to the Qian Realm, determined to empty it of all its nature’s spiritual energy.
I can’t let the enemy benefit from this! Once the Dead Immortal Will has no nature’s spiritual energy to rely on, and I hold the advantage, the tables will be turned! Acquiring information about the Immortal Realm will then become incredibly simple.
While Jia Ren was rushing to the Qian Realm, the Old Kunpeng had already taken Li Feng back there.
The Dead Immortal Will sensed the withering nature’s spiritual energy of the Qian Realm, vast areas turned into Extinguishing Spirit Zones—this was digging at its very roots! It felt a surge of blood in its throat, and a roar echoed through the heavens.
"I will find you, no matter where you are in the world!!!"
