Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 534 - 531 - s Thick Earth

The immortal light permeating from his body directly penetrated the Giant Spirit God he was tightly embracing, then burst through, scattering the opponent into pieces.

Lu Ren's eyes flickered with a faint crystalline sheen, it seemed that although Sun Wukong had been sealed for so long, he had still accumulated a significant foundation, even possessing the ability to trigger the latent reserves deep within him.

Watching Sun Wukong panting heavily, his youthful face quickly became aged, the thick golden fur on his body shed, leaving only sparse tufts of monkey hair scattered remaining on him, the tender pink skin also blackened once more at this instant, appearing quite eerie.

Lu Ren noted it with surprise, saying: "To think that in just a few short years, you could reach this stage, no wonder you're still adamant about walking the Immortal Path, only veering off course, seeking a way to achieve an alternative Immortal Human Realm without condensing a Taoism Fruit. Turns out, your root, your core is already tightly intertwined with the Immortal Path."

Sun Wukong, after taking several deep breaths, pounded his aged waist, laboriously straightened up, his voice hoarse, "Indeed, I can't defy old age anymore, just a single extreme sublimation consumed so much of my energy, not sure when I'll live a second life again."

Lu Ren responded indifferently, "If you want to rejuvenate, reshape time, make your withered vitality bloom anew, relying solely on yourself isn't that easy."

Sun Wukong retorted irritably, "Do you think everyone is like you, switching paths without any hesitation?

I even think you're the monster, forcing the True Essence power into Witch Power instead of dispersing your entire realm, building from the very basics step by step."

Lu Ren was noncommittal, "That's how it is with exceptional talent, nothing can be done about it. You also understand that in this world, people aren't exactly the same, some are just too outstanding by nature."

"..." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Without words, Sun Wukong laughed deeply. Looking at the shattered fragments of the Giant Spirit God, who had been transformed by the strange immortal light from his body, he said after a while, "I knew that guy, when I fought my way to the South Celestial Gate back then, I sent him flying with a single staff strike, never thought he'd die here."

Lu Ren seized on the information precisely, "So, this battlefield happened in your era?"

Sun Wukong quizzically turned to glance at Lu Ren, his tone carrying slight doubt, "Immortal Human's lifespan is thirty thousand years, Earth Immortal's is a hundred thousand, Celestial Immortal's is a million. The rise of the Immortal Path wasn't more than a few hundred thousand years, it took a lot of time before the Witches were completely wiped out."

"But you said before that it took several tens of thousands of years to sweep out the Witches?"

"Of course, you must understand, after clearing out most of the Witches, some inheritance still remained hidden passing down."

Sun Wukong looked up at the distant remnant of the Ancestral Witch, his eyes showed a gleam, "Strictly speaking, this was the last Ancestral Witch schemed to death. The Witch Demon War was already the end of the Witches, and the Celestial Court had already begun to emerge in that era, gathering most of the power."

Upon discussion, some of the paths within might not be as simple as imagined but are tangled with many complex matters.

However, Lu Ren didn't delve further, regardless of what earth-shattering events happened in that era, such a long span of time had passed, those shocking conspiracies, calculations, had long since sunk below the earth, no longer breathing.

After a brief moment of cultivation, one man and one monkey continued on towards the remnant of the Ancestral Witch.

The following journey took nearly a month, Lu Ren and Sun Wukong finally arrived at this remnant of the Ancestral Witch, which had no end in sight.

Lu Ren consciously approached, looking at the enormous epithelial cell larger than himself, despite the countless ages that had passed, yet the epithelial cell before him still showed astonishing vitality.

He could feel the astonishing life energy within, once a certain powerful restriction over the body disappeared, it might very well come back to life.

But there's a problem, the sea of consciousness at the brow had been penetrated. Despite the fusion of spirit and flesh being basic, if the consciousness is extinguished, the body, no matter how astonishing its life energy, remains useless.

More importantly, Lu Ren felt an indescribable agitation from the Ancestral Witch's remnant, a fury like having seen one's closest kin murdered, a passionate hatred raging in his chest unstoppably.

Sun Wukong standing by, watching Lu Ren with bloodshot eyes, wisely did not disturb him. He understood very well, the dependency of Witches on bloodlines is incredibly crucial, and as an Ancestral Witch, from a layer, it could very well be a root of Witchblood lineage.

The significance of the name Ancestral Witch is certainly not as simple as merely naming it so.

After a while, forcibly suppressing the anger and discomfort in his heart, Lu Ren reached out to gently touch, yet aside from feeling the incredible vitality emitted by this huge epithelial cell, there was no other reaction.

The Ancestral Witch before him, its consciousness had been entirely erased, and to prevent it from possibly slowly reviving due to its unbelievably powerful body, every abnormal power within its consciousness, bloodline were completely purged.

After a long while, Lu Ren asked, "Do you know this Ancestral Witch's name?"

Sun Wukong shook his head slightly, "The name is no longer remembered, even this part of history in the entire Immortal Path records, has no mentions, because it's genuinely an especially disgraceful event.

If anyone knows, it's likely only Tathagata and the Jade Emperor."

Just as Lu Ren was about to speak, the long-silent system in his mind suddenly emerged, the prompt it provided left him deeply astonished.

"Ding, you have discovered the remnant of the Ancestral Witch Thick Earth, this remnant seems to harbor certain secrets, potentially affecting the world's direction."

"Ding, brave adventurer, you are facing the world's choice, it might involve certain hidden aspects from the Ancient Times."

"Thick Earth!"

Lu Ren's eyes turned contemplative, his heart filled with a slight shock. According to ancient mythology, Thick Earth was a Taoist from the Netherworld, moved by compassion for mankind, seeing that after death, all creatures had no resting place, their souls just dispersing into the heavens and earth.

She voluntarily transformed into the reincarnation conduit, leading the Three Realms' deceased spirits back into the Netherworld, using former life's deeds as a scale, determining the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

But a legend is just that, a legend. Until Zhang Tongxuan unearthed many secrets through numerous Immortal God's Tombs, it has already been entirely affirmed, the Six Paths of Reincarnation do not exist, the Underworld's endless yin malicious aura has permeated for so many years, now only a few Mortal World regions remain within the Underworld.

Everywhere else has completely become the stronghold of demons and sinister entities, where is there any Six Paths of Reincarnation, after death, the souls dissipate back into nature, cycling continuously without rest.