The First Immortal of Destiny-Chapter 483: Dramatic Changes in the World (Part 4)_1
The cultivators on the ship must be like those I encountered before, appearing on the Boat House, Shen Mo thought, looking back towards the Boat House with a contemplative expression.
He could now confirm that this magic ship indeed originated from the Heaven Patrolling Zone and was a Boat House magic treasure belonging to the Heaven Patrolling Temple.
However, the ship, along with the cultivators on it, had become something akin to the Suspended Fairy Mountain!
In the world, besides Human Cultivators, evil cultivators, demonic beasts, Soul Ghosts, spirits, Human Ghosts, and various other creatures, there were also many kinds of aberrations and Evil Spirits.
These could be living creatures, specific regions, or even certain phenomena. With the outbreak of the demonic calamity, such aberrations and Evil Spirits were appearing with increasing frequency.
The Suspended Fairy Mountain that Shen Mo had previously encountered, and the Heaven Patrolling Boat House he had just seen, were such aberrations and Evil Spirits.
Yuan Chengshan, the original Hall Master of the Immortal Welcoming Hall, had lost his life after mistakenly entering the Suspended Fairy Mountain. Shen Mo and Senior Sister Jiang Lingfeng had also nearly been trapped there. Only by exhausting all their means and relying on Senior Sister Jiang’s Grade V Dreamy Birth Pill, specifically targeting the characteristics of the Suspended Fairy Mountain, did they manage to escape.
The Heaven Patrolling Boat House, while seemingly less bizarre than the Suspended Fairy Mountain, was no less dangerous.
Both the Sea Patrol General Sea Monkey Demon and Shen Mo had boarded the Boat House, and neither had detected any dangerous anomalies. However, for an Evil Spirit, such a situation was actually abnormal.
When Shen Mo left the Heaven Patrolling Boat House, this Evil Spirit began to reveal its true form.
Judging from the cultivators of different eras and factions on the ship, the Evil Spirit would have tried to drag Shen Mo aboard. This would have happened whether or not he used his Pure Yang Pupil or set the white-robed female cultivator ablaze with True Fire. Its goal was to turn him into one of the many cultivators on the vessel.
Setting the figure on fire had merely triggered the crisis a step sooner.
For me, it might not have been so bad... he considered.
Ordinary cultivators, lacking powerful Destinies such as ’Insight into All Beings’ or Danger Perception, would be unable to determine if the people on the ship were living or dead, nor could they sense the impending danger.
Upon discovering this magic ship, they would likely be tempted to claim it as their own.
After all, such large magic treasures were difficult to forge and were priceless.
Once the figures on the ship manifested, it wouldn’t be long before these cultivators were dragged onto the vessel by its enslaved spirits, quietly transforming into one of them.
Most of the cultivators on this Boat House had likely met this fate.
As for why the ship carried cultivators from different eras, Shen Mo had some uncertain speculations.
Perhaps the cultivators of the Heaven Patrolling Temple who owned this Boat House had, through some strange place like Death Jaw, mistakenly entered the river of history. Eventually, for some unknown reason, the ship transformed into an Evil Spirit. For thousands of years, it has been turning the powerful from various eras into enslaved spirits on board.
Perhaps this Heaven Patrolling Boat House, after becoming an Evil Spirit, gained the ability to traverse the currents of time, appearing in the past intermittently to ferry unlucky souls.
It’s also possible that the vessel currently housing this Evil Spirit is prone to decay, and the Heaven Patrolling Boat House is merely its new host...
Due to the limited information, Shen Mo couldn’t reach a definitive conclusion.
There was only one thing he could be sure of: this Evil Spirit was not to be trifled with. Even with his considerable strength and supernatural Skills that far surpassed ordinary people, he had still almost been ensnared.
Probably only those at the Golden Core Realm, relying on their profound Cultivation Realm, could survive such strangeness... This can be inferred from the absence of any Golden Core Realm old-timers on the ship.
After flying for several hundred more miles, Shen Mo took out the Soul Refining Flag and shook it, summoning an early-stage Class III variant Demon Soul General.
Next, he implanted a Soul Splitting Rune into its body and directed it to fly towards the Heaven Patrolling Boat House. Shortly thereafter, the Demon Soul General appeared near the vessel.
Through the Demon Soul General’s vision, Shen Mo saw that the cultivators on the ship had reverted to their previous appearances. Moreover, the woman in white had reappeared on deck, not truly incinerated by the Pure Yang Fire.
The Demon Soul General lingered near the Boat House for a while, soon attracting the attention of the ship’s enslaved spirits, who all lifted their heads in unison to watch it.
Then, this group of "cultivators" flew up one by one, pouncing on the Demon Soul General!
WHOOSH!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Shen Mo focused his entire will on controlling the Demon Soul General, drawing upon its chaotic Demonic Qi and shaping it into a sharp sword, successively unleashing waves of Universe Sword Qi.
Under the sharp sword Qi, if these enslaved spirits could be destroyed like the white-robed female cultivator earlier, they wouldn’t be able to get near the Demon Soul General for a short time.
But once they left the Heaven Patrolling Boat House, all the enslaved spirits, including the white-robed female cultivator, became "undying and indestructible" entities.
The sword Qi could indeed injure and dismember them upon impact.
However, the severed limbs continued to surge towards the Demon Soul General as if they were still "alive."
In the blink of an eye, the Demon Soul General was overwhelmed by severed limbs, piles of intestines, and even finer fragments of flesh!
Before Shen Mo could react, his vision went black; he had completely lost his connection to this Demon Soul General.
The soul mark of this Demon Soul General on the Soul Refining Flag also dimmed simultaneously.
SWISH!
Shen Mo shook the Soul Refining Flag, attempting to re-condense the Demon Soul General, but he was unsuccessful.
Following the loss at the Buddhist temple on Suspended Fairy Mountain, another Demon Soul General had completely perished.
Recalling the scene of the Demon Soul General being captured by the Boat House’s enslaved spirits, Shen Mo finally understood why, even with the premonitions from his Danger Perception Destiny, he himself would be "no match" for these enslaved spirits.
No matter how powerful his Skills or his killing methods were, he couldn’t completely annihilate them. In the end, he would inevitably be dragged onto the ship by these enslaved spirits and become one of them.
Having obtained so much useful information, it’s enough to report back to the sect, he thought.
With this in mind, Shen Mo delayed no further. He transformed into a faint golden streak of light and flew towards Dingbo City in Sea State.
However, halfway there, his [Chanjue] Destiny triggered once again, sending frantic warnings!
What’s going on? Could a Class IV Big Heavenly Demon have discovered my whereabouts and attacked me? This was the first thought that flashed through Shen Mo’s mind.
This location was not too far from the Near Sea Demon Cave.
If a Class IV demon head were to act, it would indeed pose an immense threat to him.
Once he calmed his mind and viewed the premonition from his [Chanjue] Destiny, his expression changed drastically. Without any hesitation, he immediately activated his remaining Feather Transformation Charms, consuming all three in rapid succession as faint blue smoke dissipated and his figure flickered three times!
Nevertheless, the ominous premonition clung to him like a maggot to a bone, impossible to shake off.
Instantly, Shen Mo opened the Green Cloud Umbrella. His Mana and True Yuan poured into it like a deluge, unleashing its defensive power to its peak.
At the same time, he operated his "True Immortal Magic" to manifest the three-headed, six-armed god-demon form.
With this form, within a very short time, he executed dozens of Wall Palms. Lifelike phantoms of the ancient exotic beast, the Wall Water Badger, layered around him, forming multiple impregnable defenses.
Still, it wasn’t enough. The Big Dipper Array roared into existence, establishing a grim and deadly formation before him.
Torrents of Universe Sword Qi surged from the Demon Slaying Sword and, along with the True Fire generated by his Pure Yang Pupil, bombarded the area before him...
