The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 253 - 158: Creating One’s Own Heaven and Earth

"The Dragon Turtle has already died." His voice carried a faint sorrow, "We shall enter its body to pay our respects, and incidentally see if Wen Liangyu can inherit its legacy." His old friend was of a gentle nature; if he had not already passed away, how could the Dragon Turtle’s majesty spread throughout Heart Lake? Alas, he knew as soon as he dived in, it’s just that without witnessing it with his own eyes, he inevitably held onto some hope.

Unfortunately, such a pleasant surprise never seems to happen to him.

The friendships among demons are really peculiar. Ning Xiaoxian stuck out her tongue, don’t they find it rude to disturb the dead? But Changtian is the boss, what he says goes.

She walked forward a little bit and finally arrived above the giant turtle’s head. She suppressed her anxiety and looked downward, afraid that the giant turtle might suddenly come to life and extend its head to swallow her whole...

Thankfully, that imagined scene didn’t occur. The behemoth remained silent; she saw that the giant turtle’s last posture was with its head stretched towards the lakebed, its huge mouth open downwards.

"We’re here. Let’s go in through its mouth," Changtian commanded.

"What, go in through there?!" Seeing the giant turtle today, her cleverness had vanished, leaving only reverent worship for this miracle of life.

Even knowing Changtian wouldn’t harm her, Ning Xiaoxian still felt her scalp tingle. Going into the giant turtle’s mouth?! She seemed to have accidentally glanced inside just now and noticed its crisscrossed teeth—clearly a mouth full of sharp fangs! Was she really going to run into someone’s mouth, and what if its huge jaws suddenly snapped shut?

"Be good, listen up. The mouth is the entrance, otherwise you won’t find any other way in," Changtian reassured her, knowing her awe.

She swallowed hard twice, then with the resolve of a brave warrior never to return, she trudged toward the giant turtle’s mouth.

Sure enough, all was peaceful. The giant turtle had been dead for who knows how many years, and everything inside its mouth had turned to stone. She walked along the tongue and through the throat, soon realizing something was amiss.

Inside the Dragon Turtle’s body, there was no water! As she walked up from the throat, she also stepped by step out of the water, onto dry ground!

"Alright, stand still here. Bring Wen Liangyu out, he is the inheritor," he instructed.

Wen Liangyu had been itching to come out while in the God Demon Prison, and now released, though his shape was that of a little mink, his dark and sleek body still retained human habits, standing upright on his hind legs to survey his surroundings.

Although this place was inside the giant turtle’s body, it lacked any feeling of a living creature’s stickiness. She took a few steps forward, walking on the hard ground formed by the giant turtle’s flesh and blood.

In front of her was a thick and solid gate, at least twenty-two meters tall, probably also congealed from the giant turtle’s flesh and blood. Located right behind the turtle’s throat, it firmly guarded the vast space behind. Ning Xiaoxian looked at the gate, clueless about how to open it. The door wasn’t too complex, rather, it was too simple—from top to bottom, square and neat, without any decorative patterns or hints, not even a door ring, just like a big, smooth stone that had grown a crack.

She reached out to push it lightly, and as expected, the door didn’t budge. Who knows how many demons had come here over the millennia, but they probably all returned empty-handed.

Ning Xiaoxian wondered, "How could there be such a thing inside the body of the giant turtle?" Which creature’s body would grow a pair of gates? This was definitely not naturally formed.

Changtian remained silent for a while, then said softly, "He turned his body into a Magic Artifact."

What, that’s possible?! This plot twist is too terrifying, she found it hard to accept.

Changtian continued: "The Dragon Turtle had long since developed an External Body, existing independently of the True Body. Divine Beasts from Ancient Times, generally with extremely powerful physical bodies, often chose to turn their True Bodies into Magic Artifacts for combat. Only my old friend..." He paused as if recalling the past, then said, "turned his True Body into this. I’ve been here a few times; he lived here normally, reading, divining, and deducing for entertainment, rarely engaging in battles."

She understood; this must be the nature of a turtle then, even after becoming a Divine Beast, it preferred to withdraw and live its little life – so, what was the Ba Snake’s nature? However, what exactly was the relationship between a Divine Beast’s True Body and External Body?

Changtian chuckled and explained: "I can’t think of the right words at the moment. An External Body is condensed from our True Body, carrying all Divine Sense and thoughts, yet its essence is still a formidable Divine Body; once formed, it can command the True Body to act. Our connection with the True Body is profound and mysterious, kind of like the telepathy between twins, yet distinct, this miraculous sensation is hard to articulate."