Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

The purpose of this meeting, besides the reasons agreed upon last time, was to gather intelligence from all parties.

The ancient texts provided by the Four Seas Dragon Clan also played a role, but the real benefit actually came from the Northern Underworld Golden Mother Yuanjun, who had already reported this to the Great Dream Immortal Lord alone once.

Now, when I say this, it is to tell everyone.

After a slight pause, the Golden Mother Goddess stood up and stepped to the front of the stage to begin her story.

"Several years ago, during our trip to Burial Valley, we discovered the problem with the Time Desolate Vein, but it was only a branch vein that spread from the main vein of the Wilderness Belt."

"Therefore, I investigated the origins of the Wilderness Zone."

“The ancient demon court and the ancient dragon court each last for 30,000 years. Going back 90,000 years, such desolate and barbaric areas had already appeared.”

"【Desolate Ancient Land】is the earliest known name for the Spirit-Severing Zone, and it was also named by the Supreme Dragon Court."

"At that time it only occupied a small part, but now it has divided the Cangwu Realm into twelve regions of the Four Seas and Eight Desolations."

"There are a total of eleven main veins."

The Golden Mother Goddess introduced the matter calmly and slowly, and then revealed a shocking secret.

"I searched through ancient books and explored many ancient ruins from the Dragon Court era, and finally discovered some records of them."

"The Wild Vein is actually a kind of immortal insect."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked.

"---insect?"

"Insects created using Gu techniques? How is that possible? Could it be that the Golden Mother Yuanjun has made a mistake, or is there something wrong with that ancient book?"

"impossible!"

"It was not made using Gu magic, but is a naturally occurring immortal insect. If I'm not mistaken, its origin should be from the Realm of True Immortals."

The Golden Mother Goddess shook her head and asserted, then took out the ancient book and handed it to everyone to read. The book was stamped with the Dragon Emperor's golden seal, a unique technique from the Dragon Court era.

All items bearing this golden seal were taken from the Dragon Court's treasury, and there is absolutely no way they could be fake.

When the ancient book reached Gu Qing's hands for examination, he was momentarily silent.

Everything has two sides, yin and yang, and even the world is subject to this rule.

Ancient texts record a peculiar creature called the "Wilderness Insect" that was created for this purpose. The "Ascending Spirit Path" possesses all the creations of the heavens and uses human spirituality and wisdom to create something from nothing.

If a seventh-rank cultivator, through a lifetime of cultivation and the consumption of elixirs, extracts a total of three million units of spiritual energy from the world, then upon his death, he will return six million units of spiritual energy to the world.

This is the unique wisdom of the [Path of Ascension], a miracle born from the spirituality of all things. It is not exactly creation from nothing, but it does disrupt the natural balance of rules and order.

Following the Yin-Yang concept, all things in the universe interact and restrain each other.

Spiritual energy provides the gateway to immortality, while barrenness is its mortal enemy. The strange insects that breed there feed on spiritual energy and are impervious to all magic.

These insects cannot be observed with the naked eye or with divine sense; they are extremely tiny, and their rate of devouring spiritual energy is incredibly slow.

It took 90,000 years for it to evolve from a small patch into the eleven desolate main veins we see today. These desolate veins are actually nests formed from the solidified corpses of these insects.

Due to their low vitality, they eat slowly.

If a cultivator dies in a barren area, after the spirit weapon is dispelled, a spiritual vein can be formed, which will not dissipate for thousands of years.

This thing is unkillable and has an endless lifespan. It is even more peculiar than the Void Demon, and seems to be the embodiment of the opposite of laws and order.

The strange insects in the wilderness are actually harmless to living beings; they only feed on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This thing exists not only in the Cangwu cultivation world, but also in the True Immortal world.

Even a Celestial Immortal of the highest rank couldn't do anything about it, let alone Gu Qing and the others.

"Ugh……"

After it was circulated, everyone fell silent.

The truth that the Golden Mother Yuanjun discovered was truly breathtaking and indeed major news, but it wouldn't affect their generation in the short term. As long as the Cangwu Realm advanced quickly enough, the insects wouldn't be able to catch up with them. The Dharma-ending Age wouldn't arrive until countless years later.

Their current problem is the methods used by demon immortals, which are rejected by the Heavenly Dao... and so on.

Soon someone came to their senses.

"So, the demon immortal's method was actually to tamper with a barren branch, using the Heavenly Shuttle Secret Technique to shield the accumulation and condensation of forbidden powers such as the power of time."

"And thus indirectly harm our path to immortality?"

This is a man who understands.

Ultimately, the title of "Demon Immortal" sounds impressive, but in reality, it's only a lower-fourth-rank immortal, still within the middle-third-rank True Immortal realm.

Which of the founders of the Twelve Immortal Sects wasn't at this level?
The five ancestors of the human race were even stronger.

"Therefore, as long as the power of time condensed in the desolate vein beneath the Burial Valley is dispelled, the problem of being rejected by the Heavenly Dao can actually be solved."

This is to the point.

The Great Dream Immortal Lord at the head of the table nodded in affirmation.

“That’s right, but what the Golden Mother Goddess said wasn’t entirely unrelated.”

The Golden Mother sighed.

"That's the problem. The effect of the Sky Shuttle Secret Technique is concealment, which is basically useless once we discover it. The problem is the methods left behind by the demon immortal."

"That thick barrier formed by the sedimentation of the laws of time greatly accelerated the reproduction rate of the barren alien insects. Over three thousand years, countless insects have been born."

"It's alright to be trapped inside, but once the barrier of time is broken, the entire Western Wilderness will be devoured by a massive number of alien insects and turned into a land of no spirits. The larger the base, the faster Cangwu will decline."

"This is just a preliminary estimate; it is highly likely to spread to as far as the three regions."

Everyone: _(`」∠)_!!

It's too despicable; breaking it is one thing, not breaking it is another.

How should we decide?!

The atmosphere grew increasingly tense. Suddenly, the red-faced Daoist Lord Lei Zeshan said, "We're at a loss no matter what. We should break this barrier of time as soon as possible to prevent it from being affected by the power of the laws and causing more alien insects to multiply."

"A short pain is worse than a long one."

"But what about future generations? If the Cangwu Realm loses all its spiritual energy, won't it enter the Dharma-ending Age? I'm afraid the world itself will also fall to a lower level. This is unacceptable."

"Then what do you suggest we do? Are we just going to stand by and watch?"

"The longer it takes, the greater the loss. This damned Heavenly Shuttle Secret Technique."

He glanced at Gu Qing again as he spoke.

No, what the hell do you mean?!

"Silence."

Ultimately, it is up to Immortal Lord Da Meng to make the decision.

“The Burial Valley is located in the Western Wilderness. I have discussed this with Tianyunzi several times, and now we have three solutions.”

"First: Based on Kunlun Mountain's research on Guixu, use the [Void Teleportation Array] to throw the entire desolate Yin Vein into the Guixu Abyss, out of sight, out of mind."

"Second: I will use the [Heavenly Dream Path] to transform the entire area of ​​Burial Valley within a radius of ten thousand miles into a dreamlike illusion, refining the real into the fake, and throwing it into the abyss of Return to Nothingness."

"Third: Use the technique of creating a barrier to set up a passage that is tens of thousands of miles long, and lure the barren alien insects within the barrier of time to the Demon Court, so that the Eight Desolate Demon Clan can deal with them."

Two of the three options involve cutting off and discarding the affected tissue, just like when a person is injured and the wound is festering and needs to be removed.

After listening, Gu Qing began to consider the possibility of appealing to the emperor.

He possesses the [Heavenly Dao Offering Technique] to deliver information to the Heavenly Dao; he can certainly do it. (End of Chapter)