I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 843 Did Father Achieve Immortal Status?
Xuanqiong Realm, Outer Edge Patrol Area, Eleventh Transfer Station.

Located between the Boundary City and the Xuanqiong Realm, this place is where most flying ships resupply and where demon hunters rest.

After arriving at the battlefield outside the domain, Li Chengyi came to work in the Demon Suppression Mansion, where he was one of the stewards.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, regulating his breathing and cultivating himself.

With his Yin-Yang Realm cultivation and the various treasures given to him by Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing, he was able to protect himself without any problems. However, he still needed to be careful. Although the boundary city ahead could block large-scale demonic tides, there were often many Heavenly Demons above the Heavenly Transformation level scattered outside.

suddenly……

"Boom——!!!"

A deafening roar erupted.

Li Chengyi strode out and quickly looked up. In the distance, within the boundary city, light flashed, dazzlingly bright.

"what happened?"

Li Chengyi's pupils constricted.

"This seems to be an explosion at the core of the Boundary City, and the protective array has malfunctioned! Could it be an attack by a Heavenly Demon? But... even if the Undying Chaos Demon attacked, it would be difficult to break through the Boundary City. Could it be a Void Immortal level?"

The distance to Dingyuan City was not too far. Li Chengyi focused his pupil power and looked into the distance, but he did not see any signs of the Heavenly Demon.

Li Chengyi's heart sank. Such a change must mean that something he didn't know had happened.

At the transfer station, alarms sounded, and countless people emerged from the quiet room, their expressions all changing.

Such a scene made everyone realize that something major had happened. If something went wrong in the Boundary City, the defense against the Heavenly Demons would be breached, and the entire situation would immediately become precarious.

"Deacon Li, what has happened?" A cultivator at the third stage of the Heavenly Transformation Realm rushed over.

Li Chengyi had not yet had a chance to answer.

A cultivator at the Yin-Yang Void Breaking Realm flew into the air and shouted urgently, "The evil sects have broken the alliance between good and evil and destroyed the Boundary City. All those under the jurisdiction of the Demon Suppression Palace, immediately enter wartime alert! Activate the formations at full power! Abandon the outer patrols and hold this position!"

Everyone was stunned when he said that.

Tear apart the alliance between good and evil?

This news struck everyone like a thunderbolt.

For tens of thousands of years, the righteous and the evil have cooperated to resist the Heavenly Demon. Although there have been frequent disputes, they have always been within a controllable range. Suddenly breaking the alliance and even destroying the boundary city is an act that catches people off guard.

At this moment, someone urgently exclaimed, "Heavenly Demons... a large-scale aura of Heavenly Demons has appeared in the Demon Reflection Mirror. It must be that the Heavenly Demons sensed that something was wrong with the Boundary City and poured in through the spatial rift..."

……

Within the realm of Xuan Qiong.

Zhige Tianyuan, in the White Jade Square.

Under the illumination of the Myriad Manifestations Mirror, the projections of the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable and the Evil Venerable, the avatars of cultivators from the righteous and evil paths, confronted each other.

The Spirit Lord's face was full of anger: "Lord of Jiuli Mountain, what exactly do you want to do?"

The Lord of Jiuli Mountain said coldly, "Fellow Daoist Lingbao, why ask a question you already know the answer to? We merely wish to find a way to survive."

"A way out?" Lingbao Daozun frowned. "What do you mean? As long as you guard the boundary city and fight against the Heavenly Demon together, why would our righteous path cause trouble without reason?"

"Safeguard the border city?" The Nine Li Mountain Lord's eyes suddenly turned sharp as knives. "When Gu Yuanqing returns to the outer battlefield with the might of a Void Immortal, can we still hold our ground?"

He paused, then said, word by word, "Enough with the nonsense. And don't waste time. Clear the interdimensional passage so that my heretical sects can return to the Spirit Realm! Otherwise..."

He swept his gaze across the crowd and said coldly, "Dingyuan City is just the beginning! With the collapse of fifty-seven boundary cities, the Heavenly Demons have taken advantage of the situation. I don't know what will happen in the end. Gu Yuanqing is indeed a Void Immortal, but even he has an end to his lifespan. I'm sure Fellow Daoist Lingbao doesn't want the entire Spirit Realm to be devastated in the future, does he?"

"Lord of Jiuli Mountain, you are also a cultivator of this realm, and you have also contributed to resisting the Heavenly Demon. Do you really intend to do such a heinous and self-destructive thing?! Aren't you afraid of the cycle of Heaven's retribution?" A powerful cultivator from the Zhengyi Sect, who was known for his inhumanity and immortality, shouted.

The Lord of Jiuli Mountain laughed loudly, his voice hoarse and unpleasant: "Retribution is inevitable? Haven't you all been saying that we are evil cultivators? If we are evil, then we will do evil things. Lingbao, you had better think carefully. My true self has already been killed, my path is cut off, and I don't have many days left to live. If you don't want to gamble with the safety of the Spirit Realm, then make way for me today. I'll say it again, don't think about delaying for Gu Yuanqing to come. As long as you don't make way, a realm city will be destroyed every half hour."

Even if he comes, we might not survive, but can he stop us from destroying the Boundary City? We're going to die anyway, so we might as well take some more down with us!

As soon as he said that, many heretical cultivators echoed his words.

"That's right, since we're all going to die anyway, let's take all the righteous sects with us!"

"After so many years of following the rules, it's time to let loose a little!"

Upon hearing these words, the expressions of the righteous cultivators present changed slightly. In a moment of desperation, these evil sects were indeed capable of such actions.

The righteous and evil factions each control half of the boundary cities. Even though the central hub of these boundary cities is in the hands of the Spirit Lord, if the Undying Chaos cultivator forcibly destroys them from within, the Spirit Lord cannot stop him.

The Spirit Lord's face was grim as his gaze swept across the faces of the many righteous cultivators. Each of them had a solemn expression, and they communicated with each other through divine sense.

Time passed little by little.

"Lingbao, have you thought it through? My patience is limited. If you can't make a decision, perhaps I could help you again..." The Lord of Jiuli Mountain stared at the Spirit Venerable.

As the voices spoke, another city in the distant sky shone brightly.

"Wait!" Lingbao Tianzun shouted.

The Lord of Jiuli Mountain revealed a slight smile: "That's right. Our evil sects have resisted the Heavenly Demons for tens of thousands of years, and our contributions are no less than those of your righteous sects. We don't ask for much; we just want to find a way to survive!"

Venerable Lingbao said in a deep voice, "We can let you retreat to the Spirit Realm, but... the evil sects must hand over the Realm Token. If another Realm City is destroyed, don't blame us for being impolite."

……

Li Chengyi watched as one after another flying boats belonging to evil sects flew past the transfer station not far away.

Beside Li Chengyi stood a middle-aged cultivator.

This person is named Qin Baiyu, a Yin-Yang Void Breaking cultivator from the Heavenly Dao Palace, and also the person in charge of this place.

He said softly, "From now on, this Xuanqiong Realm will have to rely solely on us righteous sects to support it?"

"Brother Qin, what exactly happened? Why did the evil sects break the alliance between good and evil, and why are they withdrawing from the Xuanqiong Realm now?" Li Chengyi asked.

Qin Baiyu chuckled softly: "Because the world has changed!"

"The world has changed?" Li Chengyi was taken aback.

Qin Baiyu turned around and said, "That's right. Someone in the Spirit Realm has achieved the status of a Void Immortal. It is said that the experts of the evil sects went to block his path, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. They were afraid that this Void Immortal would settle scores with them afterward, so they retreated to their sect's base. They were afraid that the righteous path would obstruct them, so they threatened him with the Realm City."

“A Void Immortal? Which great cultivator is it? Could it be a Spirit Venerable? Or…” Li Chengyi suddenly paused, as if he had thought of something.

Qin Baiyu shook her head: "I'm not quite sure, it doesn't seem so. I only heard about this from an elder of the sect." ...

In the spirit world, the situation also changed drastically.

The evil sects scattered across continents, whether overt or covert, their outposts, their markets, and even some resource-rich secret realms that had been operating for hundreds of years, were all decisively abandoned.

One after another, the hidden streaks of light quickly retreated, leaving behind only empty houses and a lingering chill.

The boundaries of forces that were originally locked in a tug-of-war or infiltration with the righteous path are rapidly collapsing inward, as if afraid that moving too slowly will invite unforeseen changes.

No secrets stay hidden forever, especially when it comes to such a large-scale operation by an evil sect.

Countless people tried every means to find out what had happened, and gradually a piece of news began to circulate.

A virtual immortal—someone has achieved the status of a virtual immortal!
This news spread rapidly throughout the spirit world, causing a huge uproar.

This can be said to be the biggest event in tens of thousands of years.

Since the disappearance of the Heavenly Sword Elder fifty thousand years ago, there has been no news of Void Immortals in this vast and boundless world. The one with the highest cultivation is the Undying Chaos Immortal.

Many people speculate that the path to immortality in this world has been severed, and the sudden appearance of a nascent immortal is bound to cause quite a stir.

Countless righteous cultivators applauded, and the once rampant evil sects had no choice but to tuck their tails between their legs.

In order to ward off evil, righteous cultivators have had to compromise and endure countless horrific acts of cruelty over the years, yet they have no choice but to turn a blind eye, all for the sake of the greater good.

No one dared to break the alliance between good and evil. It was precisely because the evil sects saw this that they dared to act recklessly and arrogantly.

Starting today, this situation has been reversed.

Moreover, the possibility that extraterrestrial demons might exist at the level of illusory immortals has always been like a sword hanging over their heads, but now that there are illusory immortals in the spirit realm, many cultivators naturally feel more confident.

For cultivators at the Chaos Realm level, it was as if a light had suddenly appeared in their hearts.

Since someone can become a virtuous immortal in the spirit world, it means that the path to immortality has not been severed. For cultivators, this is like a lighthouse suddenly piercing the sky in the endless night, or a sword cutting through the fog!
"If he can do it, why can't I?" This thought spread like wildfire in the hearts of many top cultivators, and their cultivation, which had stagnated for many years, seemed to be infused with a new vitality and desire.

……

Three months later, all the major cities were finally handed over to the righteous sects.

However, with the retreat of the evil sects, almost half of the people in the entire Xuanqiong Realm were gone, greatly increasing the pressure on the guardians of the Heavenly Demon. All the major righteous sects transferred experts from the Spirit Realm to provide support.

Apart from Dingyuan City, no other boundary city was indeed extensively destroyed. However, the evil sects were unwilling to hand over the boundary cities intact to the righteous path. They secretly used various methods to take away the important resources that were originally in the boundary cities.

Moreover, during the handover, some city defenses were opened, and evil sects intentionally allowed the Heavenly Demons to enter, thereby restraining the righteous forces and leaving behind a complete mess.

With problems arising in the border city, the number of demons wandering near the transit station has increased. Li Chengyi, who works at the Demon Suppression Bureau, is extremely busy.

It took about half a year for the situation to gradually stabilize.

He asked Qin Baiyu for leave and returned to the Xuanqiong Realm with a supply ship, then hurriedly headed to the Lingxu Sect's base near Zhige Tianyuan.

Before a sacred mountain stretching for hundreds of miles, shrouded in clouds and mist, Li Chengyi pressed down his escape light and landed in front of the mountain gate inscribed with the ancient seal characters "Lingxu".

This place is guarded by disciples of the Lingxu Sect.

Li Chengyi tidied his appearance, took out a visiting card and handed it over, saying, "Li Chengyi, the patrol officer of the Demon Suppression Palace, has come to pay his respects to Senior Miaoxuan of your esteemed sect. Please announce my arrival."

The disciple on duty, seeing that it was a disciple of Dao, dared not be negligent. He looked Li Chengyi up and down, sensing that his cultivation was not weak, and said, "Senior Sister is busy with affairs and may not be able to see you. Please wait here for a while, and I will inform her immediately."

"Thank you!" Li Chengyi said, clasping his hands in thanks.

The disciple immediately took the letter and rode away in a flash of light.

Others led Li Chengyi to sit down in the courtyard.

Deep in the mountains, atop the main peak.

Li Miaoxuan was discussing important sect matters with her junior sister Mu Chuxia. As a sect disciple, she held a prestigious position, second only to the sect leader, and usually maintained a cold and dignified demeanor.

Upon receiving the invitation, a quick scan with his divine sense revealed a warm, spring-like smile that instantly melted across her icy, jade-like face, her eyes shimmering with gentle light.

Mu Chuxia, who was standing to the side, was greatly surprised when she saw this. She had known this Daoist senior sister for hundreds of years and had rarely seen her with such an expression.

"Senior sister, this is..."

Li Miaoxuan smiled and said, "It is my son Cheng Yi. Junior Sister Mu, please arrange for the guest elder to lead him to 'Jingwu Pavilion' to wait. I will be there shortly."

Mu Chuxia was shocked. Senior Sister Miaoxuan actually had a child.
However, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, quickly agreed, and hurriedly left to make the arrangements.

Before long, under the guidance of the elder, Li Chengyi was led to a quiet and elegant courtyard, where he was served spiritual tea and fresh fruit.

A moment later, Li Miaoxuan arrived. She dismissed the servants and disciples, leaving only the mother and son in the pavilion.

Li Chengyi stepped forward, intending to perform a grand salute: "Your son greets Mother."

Li Miaoxuan gently raised her hand, and a soft force supported him: "There are no outsiders here, no need for formalities. Since you have come to see your mother, just state your identity directly. Why present that visiting card and pretend to be a junior?"

Li Chengyi straightened up and smiled, "Mother is a Daoist disciple of the Lingxu Sect, and countless eyes are focused on her both inside and outside the sect. I was just afraid of causing trouble for Mother."

Li Miaoxuan waved her hand and smiled: "There's no need for that. You are my son, not someone to be ashamed of. Who would dare to gossip? Come, sit down and let's talk. You've been in the extraterritorial battlefield for quite a few years now. Why did you decide to come see your mother today?"

Li Chengyi sensed the reproach in her voice, knowing that his mother was referring to his long absence without a visit. He said awkwardly, "I came here for training; if I had come to Mother's place, I'm afraid..."

Li Miaoxuan chuckled: "Are you afraid I'll control you? That makes sense. You're all grown up now, it's not comfortable to be controlled every day."

Li Chengyi hurriedly tried to kneel down again: "Your child has no such intention."

Li Miaoxuan stopped her, saying, "Alright, alright, I was just saying it casually. Sit down and talk."

Li Chengyi sat down again and then asked, "Mother, this time the evil path withdrew from the Xuanqiong Realm, and I heard that the Spirit Realm is also gathering its forces. Everyone says that someone has achieved the status of a Void Immortal. Is this Void Immortal... Father?"

Li Miaoxuan was taken aback, then smiled and nodded, saying, "It's your father." She paused and added, "He is a newly ascended Immortal, and the key to his integration with the laws of heaven and earth is that he hasn't been able to tell you yet. Once his cultivation is more stable, he will meet you."

"Is it really my father?" Although Li Chengyi had already guessed, he couldn't help but feel a jolt of surprise upon hearing this.

Having been in the Spirit Realm for so long, I naturally know what a Void Immortal means.

Over the past year, he has made numerous inquiries, but has received no definitive information. There are rumors that it is his father, but others say it is someone else.

He came to the outer realms for training and worked for the Demon Suppression Bureau. He never revealed his true origins. His Yin-Yang cultivation level was only considered mid-to-low level in the Demon Suppression Bureau. In addition, he was busy all day long and only knew what he had heard from others.

He had considered contacting his father, but thinking that if his father had achieved the status of a Void Immortal, he would surely still be consolidating his realm, and he dared not break the jade talisman to disturb him for a mere message.

(End of this chapter)