I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 946 Is this a provocation?
Ningshou Boundary.

Linglong Realm, ranked forty-eighth, is not considered too weak.

There are more than ten forces and families that possess the Heavenly Transformation Realm.

The development of many exquisite realms in recent years has actually been quite rapid, at least much faster than the era when the Primordial Divine Sect suppressed the world.

The Linglong Realm is not lacking in resources; even the smallest Linglong Realm has a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

What's missing is only the inheritance, and the impact of the inherent imperfections of heaven and earth themselves.

Gu Yuanqing spread his teachings throughout the world, and his influence reached all realms. Although he did not impart specific methods, he gave countless low- to mid-level cultivators hope to continue their journey.

It was precisely for this reason that Gu Yuanqing's prestige in the Linglong Realm grew higher and higher over time, because people continuously benefited from it.

In truth, for these people from different realms, it doesn't really matter who is in charge of the Linglong Realm.

The truly powerful forces wouldn't even consider forces of their level a threat. As long as they don't court death, it doesn't matter.

The Primordial Holy Church had stirred up several storms in the realm, but they eventually subsided.

The Qian Yuan Divine Temple in Ning Shou Jie is located within the main city of Dong Qing, with a branch temple standing in the southeast, northwest and other directions.

The heads of these five halls are all disciples of the Qian Yuan Sect, while the others in the halls are mostly registered disciples of the Qian Yuan Sect. Furthermore, each hall serves as the core for the outer sect or registered disciples to establish a Daoist temple.

This is also the most direct way for people from other realms to enter the Qian Yuan Sect. Every ten years, each temple has a quota for recommending people to enter Beiquan Mountain for inner sect assessment.

For cultivators from any realm, this is a meteoric rise to power.

Within the sects of this realm, cultivators at the Heavenly Transformation stage are already at their limit. However, if one goes to the Qian Yuan Sect, even without the support of the Great Dao opportunities in their native realm, they can still have a much broader future.

The spots in Ning Shou Realm are obtained through a grand competition, and today is the day of the competition.

The area in front of the temple was packed with people, including not only the temple's believers but also members of various sects who came to witness the ceremony.

Although it was only a competition at the Dao Fire level, the spectators included people from the Void Heaven and Celestial Beings.

The competition had been going on for half a day, and the matches on the field were getting better and better, with cheers rising and falling from the audience.

No one noticed anything unusual.

A faint fragrance drifted across the square, through the crowd, and past the noses of every cultivator.

The fragrance itself is not problematic, but it has created a completely different scene in the Ning Shou Realm today.

It was like a spark falling into a pot of oil, igniting certain forces lurking deep within one's bloodline.

The first to get into trouble were the two young cultivators who were competing on the stage.

They were both at the Dao Fire Realm, evenly matched, and fought back and forth.

Suddenly, one of the men's auras surged, and a strange red light appeared in his eyes. He pounced on his opponent like a madman, each move aimed at mutual destruction. Caught off guard, his opponent was sent flying by a palm strike, spitting out blood and falling off the stage.

"Possessed by demons?"

There was an uproar.

The monks in the audience noticed something was wrong and stood up, only to find that they also had problems with their own bodies.

I felt my blood and qi starting to boil, my true essence accelerating uncontrollably, and countless distracting and demonic thoughts flooding my mind.

Their expressions changed, and they tried to suppress it, but found that the power within their bodies was completely uncontrollable.

Below the stage, more people began to change.

Many people's eyes turned bloodshot, their spiritual energy surged wildly, and they lost their minds, acting like madmen.

At that moment, the entire crowd seemed to be ignited, spreading like wildfire, unstoppable.

Shen Guanqi, the master of the Qian Yuan Divine Palace, suddenly stood up, his face ashen.

Possessed by demonic possession!

This is the power of the Demon Lord, and the people of the Primordial Temple!
They really have a lot of nerve, daring to make a move right in front of the Qian Yuan Sect.

He was about to unleash his magical artifacts and formations to suppress the situation when he suddenly discovered that his body had been corrupted by demonic energy, and everything was out of control.

Shen Guanqi's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly tried to crush the jade pendant he carried with him.

Just then, he vaguely heard a sinister laugh beside him. His entire body was restrained, and at that moment, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

"Palace Master Shen, relax. Before long, you'll be one of us. Why seek your own death?" A dark figure appeared beside him.

Another person coldly rebuked, "Stop making a fuss. Quickly seal him off completely. If something goes wrong and the experts of the Qian Yuan Sect find out, they will cross over and kill us all."

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems. Besides, even if they come, so what? Are they going to kill everyone in this world?"

"You'd better not have such thoughts. Gu Yuanqing is someone who can even overthrow the Ancient Divine Sect."

……

The five realms of Ning Shou Realm, Chong Guang Realm, Ju Mu Realm, Dong He Realm, and Fu Hua Realm were all plunged into chaos by a demonic calamity at almost the same time.

Even the realm-master sects that controlled the realm tokens were not spared, and even the disciples of the Qian Yuan Sect fell into the demonic path.

Even though the ancient realm no longer transmits messages, such things still spread very quickly.

When this news broke, the world was shocked.

Li Chengyi also received the news quickly. After all, when a sect in a realm where a demonic calamity broke out was in trouble, the first place to ask for help was naturally the Qian Yuan Sect.

Li Chengyi summoned the elders of the Qian Yuan Sect to discuss how to respond.

Just then, Li Chengyi suddenly sensed something, his mind focused on the Boundary Token, and he was shocked.

Li Guanrong asked, "Father, what's wrong?"

Li Chengyi slowly said, "The teleportation arrays for the five realms, including Ning Shou, Chong Guang, and Ju Mu, have been shut down."

"what?"

The high-ranking members of the Qian Yuan Sect were all shocked. Even the teleportation array was malfunctioning, indicating that this realm was completely out of control.

"Then what about us disciples of the temple...?"

"The soul lamps are still burning, which means they are not dead. However, they would not fail to report such a big matter to the sect, so something must have happened."

"Now that the teleportation array is closed, we have no choice but to use the Boundary-Breaking Shuttle. Fortunately, each temple has an anchor point at all times."

"It's a pity that the sect doesn't have any treasures like the Ancient Divine Sect's Heavenly Mirror or Void Lotus Platform! Otherwise, it would be much simpler."

……

Although Gu Yuanqing had not deliberately paid attention to the affairs of the Qian Yuan Sect, as the realm lord, nothing that happened in the realm could be kept from him.

He did not interfere in the affairs of the Qian Yuan Sect, nor did he appear to be involved on the surface.

But in reality, they had already crossed space and arrived in the Ning Shou Realm.

Inside the Qian Yuan Divine Hall.

The palace doors were wide open, and the wind rushed in from outside, carrying a strong smell of blood and burnt food.

The furnishings inside the hall were in complete disarray, with tables overturned, scriptures scattered all over the floor, and even his tall statue lying on the ground with several cracks in its golden body.

He glanced at it but didn't offer to help. His gaze passed through the palace gates and landed on the city.

The main city of Dongqing is in complete chaos.

The streets were filled with fighting crowds, cultivators fighting cultivators, mortals fighting mortals, cultivators fighting mortals, and cultivators fighting mortals; it was impossible to tell who was who.

They were shrouded in thick black mist, their eyes glowed with an eerie red light, their faces were distorted, and they roared like wild beasts.

Some people used magical artifacts to smash half a street, some smashed their neighbors' doors with their fists, and some charged at opponents many times stronger than themselves with their bare hands, only to be slapped away and crash into half a wall.

"The power of the Demon Lord's soul!" Gu Yuanqing recognized it at a glance.

The darkest demonic thoughts invaded their souls, igniting all the violence, greed, and resentment in their hearts, causing them to lose their reason and leaving only the instinct to kill.

Originally, cultivators who were only at the Dao Fire Realm were now able to unleash the power of the Divine Platform, and ordinary people who were powerless could shatter stone walls with a single punch, as if all their potential had been converted into power at this moment.

Strangely, very few people died, or very few bodies were found.

Even with his chest pierced and his internal organs scattered on the ground, he, who should have died long ago, was still struggling and roaring, still using his last bit of strength to lunge at the people around him. His murderous intent and obsession had long since made him lose his reason.

"This is the cycle of life and death!"

Gu Yuanqing also saw through the mystery.

The people in front of me have the same aura as those from the ancient world, only not as strong.

Demonic thoughts drove them mad, but the laws of life and death kept them from perishing.

The whole world seemed to have turned into an endless purgatory.

"Has the power of the ancient realm leaked out?"

Gu Yuanqing used his Heavenly Eye of Void to look in all directions, spreading his divine sense to observe the state of this world.

However, no trace of the ancient world's arrival was found.

Suddenly, Gu Yuanqing's gaze fell on a corner of the temple, where a mark was left.

The mark was about the size of a palm, and three-tenths of the bluestone was embedded in it.

The intricate patterns subtly form a design that resembles neither a cauldron nor a lotus, with flame patterns swirling around the edges, making it stand out even amidst the chaos of the entire hall.

"The Primordial Holy Seal?" A mocking smile appeared on Gu Yuanqing's lips.

He had seen this mark before; the Primordial Holy Church used it as its identifier when it preached in various parts of the Linglong Realm.

Now it appears in the Qian Yuan Temple, as if it wants to make sure the Qian Yuan Sect doesn't know who did it.

"This was left there on purpose," Gu Yuanqing muttered to himself, a hint of mockery in his voice.

He knew it was a provocation, but to him it was like an ant challenging an elephant.

He withdrew his gaze and scanned the hall with his divine sense.

None of the disciples of the Qian Yuan Divine Palace were to be found; the palace was filled only with messy furnishings and bloodstains on the floor.

His true form sensed the soul lamps within the sect. The soul lamps of these disciples were still lit and had not gone out, indicating that they were still alive, but had been captured.

However, even with his current cultivation level, he could not sense the aura of those disciples when he released his divine sense; it was as if they had vanished into thin air.

"It seems someone has sealed their presence."

Gu Yuanqing smiled, took a step, and his figure disappeared from the hall. Standing on the top of a high mountain three thousand miles away, he turned his head and looked around. The surrounding area was the same for tens of thousands of miles.

The next moment, his figure reappeared 100,000 miles away, using the power of his true self to directly employ the Heavenly Fishing Technique.

He looked further into the distance and found that he still saw the same thing.

Only a few places were still supported by magic arrays. The people inside the arrays seemed to still maintain some rationality, but Gu Yuanqing could clearly see that they were also entangled with the aura of the Demon Lord and the power of life and death. These auras had already penetrated into the depths of their souls.

Based on past experience, it is clear that they came into contact with these forces quite early, at least twenty years ago.

Ning Shou Jie is not very large, only about four million li in circumference.

Gu Yuanqing looked around but still couldn't find any trace of the Qian Yuan Sect disciples, so he raised an eyebrow.

Either these people have left this realm, or they have some means to evade his divine sense.

If it's the former, that's fine, but if it's the latter, then that's really interesting.

Before long, Gu Yuanqing stood on a primeval forest.

"Is this the source?"

Starlight swirled in Gu Yuanqing's eyes, as if the Great Dao was evolving.

In the realm of the Void Immortal, the Great Dao River is easily visible. Even in this exquisite realm, the power of the rules and divine artifacts intertwine and transform into a Great Dao River that stretches throughout the realm.

All past events leave traces in the long river of time, and some special supernatural powers and secret methods can even trace back to the source and reproduce past events.

Gu Yuanqing didn't have such supernatural powers, and even if he did, it would be difficult for him to clearly see things from so long ago, but he could still deduce a lot of things from certain traces.

For example, the aura of the Demon Lord is clearly stronger here, and the farther away you are, the smaller and later you will be affected.

"It seems that someone did this on purpose!"

This time, the demonic calamity is different from previous ones. In the past, it seemed to be caused by human greed, but this time, it seems to be different.

Moreover, if something in one world is an accident, how could it be such a coincidence that something in several worlds happened at the same time!
"The Primordial Holy Sect? Or rather... the Primordial Divine Sect?"

"It seems some people don't really want to live this life properly!"

Gu Yuanqing stared for a long time, his gaze growing colder, before he suddenly closed his eyes slightly.

Boundary Imminent!

The illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm unfolded behind him, like a vast scroll painting, spreading out in all directions.

Wherever the phantom passed, mountains, rivers, towns, and villages were all reflected in it.

……

Two hundred thousand miles away, deep within a secluded underground cave, stands a statue over ten feet tall with a snake's tail and a human body. A massive magic array shrouds the area, concealing its aura.

On an altar covered in runes, radiating a scarlet light, dozens of disciples of the Qian Yuan Sect sat cross-legged. A dark red aura enveloped them, and an invisible restriction rendered them unable to move.

A burly man in black robes looked at the Qian Yuan Sect disciples and said with some dissatisfaction, "Why not kill them? Is it worth wasting so much divine power?"

The tall, thin man beside him glanced at him indifferently: "Kill him? What a waste!"

"What's the point of keeping them around?"

The tall, thin man turned his head, a slight smile playing on his lips: "You tell me... wouldn't it be quite interesting if they fought each other?"

"What's the point? When you encounter a true master, schemes and tricks will ultimately be useless." The burly man curled his lip.

The tall, thin man was about to speak when a look of confusion suddenly appeared on his face. Then he abruptly straightened up, his pupils shrinking.

"How..." The burly man was about to ask a question when he suddenly realized that he could not move.

Then, before their very eyes, the figure of a man in blue robes appeared out of thin air...

(End of this chapter)