Shengui Changsheng: Start from Zhenwuwei and add some points to cultivate immortality

Along with the star map and the information, there was also a faint but subtly resonant force that drew him toward the vast and endless depths of the southern wilderness!
"This stone slab... is it actually a key? Or rather, a coordinate beacon?" Fu Shaoping was deeply shocked. The secret hidden in this stone slab seemed far more astonishing than he had imagined! It not only concerned the ancestral altar of the Witch Clan, but also vaguely pointed to... the Ruins of Return?!

He instantly understood why the Witch Clan was so desperate to find it! This stone slab was probably the key to opening the so-called Ancestral God Altar, and even to gaining some kind of advantage in the Era of Return to Nothingness!
Without hesitation, he put the stone slab away. This item must never fall into the hands of the witch clan again!
He turned to look at the terrified villagers, pondered for a moment, and then took out a jade slip and several talismans, handing them to the old village chief: "These are a communication jade slip and protective talismans. The Wu Clan will probably not let this go easily. Pack your things immediately and follow the disciples I have arranged to go to the outer towns of the Qingxuan Sect for temporary refuge. We will make further plans after this matter is resolved."

He immediately used the elder's token to contact the sect disciples patrolling nearby to come and meet him.

After dealing with the villagers' affairs, Fu Shaoping looked towards the southern wilderness again, his eyes sharp as swords.

Ancestral God Altar? Guidance for Returning to the Void?
It seems he has no choice but to go to this southern wilderness!

It's not just about eliminating the threat posed by the Witch Clan, but also about uncovering the secrets hidden behind this stone slab! Are they related to the core of this Era of Return to Nothingness?
His figure soared into the sky, transforming into a resolute sword light, shooting towards the mysterious and dangerous Southern Wilderness without hesitation!

A new storm has quietly begun because of this unassuming stone slab!
In the Southern Wilderness, the Hundred Thousand Mountains stretch endlessly, shrouded in miasma like dragons, with ancient trees reaching for the sky. This is a world completely different from the Central Plains, filled with an atmosphere of wildness, antiquity, and mystery. Scattered throughout are the tribes of the Witchcraft Clan, who worship ancestral spirits, practice witchcraft, and live alongside poisonous insects and ferocious beasts.

Fu Shaoping transformed into a sword light, following the faint pull of his bloodline and the blurry direction of the star map on the stone slab, venturing deep into the heart of the Southern Wilderness. He concealed most of his aura, suppressing his cultivation at the late Foundation Establishment stage, his Chaotic Reincarnation Sword Domain contained within him, like an ordinary traveling cultivator, traversing treacherous mountains and pervasive poisonous miasma.

The deeper one goes, the harsher the environment becomes. The colorful poisonous miasma can not only corrode one's true essence but also bewitch one's mind; the poisonous insects and strange beasts lurking in the shadows are comparable to those at the Foundation Establishment stage or even the Pseudo-Core stage; there are also some naturally formed deadly areas and mazes, fraught with danger.

However, these threats no longer pose a significant threat to Fu Shaoping. Protected by the power of the stars, he is immune to all poisons; the Samsara Sword Intent shatters illusions with a sweep. He is like a detached passerby, causing poisonous miasma to retreat and ferocious beasts to lie in wait wherever he goes.

Along the way, he encountered several patrols of the Witch Clan. These Witch Clan cultivators were mostly fierce and warlike, often attacking unfamiliar cultivators without warning. Fu Shaoping showed no mercy; with a slight release of his Jingji Sword Intent, they silently turned into nourishment for the Southern Wilderness. From the fragmented memories of these Witch Clan members, he learned that the Black Witch Tribe was frantically searching for a "lost sacred artifact" and had strengthened its defenses in the direction of their ancestral land.

"A sacred object? You mean that stone slab..." Fu Shaoping's eyes grew even colder. He used his soul-searching technique, combined with the star map's guidance, and the direction became increasingly clear.

Ten days later, he arrived before a massive mountain range shrouded in a dense, dark purple miasma. The mountain range resembled a crouching, ancient venomous dragon, radiating a chilling pressure. This was the core territory of the Black Witch Clan—the Ten Thousand Poison Mountains!
The pull between the bloodline and the stone slab reached its peak here, pointing straight to the deepest part of the mountain range!

Fu Shaoping could sense, deep within the mountains, an ancient will, dormant yet vast as the sea, beating slowly like a heart. Was that the aura of the ancestral spirit of the Witch Clan? Or perhaps… the ancestral god altar itself?
He did not rush in rashly. The Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range was the lair of the Black Witch Clan, which had been operating for countless years. It must be heavily guarded and filled with all sorts of strange witch formations and restrictions.

He found a secluded valley, set up a temporary cave, and began to carefully study the incomplete star map and stone slab.

The star map was incomplete, but it vaguely corresponded to the celestial bodies he knew, pointing to an extremely special celestial phenomenon—the alignment of nine planets. The inscription on the stone tablet, "The day the nine planets align is the time when the ancestral spirits return to their places," further highlighted the key point.

"The alignment of nine stars... is an extremely rare celestial phenomenon, containing special power of stellar rules. Could it be that this Ancestral God Altar can only be opened or revealed under specific celestial phenomena?"

He looked up, piercing through the thick miasma, at the gloomy sky. Using his celestial intuition, he silently calculated. The next alignment of the nine stars would be... in seven days!
“Seven days…” A glint flashed in Fu Shaoping’s eyes. Time was of the essence; he had to find out the situation inside the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range, locate the exact position of the altar, and make preparations within these seven days.

He emerged from seclusion once more, concealing his aura to the extreme, as if blending into the shadows, and silently infiltrated the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range.

Inside the mountains, poisonous insects roamed freely, and witchcraft formations were densely packed. Fu Shaoping combined his stellar perception with the Samsara Sword Intent, his divine sense acting like the most nimble tentacles, avoiding hidden witchcraft traps and bypassing poisonous insect nests and patrol posts.

The deeper they went, the more heavily guarded they became, with even Golden Core stage elders of the Witch Clan present. Fu Shaoping had to be even more cautious, sometimes using Star Escape Technique to travel short distances, and sometimes simulating the aura of the surrounding environment, making progress slow.

On the third day, when he infiltrated to the edge of the core area of ​​the mountain range, he finally felt the strongest pulling force outside a valley protected by layers of witchcraft arrays! The altar was inside the valley!
However, at the entrance of the valley, not only were there two early-stage Golden Core elders of the Witch Clan leading a large number of elite guards, but also a massive Witch Array emanating a chilling aura—the Myriad Poisons Corroding Bone Array! Poisonous clouds churned within the array, and countless illusory figures of poisonous insects could be vaguely seen hissing, its power enough to threaten even late-stage Golden Core cultivators!
Forcing your way in would be a very unwise move.

Fu Shaoping lurked in the shadows, patiently observing the patterns of the guard rotation and the operation of the witch formation, searching for any weaknesses.

Just as he was racking his brains for a solution, the stone slab in his arms suddenly became slightly warm without warning, and the incomplete star map lit up in his mind on its own, resonating very faintly with a few stars in the night sky!

At the same time, the ancient will that had been dormant deep in the valley seemed to stir slightly!
"Hmm?" Fu Shaoping's heart stirred, and he immediately realized something. He tried to inject a trace of his own star power into the stone slab.

The cloud patterns on the stone slab lit up again, and the resonance was even stronger! And the light of the Myriad Poisons Corroding Bone Array at the entrance of the valley also showed an extremely subtle, almost imperceptible fluctuation!

"This stone slab... can actually affect the witch formation?!" A bold thought surged into Fu Shaoping's mind.

Without further hesitation, he took advantage of the moment when the guards were changing shifts and their attention was slightly diverted to adjust himself to his best condition, while simultaneously trying his best to resonate with the stone slab and the stars!

"Star Escape - Teleportation!"

He transformed into an almost invisible streak of starlight, not forcing his way through, but rather following the fleeting fluctuations in the array caused by the resonance of the stone slabs, like a skilled butcher dissecting an ox, narrowly escaping through the Ten Thousand Poisons Corroding Bone Array! The entire process was silent and unnoticed, even by the nearby elders of the Witch Clan!

Successfully infiltrated the valley!

The scene inside the valley was completely different from the poisonous miasma outside. Here, spiritual energy was abundant, ancient trees reached for the sky, and exotic flowers and herbs bloomed everywhere. In the center stood an ancient altar, hundreds of feet tall, made entirely of some kind of black boulder! The surface of the altar was covered with densely packed totems and runes full of primal energy. In the very center, there was a groove, the shape and size of which perfectly matched the stone slab in his hand!
Around the altar sat four elderly men with profound auras and powerful sorcery surrounding them. They were none other than high-ranking priests of the sorcerer clan, all at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm! They seemed to be performing some kind of ritual, guiding the spiritual energy and earth vein power within the valley into the altar.

Although Fu Shaoping's infiltration was secretive, the four high priests around the altar still noticed it instantly!
"who?!"

"How dare you trespass on the sacred land of our ancestors!"

Four powerful divine senses instantly locked onto Fu Shaoping, pressing down like four mountains! At the same time, the entire valley's witch formation was fully activated, and countless poisonous clouds, curses, and bone spear phantoms appeared out of thin air, strangling and attacking him!

Their whereabouts have been exposed! Fu Shaoping's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Since they could not hide, then it was time to fight!

He no longer suppressed his cultivation. The immense pressure of the mid-stage Golden Core realm, mixed with the Chaos Reincarnation Sword Intent, erupted and instantly broke through the four divine sense locks!

Jingji and Beichen drew their swords simultaneously!

"Reincarnation Sword Domain—Open!"

The chaotic glow and the light of the North Star intertwined, transforming into an independent sword domain that completely blocked and annihilated the incoming witchcraft attacks!
"You junior of the Qingxuan Sect! Did you steal the sacred artifact?!" A high priest with blood-red totems painted on his face roared, waving his bone staff and summoning a three-headed, six-armed shaman god avatar engulfed in green ghost fire, which lunged at Fu Shaoping!
"Hand over the sacred relic! And I'll leave you with a whole corpse!" Another high priest spewed out a swarm of poisonous locusts, each one shimmering with runes of law, gnawing at the void!
The other two also used their own methods, and in an instant, the entire valley was engulfed by all sorts of eerie magical lights!
Facing the combined attack of four powerful members of the Witch Clan of the same or even higher level, Fu Shaoping remained fearless, his fighting spirit surging!

"Want the stone slab? Come and get it if you can!"

He let out a long roar, his body merging with the sword light, and took the initiative to meet the attack!
"North Star—The Milky Way Reverses!"

The North Star Sword drew upon the power of the stars, transforming into a roaring stellar dragon that clashed violently with the avatar of the Witch God! Starlight and ghostly fire were fiercely annihilated!
At the same time, the Silence Sword traced a mysterious trajectory!

"Annihilation - Reincarnation Slash!"

A hazy gray sword light slashed out, and wherever it passed, the swarms of poisonous locusts vanished silently as if thrown into the void! The sword light aimed directly at the high priest who had unleashed the poisonous locusts!

The high priest was horrified and hurriedly summoned a beast bone shield to defend himself!
"Crack!"

The beast bone shield shattered instantly! A flash of sword light swept past, severing one of his arms at the shoulder! At the wound, the sword intent of annihilation spread, preventing its regeneration!

"Ah!" The high priest screamed and retreated.

Upon seeing this, the other two high priests were both shocked and furious, and simultaneously unleashed their trump card combined witchcraft – the "Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heart Curse" and the "Hundred Poison Domain"!
Countless vengeful spirits roared and attacked Fu Shaoping's soul, while an invisible poisonous domain corroded his physical body and true essence!

"Little tricks!"

Fu Shaoping snorted coldly, and the Chaos Reincarnation Golden Core began to operate wildly. Within the Sword Domain, life and death cycled, purifying the vengeful spirits and decomposing the toxins! At the same time, he activated the power of the stone slab!
The stone slab burst forth with a dazzling light, resonating strongly with the altar! The entire altar began to tremble slightly, and the totem runes on its surface lit up one by one!

"Oh no! He's activating the altar!" a high priest cried out in alarm.

"Stop him!"

The four high priests rushed forward without regard for their own safety!

"late!"

A fierce glint flashed in Fu Shaoping's eyes as he slammed the stone slab into the groove in the center of the altar!

"Crack!"

Perfect fit!

boom--! ! !
The entire Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range trembled violently! A black pillar of light erupted from the altar, shooting straight into the sky! A terrifying will, seemingly from the primordial era, awakened like a slumbering dragon!

Above the sky, the phantom images of nine large stars began to slowly coalesce and approach... The nine stars aligned, a celestial phenomenon was about to occur!

The Ancestral God Altar is about to open!
And Fu Shaoping was right at the very center of this storm! The moment the stone slab was embedded in the groove, the world lost its color, and all was silent.

The black pillar of light erupting from the altar was not evil, but a pure, all-encompassing darkness that seemed capable of devouring all light. The pillar shot skyward, tearing apart the dense miasma that perpetually clung to the Ten Thousand Poison Mountains, reaching the very heavens! This black pillar of light, connecting heaven and earth, could be seen throughout the entire Southern Wilderness!
At the same time, a vast, boundless, and terrifying will, imbued with the aura of the primordial era, erupted from the depths of the altar like a bursting dam, sweeping across all directions! The four high priests of the witch clan in the valley trembled like candles in a storm before this will, prostrating themselves on the ground with fanaticism and awe, chanting incantations as if welcoming the return of their ancestral spirits.

Fu Shaoping, as the one who opened the altar, was the first to bear the brunt!

That will was not directed at him, but its sheer power and antiquity were enough to crush the soul of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator! He felt as if the weight of countless worlds was pressing down on him, his sea of ​​consciousness was churning, and his Chaos Reincarnation Golden Core was trembling wildly, almost shattering!
"Humph!"

He groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes became even sharper! He guarded his sword heart, shrinking the Samsara Sword Domain to its limit to protect his body, while simultaneously activating the Northern Star Inheritance and the Star Sensing Chapter with all his might, trying to understand and adapt to this will.

This is not an attack, but more like a... baptism! An invisible test of the opener's qualifications!

Under the onslaught of his overwhelming will, his consciousness was like iron ore thrown into a furnace, undergoing a thousand hammerings and forgings. Countless fragmented, chaotic images and pieces of information belonging to the ancient witch race forcibly flooded into his mind—the battles on the barbaric land, the totem sacrifices, the struggle against heaven and earth, and even... the despair and struggle in the face of some unspeakable great terror!

"This is not just an ancestral god altar...it's more like a...tombstone recording the rise and fall of a civilization?!" Fu Shaoping's heart was filled with shock. He vaguely sensed that the secrets hidden behind this altar were far more complex than simply summoning ancestral spirits!
Just as he was struggling to resist the onslaught of his will and process the fragments of information, another strange change occurred in the sky! (End of Chapter)