New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 291 I am [the Land God]!
The Tiger Demon lingered in the cave, carefully studying the white deer for most of the day, confirming that the two [Deer-Head Swords] parasitizing its neck were simply in a 'parasitic-symbiotic' relationship.

Despite the elements of mutual benefit, the Deer-Head Sword can help the White Deer suppress the burst of 'Sword-type Pollution' and passively control 'Flying Swords' to attack and hunt.

However, it is mostly parasitized; the nutrients it obtains through food and the 'sword energy' it refines are all absorbed by the 'flying sword'. It merely serves as a [living sword box] to nourish and refine the [Deer-Head Sword].

As for why the white deer behaved this way, it never resisted or tried to break free from this one-sided reliance.

Firstly, the Deer-Head Sword can suppress pollution and mutations for it; secondly, as two 'foreign living beings,' the Deer-Head Sword can secrete special hormones that affect the white deer's behavior patterns, stimulating its instinct for pity and care for its cubs, gradually turning it into a 'male mother' through PUA.

Snake: "Based on my diagnosis just now, and with your many years of 'amateur veterinarian' experience, I can conclude that directly removing the [Deer Head Sword] will not affect the white deer's health. In fact, after removing these two burdens, it will become stronger and enter a period of explosive growth."

"However, there are also problems. Without the Deer-Head Sword to balance the pollution and absorb the 'sword energy' generated within the body, its 'sword pollution' will explode. It will need a professional cultivation method to balance and refine it. Alternatively, we can choose a new system for it to help it switch cultivation."

The Tiger Demon was puzzled: "Given its current state, the [Sword Dao Contamination] has already seeped into its soul. Is it still too late to switch cultivation methods?"

Any kind of 'extraordinary system' is one where once you're on board, there's no going back. Jumping off halfway through is far more difficult than part-time work (three phases).

Snake: "Normal conversion is impossible, but since it hasn't condensed a [seed] yet, it can still be saved. Just infuse it with a denser concentration of pollution to cover it, allowing it to fully merge and stir with the 'sword energy' within it, so that they can intermingle and synthesize a brand new 'pollution power.' Then it will have a chance to embark on a new path! This isn't about forcibly jumping to another new path halfway through. Rather, it's about opening up a new fork in the road after it's halfway through."

Tiger Demon looked at the white deer, whose behavior was silly—a mixture of fear and attempts to ingratiate himself. He suddenly realized that this guy's personality was a bit like a Siberian Husky.

"What path do you think it's best suited for? Or should it continue as a [Sword Immortal]?"

If one continues to be a sword immortal, one can remove the Deer-Head Sword and return to the Happy Home to exchange for a new cultivation technique.

Snake: "As far as I know, the advantage of [Sword Cultivator] is its destructive power far exceeding that of others of the same level, as well as its unpredictable speed of sword-wielding attacks, all of which are based on 'flying swords'. The disadvantage is its weak defense and mobility... If you train it to be an [Animal Sword Cultivator], it will just be a fragile fighter."

Tiger Demon: "Can't we refine the White Deer into a flying sword? That would have speed, lethality, and defense, perfectly meeting the requirements of a mount."

Snake: "That's because you're a part-time [Sword Cultivator], and you personally trained the deer into your 'natal mount'."

Although the flying sword mount was cool, it didn't want to waste its limited 'part-time slots', so it said unwillingly, "Can't I refine myself and turn my body into a sword?"

Snake was also starting to feel overwhelmed: "I'm a little dizzy. The theory seems feasible, but you'll have to go to the [Space of Gods] to select the appropriate cultivation method."

The Tiger Demon also felt that the difficulty of having the White Deer refine it into a flying sword was not commensurate with its intelligence. In fact, it could also wear the [Knight Armor] on its body and train it into a cool and stylish [Armor Mount] with super high defense.

Tiger Demon then said, "I have gradually developed a complete set of ideas that can cleverly balance the three systems of [Shadow (Boss Template), Holy Light, and Anti-Theory] to jointly forge my future extraordinary system."

The snake, curious, asked, "How do you do it?"

Tiger Demon said confidently, "First, arrange for [Holy Light] to take action, use [Sanctuary] to screen top prey, then imprison and seal them, refine and weaken them. The weak ones will be directly refined into 'Embers' to nourish [Holy Seal, Soul Crystal]. The strong ones are often not easy to refine, but can be continuously purified and weakened, and then sealed in [Flavor]."

"In the second step, the purified high-level pollution crystal (magic sealing wave) is given to the Tiger Demon, who uses the [Chang Gui] supernatural power to forcibly refine and absorb it, absorbing as much as possible. The 'pollution crystal' that cannot be absorbed in the end will inevitably be extremely pure, a [seed] or even higher than other pollution systems, and will be initially marked with the [Shadow] label."

"So we came to the third ring, and through the [Anti-Law], we sold these 'assets' cheaply to the [Shadow Overlord], and gave them to different users in the form of 'angel investment'. We deeply bound them to the [Anti-Law], and used these 'polluted crystals' that the [Holy Light] could not kill and the [Shadow] could not consume as [Transcendent Cores] to cultivate the [Anti-Law Overlord]'s super henchmen."

Tiger Demon realized that the correct way to use the "Anti-Law" did not necessarily require establishing a unique "supernatural system" and making it large and powerful; it could also involve cultivating many "specialized, unique, and unreplicable" exclusive henchmen and binding and controlling them tightly with the "Anti-Law," driving them through debt.

There are two paths. The former is similar to the elites of a sect, who gather the [Anti-Law] into a [Brand] and make it bigger and stronger; while the latter is more like the Akatsuki organization, which cultivates elites under other 'supernatural systems' and binds and restrains them with the [Anti-Law].

Hmm... isn't this exactly how the orthodox [Law System] works? Using [Laws] to bind and restrain all extraordinary systems, and then bring them under your control.

The Anti-Law is merely a low-end version, unqualified to bind and restrict other 'pollution' and claim it as its own. However! The Anti-Law can completely distribute its own assets (other pollution crystals) to cultivate users.

The [Holy Light]'s kidnapping, destruction, and weakening; the [Shadow]'s refining, absorption, and stamping. This cleverly compensates for the lack of resources in the [Anti-Law].

Snake commented, "Very feasible! The unrefinable [High-Level Pollution Sources] can be transferred to the [Anti-Law] to cultivate independent 'Super Users.' Hmm? That's probably [Mao Mao Wang's] original intention. However, she doesn't force team members to sign the [Anti-Law], and the [Uniform] is a free trial. This [Mao Mao Wang] is so lazy and lacks ambition!"

Tiger Demon agreed: "If I were the boss of [Happy Home], I would definitely force the team members to wear [Anti-Law Uniform] and work for me. Only Zhou Chu's [Law] could escape this fate and counter the 'Forced Uniform Contract'. Tsk, [Mao Mao] is definitely a good-natured god of giving up! From now on, if anyone dares to say 'Beware of [Mao Mao King's] trap,' I'll never forgive her!"

Upon closer inspection, only Mai Lili and Mao Mao Wang in the entire "Happy Home" have signed an anti-law agreement. The rest of the members are basically getting the uniforms for free. (Yuan Zhu has already purchased three extra sets.)
"Then, what about Bai Lu?"

Tiger Demon pondered for a moment: "First, remove the [Deer-Head Sword] and force-feed it 'Shadow Aura' to assimilate it. As for what path to choose in the future...?"

After careful consideration, it said, "It would be best to combine this with the [Mountain Lord's Domain]. If I am not here to guard this place for a long time, it will have to take my place as the 'Mountain Guardian Beast,' the [Mountain Lord's Temple Keeper], the Mountain God's deputy, the second-in-command... What profession do you think would suit it?" The snake put itself in Yuan Zhu's thought process and muttered, "According to your memories from your time on Earth, the 'White Deer' is often associated with auspiciousness, longevity, and spiritual herbs. How about... let it be a herb garden manager! Cultivate the [Dharma Domain] into a blessed land for planting spiritual herbs, and let the White Deer serve as its security guard, bestowing upon it the identity of [Kunlun Immortal Beast, Scattered Immortal Spirit Beast]."

Tiger Demon agreed: "It aligns with my values. Deer Power Immortal, right? That's quite a seniority, almost like we'd become sworn brothers. We're still missing a sheep, uh..."

It suddenly thought of the little goat in [Happy Home], whose status was even lower. Its choice of [Tiger Demon Spirit Root] was somewhat awkward.

...

While the two sides were discussing the future growth path of [Auspicious White Deer], the 'Shadow Demon Insects' that had burrowed into the body and dug holes also completed their tasks one after another.

At this moment, with the [Cave Abode] as the core, drilling spread outwards across the surrounding mountains, excavating more than twenty passages of varying lengths. Furthermore, it utilized the [Great Wilderness Immortal Scripture]'s built-in 'Auxiliary Array Deployment' software to calculate the 'Celestial Nodes' outside the Cave Abode.

Since the cave was excavated near the outer layer of the mountain peak and not deep inside the mountain, the positions of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals are not on the same plane and need to be calculated in conjunction with the complex mountain terrain.

The Tiger Demon was completely clueless about this, relying entirely on the foolish calculations of the [Immortal Scripture] and the instructions of the [Snake] to dig the hole. It took nearly 40 minutes of busy work, with the demonic insects running back and forth.

It drilled and dug holes inside the mountain, and climbed up and down the mountainside outside the cave. Finally, it manipulated the shadows to form tentacles, dragging the insect pillars and stones away, disappearing from sight. Then it returned these insect pillars to their original positions.

After completing this step, the Tiger Demon once again coiled up inside the [Nine Palaces Formation], driving the formation to nest with the arranged [Heavenly Gang Formation].

On the surface, rock walls, and inside the cave, numerous vein-like 'patterns' reappeared, creaking and growing within the rocks, expanding radially, and connecting with the vein-like roots protruding from the newly filled 36 'insect pillars'. This further expanded the range of the 'magic array' and drove 'shadow spiritual energy' to flow within the vein-like roots, maintaining the energy cycle of the 'magic array'.

Gradually, the tiger demon had a feeling of 'spiritual astral projection and spiritual sublimation'.

At this moment, the 44 [Insect Pillars of Suppression] are like its external fleshy limbs, extending large areas of 'nerve endings' and parasitizing the interior of the current mountain. If the expansion area is estimated as a 'sphere', the diameter has exceeded 100m.

The tiger demon could even sense that a corner of the [Cold Pool] near the mountain was also enveloped within the radiation range of its [magic array].

At this moment, it truly felt like a mountain god. Within its absolute domain, the 'spiritual energy (shadow pollution, death energy), vegetation, and fungi' were all influenced by its mood and will.

Unfortunately, a single nested [36 Heavenly Gang Formation] is insufficient to bring the entire mountain under its absolute control. Based on the formation's vague perception of Yin Mountain, the Tiger Demon has already gained nearly 1/9 of its absolute control.

If the absolute control is further diluted into the 'direct influence range', then it has already taken control of the entire Yinshan Mountain.

If we further dilute the "direct influence" into "indirect influence range" and "perception range," then being in the cave, it can cover and monitor most of the "cold pool" and the nearby mountains.

Just as the Tiger Demon was immersed in the different levels of control (play) of the [Shadow Array], a certain status related to [Yinshan] was spontaneously condensing and deeply binding itself to its soul.

The entire process had nothing to do with the Tiger Demon; it was entirely automatic and forcibly injected into its soul by this place.

Once the concept of 'Yinshan' was fully formed, the Tiger Demon realized that the 'abstract concept' it had formed was the 'land deed' or 'land ownership' of Yinshan.

Once this land deed spontaneously coalesced and was marked, Tiger Demon or Yuan Zhu became a "Land God" recognized by "Du Ling Star." In Earth's terminology, they would be "Land Gods."

"【The Earth God】?! This..."

The tiger demon opened its eyes, stared at its empty paws, its gaze gradually becoming vacant, and began to drift into a daze.

The identity of this "Landlord God" is unrelated to any extraordinary system. It is only related to whether the land on "Duling Planet" is privately owned.

Any extraordinary system that can erode and occupy a piece of land in the 'Spiritual' reality, claim it as its own, and mark it, will cause the planet to spontaneously condense a [Land Deed], marking you as the landowner, i.e., the [Primordial Land God].

Furthermore, this land deed can be traded. Essentially, it's the concept of 'property rights' on Earth.

However, land ownership on Earth is a fabrication, a 'concept' created by human society. A land deed itself has no power; it only has value when it adheres to social order.

However, the 'land deeds' on the planet Duling are genuine; once generated, no second one will appear. The holder of the 'land deed' can be a 'landlord god' or an 'ordinary person,' both of whom can exert varying degrees of influence over private land.

It can even be traded, or bound to bloodlines and passed down through generations...

(End of this chapter)