A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 117 Situation, Arrival, Settlement, Planning
Several months later, a spaceship sped across the central waters of the Inner Star Sea.

On the flying boat, two figures walked one after the other.

"This Inner Star Sea is truly vast. Just traveling from the southwest corner of Kui Xing Island to the central sea area, and even using the method of a Core Formation cultivator using a flying boat with a Sha Dan clone, it still took more than five months."

This span is already over ten million miles.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator were to fly normally, it would still take them more than half a month.

Between the Inner Star Sea and the Outer Star Sea lies a deep abyss that would take a Core Formation cultivator at least five years to cross, even with full speed.

It's hard to imagine how big the alien ocean is.

No wonder there are several level 10 demon cultivators comparable to late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and countless high-level demon beasts.

"It was truly remarkable that Fairy Ice Soul and the others were able to snatch the Inner Star Sea from the royal family of the outer sea monsters, providing a habitat for humans."

As for why we need to occupy the Inner Star Sea?

There are three settings in his discarded manuscript.

One is the Thunder Bamboo, or more accurately, the Ten Thousand Year Golden Thunder Bamboo.

The Inner Star Sea is a suitable habitat for Thunder Bamboo.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth here will periodically nurture and transform into new Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

Thunder bamboo, cultivated for ten thousand years, becomes golden thunder bamboo.

Golden Thunder Bamboo is one of the three divine trees, and it helps to counteract demonic and evil methods. Ever since the once super-powerful "Evil Dragon Clan" physically destroyed most of the Golden Thunder Bamboo artifacts in the Spirit Realm and its countless subordinate minor realms, Golden Thunder Bamboo has become extremely rare. Even in the Spirit Realm, Golden Thunder Bamboo is a rare treasure, and even Mahayana cultivators find it difficult to obtain.

Since the human realm has a place where Heavenly Thunder Bamboo is produced, Fairy Ice Soul and others naturally hope that the rising stars of the human race in the lower realm can make good use of it.

then.

The inner star sea, dominated by humans, and the outer star sea, dominated by demons, formed a balance between the inner and outer star seas.

Let's talk about the second setting in the abandoned draft.

Rainbow grass.

Also known as the Demon-Attracting Grass.

The alluring grass thrives in coral reef environments, and in particular, it grows in very few concentrated areas of the Inner Star Sea.

This spiritual herb does not enhance cultivation, but every hundred years when it unfolds its leaves, it emits a strange, peculiar odor. Once this alluring herb, which releases this odor, is eaten by a demon beast or insect, the demon beast's reproductive ability will greatly increase.

The Chaotic Star Sea already teems with demonic beasts, making it incredibly difficult for humans to establish themselves there. If the demon race were to acquire this "weapon," coupled with the gradual departure of Nascent Soul cultivators returning from the Spirit Realm, it's likely that within a few thousand years, the foundation humanity has built here would be lost.

Furthermore, the existence of the Demon-Attracting Grass greatly increases the risk that the demon race will multiply rapidly and eventually sweep across the entire human realm, threatening several continents.

This realm is the human realm, not the demon realm.

Ice Soul Fairy and other cultivators from the lower realms naturally could not stand by and watch the demon race grow stronger while the human race declined.

therefore.

The Rainbow Grass cannot be used by the demon race.

The production area must be firmly controlled by the human race.

Humans need more demons as cultivation resources, so they should use the Rainbow Grass to cultivate more demon bloodlines.

Humans felt there were too many demons, so the Rainbow Grass will temporarily disappear for a while.

This is the mindset of ancient cultivators.

Finally, there's the third setting from the abandoned draft.

The Void Heaven Palace.

To be precise, it is one of the few remaining Spirit Gardens in the human realm.

And it's definitely the biggest one.

The Void Heaven Palace is situated between the boundary wall and the human realm, allowing it to receive firsthand spiritual energy and celestial radiance drawn from the outside world by the boundary wall. Due to its unique geographical location, the spiritual energy within the Void Heaven Palace is always abundant. This colossal palace not only operates on its own but also continuously produces various rare treasures for future generations.

With the Void Heaven Palace serving as a human race instance within the Inner Star Sea, the human race has a stable channel for producing Nascent Soul cultivators and numerous longevity elixirs.

These three arrangements include one defense against the demon race, serving as a backup plan.

One is to protect against the demon race, lest the demon race rise to power.

Another reason is to mentor younger generations and prevent the decline of the human race.

Three major backup plans, each linked to the next.

Unfortunately, the human race in the Inner Star Sea has been peaceful for tens of thousands of years and has long since lost its ambition, only thinking about their own little corner of the world.

As the leader, Xinggong began to suppress dissent.

It targets other forces at every turn.

The internal situation had become chaotic due to the seclusion of the two celestial saints.

The Six Paths Supreme Saint of the Demonic Path is an even more ruthless and restless master. This man almost turned his younger sister, who was also at the Nascent Soul stage, into a corpse to cultivate the Six Extremes True Demon Art hundreds of years ago. He truly has no regard for family.

Even the righteous Wan Sangu is not a good person.

They joined forces with the demonic path to deal with the Star Palace, aiming to overthrow its absolute hegemony over the inner star sea.

They were all restless and ambitious individuals.

of course.

If it succeeds, then there's nothing more to say.

However, the infighting among the four great cultivators who were the only ones in the Star Sea led to internal strife and not only failed to allow the human race to reach a higher level, but also almost resulted in a dangerous situation of a shortage of great cultivators.

The alien sea monsters almost got a huge advantage.

In the Outer Sea, once the Noble Bird rises to power and joins forces with the Level 10 Golden Flood Dragon King, the human race in the Inner Sea will be doomed.

The Golden Dragon King was also an ambitious and scheming individual.

The key point is that they harbor extreme malice towards humans.

The rising Noble Bird and the Level 10 Golden Flood Dragon King, one specializing in physical strength and the other in speed and agility. Even ordinary Grandmasters at the Yuanhou level would likely suffer greatly if they encountered each other alone, let alone in the Inner Star Sea where no Grandmasters were present.

...

Take back your thoughts.

Han Li calmly looked at a huge island thousands of miles away.

It was less of an island and more of a small continent.

The giant island is over ten thousand miles in size. In the center of the island, a mountain peak, two or three hundred thousand feet high, rises straight up from the ground, piercing the clouds and towering above this vast and boundless sea.

It is the sacred mountain of the Star Palace.

From a closer look, the sacred mountain resembles a giant sword piercing the sky and embedding itself directly into this azure sea.

From a greater distance, the sacred mountain and the giant island appear as the hilt and guard of a sword, respectively.

"What a sacred mountain, what a magnificent city."

Upon setting foot on the island, Han Li couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Before the colossal islands and towering peaks stretching for thousands of miles, he felt like an ant. The sheer grandeur of the landscape left him dazed and bewildered.

You should know that when he usually flies, he travels at a height of over a thousand feet, sometimes even ten thousand feet.

However, the height of thousands or even tens of thousands of feet is merely the instep of a foot in front of the sacred mountain peak before them.

Compared to Xinggong Sacred Mountain, Taiyue Mountain in Tiannan Huangfeng Valley seems too small and insignificant.

There's no comparison, no comparison at all...

Tianxing City, on the other hand, is a super city that occupies the entire giant island.

It is said that the population here accounts for one-tenth of the total population of the Inner Star Sea.

Because of its excellent spiritual veins, ranking among the top three in the Star Sea, and its advantageous central location, this place became the main city of the Star Palace, a behemoth power of the Star Sea human race.

Of course.

Besides the giant island where Tianxing City is located, Xinggong also occupies eight sea areas outside the already explored Inner Star Sea, and four sea areas in the central circle. In each sea area, three of the largest islands are designated as directly administered sub-islands.

This also means that the Star Palace's tentacles encompass a significant portion of the Inner Star Sea.

The sea area around Kui Xing Island in the southwest corner is one of the many sea areas belonging to the Star Palace.

Kui Xing Island is one of the twenty-four outer islands.

Normally, with such a vast sea area, the Star Palace would already be a behemoth. However, in earlier years, the Star Palace secretly expanded its influence, establishing numerous branches unknown to outsiders, such as the White Water Sword Sect. Through these branches, it subtly and gradually eroded the territory and resources of various major powers.

The idea was good, but unfortunately, Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing, the two celestial saints, ran into trouble.

These two have been famous for nearly a thousand years, yet they chose to cultivate the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, which has many pitfalls. Due to the depth of their cultivation, they are now unable to easily leave the area within ten thousand miles of the Holy Mountain.

Unable to leave the sacred mountain of Tianxing City, the two Heavenly Saints, before the news leaked out, only had a deterrent effect and could no longer restrain the righteous and demonic paths.

In other words, the Inner Star Sea at this time is actually on the verge of turbulent undercurrents.

All that's needed is a spark for the Reverse Star Alliance to be born.

In this sea area, large ships sail against the wind and waves.

There were ordinary people and monks on the ship.

There are Qi Refining cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

This place can be described as a melting pot of all sorts of people.

After arriving in Tianxing City, Han Li generously spent 1,600 spirit stones to purchase two permanent identity tokens. His Sha Dan clone, being a Core Formation cultivator, could reside permanently in Tianxing City for free, so he naturally didn't need to pay these spirit stones. However, he still bought one for Qu Hun.

Only with a permanent identity token can one stay in Tianxing City for an extended period.

Otherwise, they will be periodically locked down by Tianxing City's super island-protecting formation and then investigated.

Back then, once someone was identified as a spy... it wasn't something that could be resolved with just a few spirit stones.

In order to avoid attracting attention, he and his clone, Sha Dan, initially entered the city separately, one after the other, instead of traveling together.

After entering the city, Han Li gazed at the sacred mountain.

From the foot of the mountain to its waist, countless ancient buildings were densely packed across the entire mountainside. Some pavilions and towers were tens of meters high. A closer look would reveal their extraordinary grandeur.

Before he could even release his divine sense, no fewer than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators passed by him.

"Interesting, the proportion of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in this city seems to be much higher than in Yellow Maple Valley..."

This is only the outer edge of the city.

In the Tiannan region, the ratio of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to Qi Refining stage cultivators in major sects is generally above 1:20.

Even 1 to 30.

Including independent cultivators and family forces, the ratio might reach 1 to 40 or even 1 to 50.

For example, in Yellow Maple Valley, there are as many as 12,000 to 13,000 Qi Refining cultivators, but only about 400 Foundation Establishment cultivators. The ratio is between 1:20 and 1:30.

However, in the Chaotic Star Sea, there is no such significant difference in proportion.

Throughout his journey, the ratio of his Foundation Establishment stage to his Qi Refining stage was typically 1 to 15.

Upon arriving in Tianxing City, the ratio gap narrowed further to 1:10 or even 1:8.

In other words, for every 10 Qi Refining stage cultivators, you will encounter a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

This demonstrates the "abundance" of Foundation Building Pills in the Chaotic Star Sea.

Previously, while passing through a market town, I inquired about the price of Foundation Establishment Pills, and they only cost a little over two hundred spirit stones. (Comparable to over a thousand spirit stones in Tiannan.)
That's right.

Foundation Establishment Pills are worthless here.

"It's a pity. If I hadn't fallen out with Huangfeng Valley, with the Foundation Establishment Pills I provided, Huangfeng Valley would definitely have taken off. It would only have been a matter of time before they became one of the top sects in Tiannan."

He was protected by Yellow Maple Valley.

Huang Fenggu received his financial assistance.

Both sides can benefit from this.

Unfortunately, they parted on bad terms.

of course.

He didn't feel sorry for himself, but for Huangfeng Valley, where he had lived for more than ten years, and for the families he had befriended.

"Let's go to the sacred mountain to choose a cave dwelling first."

We can't let Xiaobai and Xiaoyu stay in the spirit beast pouch for too long.

"Go and order more Demon-Attracting Grass..."

If you place an order a hundred years in advance and have someone take special care of it, you can harvest a large batch of Rainbow Grass that has just unfolded its leaves a hundred years later.

If we can find the Gold-Eating Insects, the conditions for the first wave of spawning can be met.

As for feasibility?
"If I remember correctly, in order to force out the original body, Biyun Sect and Jiyin Island fabricated the identity of 'Insect Demon' in the original trajectory. And the reason why Insect Demon is called Insect Demon is because of the overwhelming insect clouds."

The fact that these two companies were able to successfully create the character of the Insect Demon to frame the original body, and actually cultivate tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dangerous spirit insects in a short period of time, must have been due to the growth-promoting power of the Demon-Attracting Grass.

In other words.

It is possible to induce a large number of gold-devouring insects; obtaining a thousand-year-old demon-attracting grass that has just unfolded its leaves is entirely feasible.

It remains to be seen whether he can uncover the key to it.

Even without small bottles, there's still a way of life.

And it may not necessarily be worse than the original body that possessed the small bottle.

...

Each spiral of the sacred mountain from bottom to top constitutes one level.

It is divided into eighty-one layers.

The numerous cave dwellings on the first fifty floors are open to visiting cultivators, and can be rented as long as one has spirit stones.

Only cultivators at least at the Foundation Establishment stage can reside on the last thirty floors.

The top floor is the residence of the Twin Saints of Heavenly Stars.

The highest level has the most concentrated and purest spiritual energy.

It decreases sequentially downwards.

Even a spiritual vein cave at the foot of a mountain can reduce the time cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage spending on arduous cultivation by about one-fifth.

After the thirtieth level, the cultivation speed can be increased by more than a quarter.

Above the 50th floor, the speed can be increased by about one-third.

"What vacant cave dwellings remain above the thirtieth level of the Holy Mountain?"

The clone of Sha Dan looked at the Foundation Establishment disciple who was handling affairs at the Star Palace and asked.

"Senior, there are still six seats left on the thirty-first floor... and one seat left on the forty-eighth floor!"

How many spirit stones would it cost to rent the 48th floor for 100 years?

"Three thousand six hundred..."

"Give me that empty cave dwelling on the forty-eighth floor. Here are three thousand six hundred spirit stones." With a wave of his hand, the Demon Core clone displayed a small pile of spirit stones in front of the Star Palace disciple.

"Senior has excellent taste. The spiritual energy in this forty-eight-story cave is quite abundant. Please wait a moment, senior, and I will go and complete the check-in procedures immediately," the Star Palace staff member said with a smile.

Three thousand six hundred spirit stones, enough to rent for a hundred years.

In other words, it takes thirty-six spirit stones to pay rent each year.

Thirty-six spirit stones have considerable purchasing power in the Chaotic Star Sea. They're equivalent to over two hundred spirit stones in the Southern Heaven.

Fortunately, it was worth the price.

It can accelerate the cultivation speed by about 30%, which is certainly worthwhile.

"Take me to my lodgings."

The clone of Sha Dan gestured.

"Zhang Yan, take this senior with you."

"Yes, uncle."

Afterwards, the Sha Dan clone was taken to its new residence by a young disciple of the Star Palace.

Han Li followed at a distance.

There were no setbacks along the way.

Just before the Qi Refining disciple who was leading the way from the Star Palace was about to take his leave, Sha Dan's clone waved his hand and gave him ten low-grade spirit stones and some high-quality low-level pills:

"You've had a hard journey, young friend."

With his current level of understanding, it is not difficult for him to distinguish the quality of a low-level cultivator's spiritual root.

With just one glance, he could tell that this boy was neither a pseudo-spiritual root nor a triple-spiritual root.

Most likely, they have dual spiritual roots or a special physique.

With such potential as a child prodigy, coupled with the spiritual energy of the Star Palace Sacred Mountain, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to form a core within a hundred years.

Making a good connection at this moment may prove useful later.

For example, tell him more about Tianxing City.

"Thank you, senior."

The boy accepted the tip, smelled the pills inside the bottle, and was overjoyed.

These elixirs must have been made from precious medicinal herbs that are over a hundred years old.

He wasn't a family cultivator; otherwise, he would have received family investment to cultivate diligently on the holy mountain instead of doing dirty work here.

But he firmly believed that with his talent for cultivation and hard work, he would definitely be able to stand out from the crowd.

He remembered the kind senior in front of him.

Once he reaches the Core Formation stage, I will definitely become close friends with him.

"By the way, young friend, do you know where to reserve the Rainbow Grass?"

"Senior wants his spirit beast to produce a large number of demon beast cubs?"

"good."

"Then why don't you head to the northwest coast of Tianxing City? There are more than a dozen families there that are in the business of Rainbow Grass. You're sure to achieve your goal there. By the way, among the dozen or so families, the Xu family is the fairest..." the young man said with a smile.

Han Li, hidden in the shadows, and his visible avatar, the Demon Core clone, both smiled upon hearing this.

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)