I ascended to godhood through the 100-ton King Martial Arts.

Chapter 92 The Secret of Immortals

"Within this domain, even the world consciousness of this small world cannot intrude. You two can speak freely."

Shen Linyuan tapped the table and looked at Li Tianyi and Wang Feng.

Li Tianyi doesn't have many options now, so he's pretty straightforward.

He said directly, "The immortal above my Blood Fiend Sect seems to have encountered a problem. There has been no feedback regarding the sacrifice for fifty years."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingshan and Wang Feng nodded.

Li Tianyi had mentioned this point before.

Shen Linyuan made no extra movements.

He already knew this information.

The reason he brought the two of them here was to obtain some information from them that he had not been able to find out before.

Li Tian paused, organized his thoughts, and then continued, "The Blood Fiend Sect believes in the law of the jungle."

Although I had previously comprehended the Realm of Intent and integrated the Intent of Martial Arts into my body and mind, I was only two steps away from the Spirit Transformation Realm.

But ultimately, it wasn't a true Spirit Transformation Realm, so it couldn't access much information about the Sacrifice Tower.

Taking advantage of the sect leader's seal, I searched through his belongings and learned some secrets..."

He glanced at the three of them and slowly said, "The immortals above my Blood Fiend Sect are not true immortals, but rather a branch of the lineage of an immortal sect."

Our Blood Fiend Sect is the servant of this lineage.

In addition to the normal sacrifices, the Blood Fiend Sect also regularly sacrifices fragments of bloodline.

These fragments are the origin of the Blood Tax of my Blood Fiend Sect.

They treated us like livestock.

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A moment of silence.

Shen Linyuan tapped the table: "These aren't exactly secrets. There's something crucial you didn't tell me!"

Upon hearing this, Li Tian nodded: "It seems Elder Shen has grand ambitions, knowing even this much. Yes, and another point is that the goal of the Blood Fiend Sect's lineage is the resentment of ten thousand souls and the essence of the Blood Sea!"

Wang Feng suddenly realized, "No wonder your Blood Fiend Sect's territory is constantly engulfed in wars; it turns out it's all for harvesting the souls of the wronged and their blood essence."

Li Tian nodded: "I was also puzzled before. After all, during the resource harvesting season, ensuring the stability of the territory under our control is beneficial for us to plunder resources more quickly. I didn't know this before and only thought it was because the sect leader was tyrannical. Now I understand the reason."

Then he looked at Wang Feng and asked, "What about the Lingxu Sword Sect?"

Wang Feng's master was the previous sect leader, and his disciple is the current sect leader.

The other party knows far more than he does.

Wang Feng hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Our situation is similar to your Blood Fiend Sect. We are also under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Dao lineage."

The only difference is that the Taoist tradition behind us prefers the refined essence of minerals.

In addition, disciples and elders who have grasped the essence of power and intent, and even the sect leader, must regularly go to the sacrificial tower to undergo trials.

After each trial, everyone, regardless of their cultivation level, would be extremely exhausted.

The reason for this, I have no idea.

Beside him, Li Tianyi's eyes flashed, and he spoke up sarcastically, "Elder Wang, isn't there something you forgot to mention?"

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Wang Feng's eyes.

Previously, in order to win over Li Tianyi and complete the orders given by the immortal, he deliberately threw out bait, but unexpectedly encountered an accident, leaving Li Tianyi with no way out.

Now the bait has become a dagger that stabs oneself in the back.

He sighed and looked up at Shen Linyuan: "It's not that I forgot, but I didn't know whether I should say it or not. Elder Shen, have you ever heard of immortals directly issuing divine decrees?"

Shen Linyuan nodded: "Immortal edicts are not common among county-level forces, but they do occur occasionally. I have even seen a glimpse of an immortal descending upon the Bitter Realm. Wang Feng, don't change the subject, continue. What is an immortal edict?"

He was being watched by the three people.

Wang Feng clenched his fists, thinking of the sect leader's disciple who was still in trouble, and resigned himself to his fate, saying, "The immortals ordered our Lingxu Sword Sect to exterminate the Iron Leg Sect and the Blood Fiend Sect, and to massacre the two counties as a sacrifice."

Upon hearing this, Li Tianyi abruptly stood up, his eyes filled with murderous intent: "You old bastard, you were trying to win me over before, but it turns out you were just trying to slaughter my Blood Fiend Sect!"

Even if the Blood Fiend Sect is bad, it's still the place where he's lived for over a hundred years.

He had considered taking over and becoming the new sect leader, and he had considered fleeing with his family if things went wrong, but he never thought of slaughtering the entire Blood Fiend Sect county!

As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots.

Li Tianyi still possesses this sentiment towards his ancestral homeland.

Wang Feng looked helpless: "We're just following orders. If we don't, the upper sect will come after us, not to mention the immortals have control of our Bitter Realm passage..."

Why does a loose martial alliance still retain power divisions such as counties, prefectures, and counties?

It's simply because one link leads to another.

They develop harsh environments and cultivate barbarians; in essence, they follow the same path.

If the Lingxu Sword Sect doesn't obey, even without immortals descending, the higher-ups will send experts to suppress and kill them.

Li Qingshan listened with great interest.

According to the two, each of the perilous realms actually represents a different immortal sect, and they are not entirely of one mind.

However, following this line of thought...

Their return to the void is equivalent to a great realm of suffering...

"Alright, no need to argue anymore, I know what I'm doing."

Shen Linyuan waved his hand, suppressing Li Tianyi's acting.

Li Tianyi reacted so strongly.

It's just that he secretly allied with Wang Feng before, but now that he's realized he's the real power behind him, he's putting on an act and trying to switch sides.

I've lived this long.

With his extensive experience and knowledge, he couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

Seeing the two sit down again, Shen Linyuan slowly said, "I know more."

On the other side of the immortals, there are thirty-three heavens.

Below the thirty-three heavens lie countless mortal worlds, much like barbarian miniature worlds.

Mortals can ascend to the Celestial Court of the Thirty-Three Heavens by cultivating and passing tribulations of varying intensities.

The Celestial Court is somewhat similar to the Ding Kingdom's system, but it is more loosely structured.

Even the weakest servants there are equivalent to our Spirit Transformation Realm.

After the menial tasks came the heavenly soldiers and generals, and the Taoist soldiers and divine generals.

I have no idea about the heavenly soldiers and generals.

This military commander does know a thing or two about this.

It is said that the earliest people in Guixu who obtained the immortal bone bloodline followed this route.

Dao soldiers are those who have initially condensed immortal bones, equivalent to the Transformation Realm of bloodline powerhouses, while divine generals are those who have further developed their immortal bones.

Our Iron Legs Sect Master is stuck at the level of a Divine General.

If he advances further, he will be able to unlock his own bloodline family, and then have the opportunity to go directly to the Celestial Court, join a lineage, and gain protection.

Upon hearing this, the three of them suddenly understood.

It turned out to be the case.

Unconsciously, the three of them began to lose some of their fascination with the previously aloof immortal.

I didn't know how powerful the immortals were before.

The feeling that I could steal the sky and change the sun made me feel timid.

Now that Shen Linyuan has provided a benchmark, and I have a clear understanding of the concept, the mystique has been dispelled.

If you get too close, they become disrespectful; if you keep your distance, they become fearful.

That's roughly the case.

"Master, according to your logic, wouldn't those who follow the bloodline path be equivalent to the barbarians of the Bitter Realm?"

Li Qingshan asked the question as he saw fit.

Shen Linyuan nodded: "They are even more powerful than the barbarians. They are more like a hybrid of barbarians and Guixu people. The only difference is that barbarian hybrids cannot cultivate. The people and beasts of Guixu have very special physiques, but they can follow the Dao soldier and divine general system of immortals and the bloodline inheritance system of immortal beasts."

He went on to explain: "Bloodline systems, whether they are those of immortals, demons, or sorcerers of wizarding civilizations, are essentially fragments of rules condensed through the physical body."

This is the Guixu we are in.

Almost every human and beast contains the seeds of rules passed down from the Celestial Court, representing the divine soldiers and generals.

After gestation.

If you're lucky, you might awaken martial bones or beastly inheritances.

Even though they haven't awakened yet, the fragments that have been nurtured are constantly growing stronger.

Each sect's headquarters has built structures similar to demon-suppressing towers. In fact, these structures are the sacrificial towers of the immortal lineages located in my Guixu.

They automatically devour and collect fragments from the bodies of dead humans and animals within the actual jurisdiction of counties and prefectures.

That's what I mean.

The three of them understood.

Isn't this just like farming?

The three people reacted.

Shen Linyuan smiled and said, "Our Guixu people have a special human-beast physique. If the immortals hadn't descended back then, we could have integrated into the sorcerer civilization of these barbarians just the same, and vice versa."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingshan frowned: "But aren't those sorcerer's arts something we Guixu people can't practice?"

Shen Linyuan pointed to the sky: "That's because the immortals have already occupied our world, just like this situation. Although we haven't figured out what happened deep in the Ether Domain yet, there's one thing I'm sure of."

Seeing that he had gotten to the point, Wang Feng quickly said, "Please enlighten me, Elder Shen!"

"To be in harmony with the Dao!"

Shen Linyuan uttered two words.

He continued, "Dao Kui, you two should know about it, right?"

Li Tian nodded.

He knew more than just that.

In his early years, he even tricked two of his disciples, turning them into Dao puppets and sacrificing them in exchange for valuable resources.

Wang Feng nodded in agreement.

The Lingxu Sword Sect has a well-established lineage and doesn't engage in such sordid practices.

But he was aware of this.

"Harmony with the Dao is the advancement of the Dao Puppet."

I suspect that the obsession of that barbarian Morning Star didn't truly die, but rather, after sealing away the three sect leaders, it merged with the Dao of this world.

Shen Linyuan pointed to the sky again: "According to the information provided by my disciple Li Qingshan, it also matches my judgment. They transformed the barbarians into abyss monsters in order to pollute this world. The consciousness and matter of the world are equivalent to a person's body and mind. When the body and mind change, the world changes. This is a deliberate tactic targeting the immortals above us."

Li Qingshan suddenly realized: "Master, you mean that's how it is over there in Guixu. There were immortals and powerful beings who merged with the Dao of Heaven and Earth, which led to the later matters of martial bones and immortal bones?"

Shen Linyuan nodded: "Pretty much. It's like we've become the form of immortals, their vassals. I don't know the specifics of how we did it."

He probably knows the source of the information.

But he wasn't of high enough status.

It is estimated that Li Qingshan will need to break through to the level of supernatural powers, or even the Dharma Aspect Realm, before he can explore the truth of this place.

After Shen Linyuan's explanation.

Li Qingshan, however, gained even more insights.

The will of heaven and earth and matter are equivalent to the human body and mind.

Doesn't this correspond to the two different paths he previously saw through the celestial register: the return of all things to oneness, and merging the body with the Dao...?

The celestial register he saw was formed from the skin flakes of a powerful being who pursued the unity of all things after his fall.

Therefore, the ancient martial arts system left behind in this Ruins of Return also follows the path of developing the physical body.

what...

Upon thinking about it, Li Qingshan suddenly realized.

He seemed to understand the origin of the ancient martial arts lineage of Guixu.

Heavenly Register!

Or something like a celestial register!

Even the shavings of that powerful being can be transformed into celestial records that document the influence from countless years ago.

The remaining parts, besides transforming into the entire Ruins of Guixu, a world of round heaven and square earth, still have many more wondrous places left behind.

These remnants formed the basis of the ancient martial arts system in this ruined land.

As for the special physiques of the Guixu people and beasts mentioned by the master, it is probably because they are beings born from the body of that powerful being.

"It's similar to the Pangu creation myth, just the process is different. Pangu killed three thousand gods and demons, but our 'Pangu' in this Guixu region was just talking big before being ganged up on and beaten to death..."

Thinking of this, Li Qingshan couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

In short, according to the master, following the bloodline system is at most equivalent to being branded with the mark of the immortal civilization and becoming a traitor, rather than being directly refined.

The immortals, on the other hand, adopt a method of recruitment and breeding.

In this case.

He was relieved.

His martial arts have now reached a bottleneck, so he can secretly pursue the bloodline route from now on.

They plunder once a month.

Five martial bones remain.

It will only take about five months in total.

Once all seven martial bones are awakened, one can condense immortal bones and possess the combat power of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

This route was actually Li Qingshan's final choice.

He didn't do this before simply because he was worried about a huge pitfall, and it would also easily expose his ability to ignore the incompatibility between martial arts and bloodlines and forcibly plunder bloodlines.

He wouldn't do this unless he was in dire straits.

We're not in a desperate situation yet.

But after witnessing the difference between the Spirit Transformation Realm and the Meridian Opening Realm, Li Qingshan's mindset changed.

The risks are not significant.

Big deal.

When he uses his bloodline abilities in the future, he will kill all witnesses who know his identity.

In this way, there's no question of being exposed.

in contrast.

After leaving Qingyuan County, they went out to make a living.

He can also pretend to be from a noble family.

But that's a story for another time.

With a new direction, Li Qingshan felt much less pressured by the changes in the world and the threat from the sect leader.

My mood has also improved considerably.

He suppressed his thoughts and lowered his head again to listen to Shen Linyuan's words.

Over here, after overwhelming Wang Feng and Li Tianyi with information, Shen Linyuan finally revealed his purpose: "Actually, those immortals only have two methods to devour the small world in the end."

One is to align with the Way.

The other path is to refine the Dao Fruit of Heaven and Earth.

This land was jointly developed by three sects.

To be in harmony with the Dao is naturally out of the question.

That leaves refining the Dao Fruit of Heaven and Earth.

The methods used by the barbarians now are probably similar.

Now that I've heard your account of the situation within the sect regarding immortals, I can roughly guess what the three sect leaders are thinking.

Wang Feng thought for a moment and then said, "Elder Shen, you might as well speak your mind."

Shen Linyuan smiled and countered, "Let's not talk about the Blood Fiend Sect; there's been no news of them for over fifty years. And what about your Lingxu Sword Sect? What's going on? Would an immortal lineage choose to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?"

this...

Upon hearing this, the three people below the stage seemed to be deep in thought.