What if you ascend to the wrong world?

"I'll put the things in first."

The young man grinned, bent down and went into the shack, putting the bag of flour he was carrying on his shoulder inside.

Then he turned around, took the bread, and took a bite:

"Your cooking skills are still so good."

“Lorne,” the old woman said with an unusually serious expression, “today is your first day of night patrol. Do not disappoint the Lord’s expectations.”

“Of course, I will always keep your teachings in mind,” Lorne said solemnly.

If Aunt Una hadn't used all her savings to hire a priest to help him back then, he probably would have died long ago.

Where else can one have the opportunity to become a Holy Warrior bathed in the Lord's glory, as is the case now?

"Then I'll go on patrol first."

“Go ahead.” Una nodded.

His eyes were full of satisfaction.

May the Lord's glory bless you.

"May the glory of our Lord bless you as well."

Lorne finished his bread in a few bites, picked up the greatsword leaning against the side, and turned to leave with a flourish.

Una watched Lorne's departing figure, her heart filled with gratitude for the Lord's omniscience.

She was grateful to the great Lord for guiding her to Lorne's side.

Otherwise, a great Holy Warrior would perish before he could even grow up.

"All credit goes to the Lord."

She prayed softly, then turned and lifted the canvas to go into the shack.

……

……

The night is getting darker.

Lorne's Holy Radiance Warrior squad had patrolled to the vicinity of the south gate of the holy city of Loser, following the established route.

The heavy footsteps were synchronized, and all the Holy Radiance Warriors remained silent, not uttering a single word.

As the Lord of Dawn, he is the sharpest spear and the strongest shield in the human world.

What they need to do is to eliminate all destabilizing factors and nip any potential dangers that might threaten the stability of the Holy City in the bud!

but……

The holy city of Loser is, after all, a place under the watchful eyes of the gods.

Who would dare to commit blasphemy under the watchful gaze of the Lord of Dawn?

For decades, no accidents had occurred, so the other Holy Radiance Warriors in the squad treated it as just another ordinary night patrol and weren't particularly wary.

Some of them even started thinking about where to have fun after their night patrols ended.

Of course, this does not include Lorne.

It was his first time participating in a night patrol, and he was still in a state of extreme tension.

that's it.

The squad quickly passed through the south gate.

Unbeknownst to anyone, a blurry shadow had silently followed them.

It floated behind the team, flowing with some inexplicable Dao energy, seemingly filtering something.

Several tentacles extended from beneath him, growing longer and longer, until they finally pierced the nape of the neck of the last Holy Radiance Warrior.

One, two...

Each Holy Radiance Warrior who was pierced by the tentacles stood frozen in place.

The immortal inheritances, 'neutralized' by the power of the ancient gods, continuously flooded into their minds, and their bodies began to show signs of mutation uncontrollably.

All the way up to the fourth one!

Lorne felt an extraordinary silence around him; the heavy footsteps had all disappeared, and he could even clearly hear his own breathing…

Was it because you were too nervous that you were participating in a night patrol for the first time?

At that moment, a tentacle had reached near the back of Lorne's neck, just a hair's breadth away from piercing him.

wrong!

His tense nerves reached a breaking point at this moment. Lorne suddenly turned around, drew his sword, and slashed behind him.

Buzz!

The sword gleamed, cutting through the air with a buzzing sound!

clang!

But it was like crashing into a mountain made of fine iron; the enormous reaction force made Lorne's hands go numb.

Ignoring the greatsword that was about to slip from his grasp, the scene before him left Lorne frozen in place.

Those were translucent tentacles, only as thick as a little finger, covered with mysterious patterns, and their surfaces were covered with countless tiny downy feathers...

"How majestic! The path to immortality is immeasurable!"

The moment I saw the tentacles in their entirety, a profound and mysterious Daoist chant resounded in my mind.

Chapter 29 'Innate Dao Body'

boom!

Vast and profound information about the Dao of Immortality kept flooding into my mind.

It is incomprehensible and unfathomable.

Lorne felt his mind go blank, and his will wavered for a moment, as if he would completely sink into this mysterious and boundless 'immortal path' in the next second.

But his taut nerves and ever-present vigilance allowed him to maintain a moment of clarity.

It was this moment of perseverance!

The blurry shadow seemed to have finally found a suitable host, and it abandoned the three Holy Radiance Warriors who had begun to mutate, rushing straight towards Lorne.

As a special existence born from the fusion of the power of ancient gods and the pollution of immortality, its purpose is to find a suitable successor.

After several failed attempts, it seems to have discovered that the aptitude of immortals in this world is relatively average.

So we can only choose the tallest one from among the 'shorts'.

It's not great either, but it's still better than those useless people who can't even last a moment!

Under the influence of that inexplicable Daoist aura, the few Holy Radiance Warriors at the forefront were completely unaware of all this.

From the moment Lorne drew his sword to slash at the tentacles to the moment he stood frozen in place by the vast and boundless information of the immortal path, neither of them reacted.

It's like being in different worlds.

at last!

The tentacles wrapped around Lorne's wrist, and countless fine downy feathers pierced his skin like steel needles.

In an instant, a wondrous change began.

From skin and flesh to bones and even spirit, everything is transforming in a direction more suitable for 'immortal cultivation'.

Reborn.

A complete transformation!

In a fraction of a second, the previously incomprehensible mystical Dao seemed to have a pattern.

The countless ancient esoteric texts circulated, eventually forming a system that elucidates the profound mysteries of the immortal path—

Ultimate Secret...

There was only enough time to understand a small part.

The blurry shadow suddenly trembled, as if it had sensed something.

next second.

It actually abandoned Lorne, who had already undergone most of his metamorphosis, and its tentacles, covered in fine downy feathers, quickly withdrew from his body.

In less than a breath, the blurry figure had already fled the holy city of Loser and vanished without a trace.

As it departed, the mysterious Daoist aura that had enveloped the surroundings also dissipated.

Lorne had regained some consciousness and was staring blankly at what lay before him, feeling as if the whole world had changed.

Clear, bright...

They could even clearly sense the traces of magic flowing in the void.

Not long after.

The first few Holy Radiance Warriors noticed something was wrong and rushed towards Lorne, along with the three unconscious Holy Radiance Warriors whose abnormalities were fading.

"Lorne! Lorne!"

An older Holy Radiance Warrior called out anxiously.

"what happened!"

Lorne stared blankly at him, opened her mouth, but her vision blurred.

I felt dizzy and the world was spinning. I fell heavily to the ground and completely lost consciousness.

……

……

"interesting……"

Irene Vitte's mansion.

In the backyard garden, Ye Tu slowly withdrew his gaze.

After being 'neutralized' by the power of the ancient gods, the changes in the pollution of the immortal path were more interesting than he had expected.

The chosen little guy, after the initial transformation by the Immortal Shadow, can be considered to be half a 'Primordial Dao Body' in some respects.

of course.

It is not purely a path of immortality, but rather a 'primordial Dao body' that integrates the rules of the local world and is more in line with this world.

If the transformation is complete, that little guy's cultivation progress should not be inferior to some of the innate holy bodies in his original world.

But if that were to happen, it wouldn't be a good thing.

In any case, the current 'immortal path' is not compatible with this world, and the nature of the ancient god's power itself leans towards 'corruption'...

Therefore, the best-case scenario is to maintain the current critical point.

It not only has the advantage of having an 'innate Dao body', but also doesn't have to worry about the 'innate Dao body' having too deep an influence, causing one to mutate into an alternative immortal form.

"This whole thing started because of me," Ye Tu chuckled. "I'll help you this once."

It was he who glanced at it just now, which startled away the Immortal Shadow that was preparing to completely merge with Lorne.

As for why they did that.

Firstly, as he just said, this whole thing started because of him.

We can't just watch that immortal figure run amok.

Secondly...

They also wanted to use Lorne as bait to see the Lord of Dawn's reaction and further probe the attitude of the Astral Gods.

He wanted to fully understand and adapt to the rules of this world, and the astral gods and the mysterious 'Ancient Gods' were always obstacles he could not get around.

There's no rush with the 'Ancient Gods' yet, not to mention we've already obtained the [Hidden Eye] material.

Even if not, there are ancient god ruins all over the world, and there are always ways to access and study them.