Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

If this can be accomplished and the world saved from the clutches of the vengeful demon fire, it will surely become a legendary tale passed down through the ages.

Furthermore, becoming the master of the Pure Fire Domain will greatly help her subsequent Qi cultivation. She will not need to worry about the amount of spiritual energy. As long as she has enough talent and does not encounter any bottlenecks, it is not impossible for her to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment in this world.

"It's just that becoming the Lord of the Pure Fire Domain is difficult... and the endings are usually not good."

Xi Heng is currently reading a book that records the various changes, historical stories, and figures in the Pure Fire Domain over the past thousand years since the collapse of the Heavenly Dao.

It is said that before the outbreak of the vengeful fire, such historical books were completely forbidden in the Pure Fire Realm. Anyone who came into contact with them would be sent to be burned in the Pure Fire.

However, the largest power in the cultivation world, the 'Pure Fire Altar,' has now been burned to ruins by the resentful fire. No survivors have been seen to this day, and the order they built and maintained has naturally been destroyed.

Historical data and information that were previously impossible to obtain in the Pure Fire Domain can now be freely accessed.

Xi Heng also saw in the book:

"The first generation of the person who held great power within the Soul Locking Array suffered betrayal and abandonment in his old age. Furthermore, because he offended the interests of many cultivators during his reforms, he lost power and was dragged to the Purifying Fire Altar to have his soul extracted and burned separately from his physical body... He was the first to be burned."

Because of this incident, cultivators who had experienced the cataclysm of the collapse of the Heavenly Dao learned that the Pure Fire had the power to restore spiritual energy. It could destroy the foundation of the entire physical body while burning it, and absorb the spiritual energy within to stabilize itself and the entire Spirit Locking Array.

Since then, a spiritual energy circulation system has been established in this border region, stabilizing the Great Spirit Locking Array for thousands of years.

This place was gradually transformed from a small boat adrift in the storm into a safe haven, much like the spirit-locking arrays of other larger realms.

However, due to the small size of this Spirit Locking Array, limited resources, and uneven spiritual veins, the various forces fought continuously until a hundred years later, when the Golden Core cultivators of the Fire Prison Sect finally quelled the chaos of the war, and the Fire Prison Sect was renamed the Pure Fire Sect.

However, the term "Fire Hell" was retained and became the name used by cultivators in this realm to refer to the entire Pure Fire Cultivation Realm.

After quelling the chaos, the Pure Fire Sect established a stable order and laws, declaring that all spiritual energy used by cultivators thereafter was a gift and blessing from the Pure Fire, which would have to be returned in the future.

Returning the body means throwing it into the pure fire to "add fuel to the fire."

Xi Heng had heard Shao Xi talk about this rule before in the Tian Zhao Kingdom, but the large section of the historical record in front of him was clearly clearer than the few words he had heard before.

It explains the process of the ceremony and also illustrates the changes, alterations, and improvements to this order over the centuries.

It is this order that has allowed the Pure Fire Realm to endure.

Xi Heng looked up slightly at this spot, his gaze seemingly penetrating the thick earth to see the various scenes on the ground.

It was precisely because of this order that such a powerful demonic creature as the Resentful Heaven Demon Fire was created, almost wiping out all the cultivators within, leaving only a few survivors with some remaining strength.

Xi Heng continued turning the page.

The book states that ten years after the Spirit Locking Array stabilized, a highly talented Foundation Establishment cultivator attempted to advance to the Golden Core stage, attracting much attention.

Because the Golden Core requires too much spiritual energy, it will inevitably affect the limited spiritual energy of the Pure Fire, and most cultivators are unwilling to see it succeed.

Later, when this person was undergoing the Golden Core Tribulation, he failed to achieve it, whether due to the spiritual energy in the formation or interference from outsiders. In any case, he died without knowing why.

In the following fifty years, several more cultivators attempted to advance, but all failed.

The success rate of advancing to the Golden Core stage is already low, so cultivators don't take it seriously.

Not long after, another cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, who was highly regarded by everyone, attempted to advance in the Pure Fire Sect, bringing with him precious pills, spiritual energy, and materials.

Logically, this person had a greater than 90% chance of success, but during the ascent, when the tribulation clouds first condensed, he cried out that there was insufficient spiritual energy and forcibly stopped the advancement, thus saving his life.

However, it also damaged his foundation and caused him severe injuries. He survived for several years afterward before finally dying.

Before his death, he left behind the regretful words: "This world is a prison, and one cannot escape without achieving the Golden Elixir. Once the Golden Elixir is lost, the path to immortality is also lost."

From then on, this last word weighed heavily on the hearts of cultivators in this world.

Cultivating immortality is supposed to be for the sake of becoming an immortal, but in the current situation, what kind of immortality can one cultivate?

At that time, there were many hopeless people, and quite a few chose to abandon their spirituality and return to the mortal world.

As a result, the cultivators within the Fire Hell lost their desire to fight over things, bringing two hundred years of stability to this realm.

During this period, many old-school Golden Core cultivators within the realm who had survived the collapse of heaven and earth either exhausted their lifespans or risked their last lives to board flying boats and travel far into the void beyond the realm.

Only a dozen or so Foundation Establishment Perfection Grand Cultivators remained among those with the highest cultivation level.

Because of its control over the Pure Fire, the Pure Fire Sect has become increasingly powerful, while the other nine major sects have become increasingly weak.

Therefore, the nine major sects had no choice but to form an alliance to compete for power and interests.

The independent practitioners mingled among them, enduring arduous cultivation.

This situation persisted in the Hellfire for hundreds of years until the birth of the Demonic Flame of Resentment, which erupted and devoured everything.

"It used to be the Nine Sects Alliance, but now it's changed to the Seven Sects..." Xi Heng muttered to himself as he continued flipping through the pages.

The answer was found very quickly:

Three hundred and ten years after the establishment of the Fire Prison, a powerful figure from the 'Wood Origin Sect' of the Nine Sect Alliance found a method for obtaining the Golden Elixir from ancient books, called 'False Elixir'.

It involves refining demon cores or monster cores at the Golden Core stage, or treasures of sufficient rank, into the body, which can directly improve one's rank and realm without requiring a large amount of spiritual energy to be infused and condensed.

The method of obtaining a fake Golden Core is flawed, making it impossible to advance, and its overall strength is weaker than that of a true Golden Core cultivator. It also lacks the powerful technique of the 'Golden Core Dharma Form,' and does not increase one's lifespan after achieving it.

However, it is already significantly stronger than the Foundation Establishment stage.

The person who found it was the sect leader of the Muyuan Sect, and the supreme treasure he chose was the Pure Fire itself.

This person had been planning for a long time, striving to become the vice elder of the Nine Sect Alliance. On the night of the Fire-Adding Ceremony, he used a secret method to conceal his presence, sat cross-legged beside the Pure Fire, and directly attempted to refine it. He first ignited himself and then absorbed the Pure Fire into his body.

Halfway through the advancement, half of the pure fire had been devoured, the spiritual energy was about to condense into liquid, and the spirit-locking array suddenly showed cracks due to the instability of the array eye, causing a large amount of spiritual energy to dissipate.

All the array masters came to repair it, and a dozen Foundation Establishment stage cultivators came together to angrily kill this person, and the crisis was finally over.

The Mu Yuan Sect was thoroughly searched that night. The sect leader of the Jing Huo Sect found the method to make fake pills and threw them into the Jing Huo, where they were burned to ashes in full view of everyone.

However, the method of creating fake elixirs did not truly disappear; it reappeared three hundred years later.

She turned a few more pages into this meticulously described, story-like history book.

Some stories also happened during this time:

For example, the Tianyuan Sect mobilized the entire sect to create a large flying boat to leave the Fire Prison, but not long after it left, it encountered a chaotic void, which was more dangerous than imagined, and had to return to the Fire Prison.

This initial voyage consumed all their resources, and few returned alive. Their lack of strength led to their exclusion by the sect alliance, and they soon became targeted and lost the name of Tianyuan Sect.

Rumor has it that the large flying ship fell into the hands of the Pure Fire Sect.

The girl noted this down and then turned her gaze to the end of the page.

Later, it describes how Wanbaoge also experienced some changes at that time, but the overall outcome was still relatively good.

The following section recounts how another person somehow obtained the method of creating a fake core, used the technique of feigning death to be thrown into the Pure Fire, and attempted to advance within the Pure Fire while having his spiritual energy absorbed, thus truly attaining the realm of a fake core.

Unfortunately, this period of history has been largely erased, with very little written record and uncertain details.

Rumor has it that the fake Core Formation cultivator eventually entered the Pure Fire Sect and became their Grand Elder. There is also a rumor that he had only been promoted for a few days when, for some unknown reason, he voluntarily stepped back into the Pure Fire and truly burned himself out.

What happened next was that the Pure Fire Sect changed its name to the Pure Fire Cult, and its actions became increasingly extreme and severe. It also developed a belief in the Pure Fire, the key magic weapon of the Spirit Locking Array. Its influence was no longer limited to the Spirit Locking Array, but also began to encourage mortals outside the Array to believe in the Pure Fire and established many altars.

No longer only cultivators are used, but also ordinary people from the outside world are brought into the realm to be burned, and the meager spiritual light in the bodies of ordinary people is used to add fuel to the fire and maintain the gradually weakening fire hell.

Such evil deeds naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Seven Sects Alliance, leading to a war between them. At first, it was just a small skirmish, but it later evolved into a real war between cultivators.

At the height of the battle, the corpses of the vengeful fire appeared for the first time.

However, the great cultivators seemed unable to perceive from this omen that there was a problem with the Pure Fire, as in their eyes the Pure Fire never had any problems.

Finally, the two forces engaged in a battle of high-level cultivators around the Pure Fire. Suddenly, the resentful fire erupted, completely engulfing the entire Fire Prison. Almost only the Netherworld Gate, which was already hiding deep underground, was spared.

……

"This cultivation world doesn't seem to be a safe place either."

Xi Heng closed the book and quietly gazed at the burning candlelight beside him.

The immortals she had heard of in Da Zhao were all described as "not eating grains, drinking dew and breathing in the wind, riding the clouds and controlling the wind dragon, and traveling beyond the four seas".

Immortals who live forever are carefree and at ease, forgetting worldly desires in secluded valleys, naturally inactive, transcending the mundane and detached from worldly gains, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon to observe the mysteries of heaven and earth...

However, the cultivators in the historical records that Xi Heng was currently observing were bound by numerous restrictions and constraints, and like ordinary people, they had to fight for power and profit, even to an extreme degree.

Like Mi Jie, who destroyed the Chonghai Realm, and so many mortals and cultivators who sacrificed themselves, brewing great resentment in the Pure Fire, even creating terrifying things like the Resentful Heaven Demon Fire, these are the Lords of the Hell.

"Even those who cultivate immortality cannot escape the shackles of worldly interests?" she murmured. "Or is it that only true immortals can transcend them?"

Boom, boom...

In the dim light, a soft footstep sounded beside my ear.

Xi Heng looked toward the source of the sound and saw the black-robed woman again, who seemed like a ghost, silent yet omnipresent.

“Cultivators seeking the path to immortality cannot achieve it with a single human body; they must rely on external resources. This was true before the Heavenly Dao was damaged, and it remains true after entering the Spirit Locking Array.” The woman with shoulder-length light blonde hair said, “And we cultivators ultimately aim for advancement.”

"So, only by becoming a true immortal can one transcend?" Xi Heng asked.

"The difference between immortals and mortals is vast. We cannot even imagine what it's like to ascend to immortality after attaining enlightenment." The other person shook their head: "And true immortals have not appeared for over a thousand years."

"Perhaps it has appeared in other realms?"

"Immortals attain enlightenment upon becoming immortals. Legend has it that once they return to the mortal world, they will influence the Heavenly Dao and even the Chaos. However, the Heavenly Dao has not fluctuated for thousands of years, so they probably no longer pay attention to the many realms in this world."

"Oh." The girl blinked and spoke her mind: "Perhaps the immortals are all dead."

"The fall of immortals is a great calamity for the world. If most immortals were to perish, this world would cease to exist." The man's words remained calm.

"I see..."

This was the first time Xi Heng had ever heard of information about immortals.

Once you enter the world of cultivation, you can indeed hear things that are difficult to learn in the mortal world.

As he pondered this casually, the woman in the black robe approached the desk and took out a walnut-sized round ball with a pale golden glow from the inside of her clothes, placing it on the wooden table.

"What is this?" the girl asked, picking it up with her fingers.

"The Vengeance-Storing Pearl is an object used to preserve vengeful fire. After you kill the vengeful fire puppet, you can bring this object close to the pupil to absorb the vengeful fire within the puppet, which has lost its life force. Bringing it back here will amplify the Purifying Fire, and we will also give you a certain reward."

What kind of compensation?

"Improve cultivation efficiency, or the pills and spiritual materials used for breakthroughs, or cultivation techniques and secret manuals."

"Sounds pretty good." Xi Heng casually put the resentment-accumulating pearl into the brocade pouch at her waist; these things were all somewhat useful to her.

However, what she wants to do most now is to gather information about this world and to figure out the logic language used by the entire Spirit Locking Array, so that when she reloads her save and returns to this place, she will have a certain degree of authority to manipulate the Great Spirit Locking Array.

This ability is more important than the resources used in Qi cultivation.

Xi Heng wasn't planning to wholeheartedly help the Youxu Sect deal with the resentful fire; his current actions were mostly preparations for reloading his save file later.

Although her knowledge of immortal cultivation was not as good as that of these native cultivators, her understanding of resentful fire far surpassed theirs.

The vengeful demonic fire was already powerful enough to incinerate the entire Great Spirit Locking Array when it first erupted, and now that it has absorbed the spiritual power and resentment of countless cultivators within the array, it is bound to become even more powerful.

The flames of resentment are an aggregate of resentment, making them difficult to extinguish. Several cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage should not be able to defeat them.

Unless some truly powerful magical artifacts or treasures exist, there is only one possibility left: defeat.

But we should always give it a try... We might also gain some important information and intelligence along the way.

"So, where are those Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators you asked me to deal with?" the girl asked.

"Are they about to make their move? They're in the centers of various regions; I'll hand over the intelligence later."

"Why drag it out? But I still have something to ask."

The other party waited quietly for Xi Heng to speak, his expression remaining calm, revealing nothing of his thoughts.

"When you used the teleportation technique earlier, you said you borrowed the power of the Great Spirit-Locking Array, which means you have the ability to manipulate the Spirit-Locking Array, right?" Xi Heng's tone was natural and casual.

"The Pure Fire is the core of the formation. It can be used as a medium to draw out part of the formation's power, but the prerequisite is that the Pure Fire must be secretly infiltrated into small resentful fires outside." Yin Wanluan explained clearly: "The area controlled by our Youxu Sect is only around Shigu Market. Once we step outside, it will be difficult to use teleportation, fog, illusion and other spells."

"Use pure fire to permeate the resentful fire, and then control it..." Xi Heng nodded, this method was similar to hers.

She also used resentment to shroud the pure fire before manipulating it.

"Teach me this trick."

Yin Wanluan nodded gently: "Okay, but you need to learn the art of formations first."

"Array?"

"No matter how peculiar the Fire Prison Spirit Locking Array may be, it is still just a large array, and it must be manipulated in accordance with the laws of array formation."

“Perhaps there is another way.” Xi Heng did not think so: “I can use my resentment fire to influence the array point, so I should be able to directly replicate the array’s ability that I have sensed, without having to delve into the deep theory.”

It's like using a pre-planned and constructed house renovation design; as a user, she can use it directly without having to draw up a blueprint herself.

"...As you wish." The woman in black hesitated for a moment, then nodded calmly.

Then, Xi Heng followed the other party and left the dark library.