Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

This was Xi Heng's sixth time returning to this place, and also the sixth time he had given the other party the Resentment-Accumulating Pearl, which contained a great deal of resentment.

On previous occasions, the rewards she requested were either unique spells or pill formulas from the other party's You Suo Sect, or books on array formation.

She chose these items because she has an almost photographic memory. She can memorize these materials and secrets after reading them only once, and can copy them down after loading the game for future use.

This time, she wanted a different kind of compensation.

Do you have any Foundation Establishment Pills?

Having spent several hours with the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, Xi Heng also asked these seniors about cultivation during their casual conversations.

Some people were unwilling to answer, while others were gentle and responsive to every question.

As a result, Xi Heng learned about many of the troubles and bottlenecks that Qi cultivators would encounter on their cultivation path, as well as various matters that needed to be paid attention to.

Among them, the most difficult bottleneck for Qi Refining cultivators to overcome is advancing to Foundation Establishment.

Generally, Qi cultivators need Foundation Establishment Pills to have a certain probability of advancing in rank.

Foundation Establishment Pills are extremely valuable in this world; even if ordinary cultivators exert all their efforts, they may not be able to obtain just one.

After all, resources are scarce in a certain realm, making it difficult to produce enough precious spiritual materials for alchemy.

Foundation Establishment Pills are mostly controlled by major powers, and only those who perform best within a sect or faction, or relatives of elders and sect leaders, can obtain them.

Those who advance directly without using elixirs or spiritual objects are extremely rare, with only one in a hundred achieving true mastery.

After failure, one is basically unable to advance again for life and will be left with intractable illnesses.

In the entire realm, it generally takes more than ten years for a new Foundation Establishment cultivator to emerge.

"There is indeed a Foundation Establishment Pill inside the Deep Abyss Sect, but its grade is not high, only below average," the other party said.

"What's the difference between low-grade and high-grade pills?" Xi Heng asked.

However, she didn't actually have that urgent a need.

Ordinary cultivators would damage their spiritual foundation and be unable to advance further if they failed to establish their foundation on their first attempt, but she was different.

If you fail once, you can simply reload the save file, learn from your previous experience, and try again.

This process is repeated, and regardless of whether or not Foundation Establishment Pills are used, the advancement will eventually be successful.

“A high-grade pill can increase the chance of Foundation Establishment by 60%, while a mid- to low-grade pill can only increase it by 30% to 40%,” Yin Wanluan replied without hesitation.

"That should be enough, give it to me." The white-haired girl reached out her hand.

The kneeling woman in black robes nodded slightly, stood up again, and turned to leave.

Not long after, he brought back a simple rosewood box.

The box was open, revealing a plain, grayish-yellow pill placed on a soft red gauze cloth.

It looks ordinary, but its medicinal fragrance is very strong.

The fragrance not only drew people's attention, but also caused a slight disturbance in the surrounding spiritual energy, which seemed to be gathering around these pills.

Xi Heng accepted it, and after the transaction was completed, he turned around and approached Jing Huo again, saying:

“I have cast the purifying fire into a new vengeful fire. You should be able to determine its coordinates and teleport me away from this place.”

She herself needed the black-robed woman to demonstrate a teleportation spell to a new coordinate so that she could remember the fire pattern fluctuations.

The other party nodded, and upon approaching, did not immediately teleport, but instead said:

"Here is another item, please take it."

"Ok?"

The girl turned around and saw that the other person had taken out a sharp, cone-shaped stone the size of a dagger at some point.

The surface of the stone has many cracks of varying sizes, and it has a bright red and yellow sheen resembling magma, suggesting that it is an extremely hot object.

Xi Heng recognized what it was and took it without hesitation.

Despite its seemingly intense heat, it feels like a plain, room-temperature stone when held in your hand.

Because the light within it is not from flames or magma, but from spiritual energy, and the surface cracks are also regular, they are somewhat related to the barriers between different areas of the Great Spirit Locking Array.

"This is the key to the main city of Hellfire, which can be used to break through the barrier."

"So it was in your hands..." Xi Heng had originally planned to teleport back and search for it slowly.

The other party didn't say anything more, his eyes reflecting the ripples of the pure fire beside him, and said:

“The last Foundation Establishment cultivator is much stronger, and I will accompany you on your journey.”

Having said that, she stretched out her right hand from within her black robe and slowly twisted it forward.

Spiritual energy once again surrounded him, and teleportation patterns appeared, which twisted together with his five fingers, which showed faint burn marks.

The view was obstructed, and then receded after a few seconds.

Xi Heng then saw that he had returned to the side of the tall, yellow, resentful fire.

Several Foundation Establishment cultivators stood around the flames, seemingly discussing something, but were interrupted by two people who suddenly teleported in.

The aura dissipated, revealing their figures.

Yin Wanluan's black robe swayed gently, which for some reason aroused a strong reaction from many Foundation Establishment cultivators around him.

Their previously natural and relaxed demeanor turned solemn, and some even took out array plates, talismans, swords, or other items, looking as if they were about to start a battle.

"Yin Wanluan is here!"

A burly man shouted, revealing the jade seal artifact in his hand, as if he was about to activate it at any moment.

Xi Heng subconsciously took a few steps back to create some distance and get a clear look at the situation before him.

"Please don't panic, everyone." The woman in black robes removed her hood, revealing strands of pale golden hair and her eyes beneath.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding cultivators gradually relaxed their composure.

It seems that this blonde hair represents the word 'safety'.

The girl watching tilted her head, not quite understanding.

“I am a fragment of her divine consciousness left behind at the Netherworld Gate, untouched by the flames of resentment. All I do now is to eliminate resentment…” Yin Wanluan said calmly.

But before she could finish speaking,

Several powerful cultivators who had gone to search for the barrier key in the surrounding area quickly approached upon hearing the shouts.

Upon seeing Yin Wanluan, one person unleashed a spell, sending a giant fireball, resembling a meteorite, crashing down from the sky.

The woman in black robes looked up and raised her hand, and the fireball exploded out of thin air without warning, expanding into a midnight sun hundreds of meters in the air.

The deafening roar, accompanied by a burst of light, engulfed the entire visible world.

When the deafening explosions subsided, several smaller fireballs appeared.

Xi Heng clicked his tongue:

"This is so troublesome."

She found it annoying and got involved.

His right hand reached down to his waist, drawing a sharp blade from its sheath.

The sword energy burst upwards, slicing the incoming fireball in two and causing it to change direction.

The fireball fell to the far end, and the sound and impact of the explosion caused the ground to shake several times.

As the fireball receded, the cultivator who had cast the fire spell descended, drawing a magical weapon with a blade of raging fire and pointing it at the woman in black robes. A resounding clang echoed—

Xi Heng stepped forward with his sword, easily blocking the woman in the fire-patterned dress's blade. Meeting her angry and resentful gaze, he offered a few words of advice:

"Although I don't know what grudges you all have, it was indeed she who asked me to awaken you. Since you all want to work together to fight against the resentment, it's best not to fight among yourselves."

She doesn't yet know the specifics of the relationships between these people, and is only referring to her own perspective.

To the side, several other powerful cultivators exchanged glances for a moment, then waved to the attacker.

“A wisp of divine consciousness is not the true self; even if it is killed, it will be meaningless.”

The woman in the red dress snorted coldly, but heeded the advice and sheathed her flaming sword, saying only:

"Yin Wanluan..." Her voice carried a hint of murderous intent. "You will pay the price sooner or later."

"That's why I came here." The woman in black seemed devoid of emotion; even after being attacked, her demeanor remained calm and indifferent.

"The real Yin Wanluan has transformed into the vengeful demon fire. The purpose of the Yousui Sect is to erase or remove it from this world. This mission requires everyone's cooperation to achieve its goal."

Xi Heng blinked, and after a while he understood what these cultivators were saying—it turned out that the black-robed woman was actually an incarnation of the Resentful Heaven Demon Flame—only this incarnation seemed to have a different stance from the original.

"Stripping? Absolutely not." No sooner had the first words been spoken than the Wanbaoge cultivator, the one saved by Xi Heng, exclaimed:

"Now that Wanbaoge is destroyed, there is nothing left to replace the eye of the Soul-Locking Array. Once the resentment fire disappears, the Fire Prison will also perish."

“If the vengeful flames continue to rage, not only the Fire Hell, but the entire Pure Fire Realm will eventually be destroyed,” Yin Wanluan retorted simply.

"Even if the sealing method is used, the resentment fire, as the greatest resentment in this world, will continue to grow and intensify, while the spiritual energy of this world will gradually dissipate. If the seal is broken in the future, cultivators will no longer be able to stop it."

The other cultivators around looked at each other, none of them able to reach a conclusion.

"Perhaps... we should trust future generations," the Grand Master of Wanbaoge said, lacking confidence.

"Then their descendants will surely perish."

The woman in black shook her head and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. We still don't know if we can defeat the demonic fire... Right now, we should rescue my father from the rear area and get him back to his senses."

"Indeed...only by rescuing the Lord of the Pure Fire Sect can we have any chance of victory." The demon-refining cultivator with white scales tried to smooth things over:

"Everyone, let's set off as soon as possible. We don't know when the demonic fire will awaken, so we need to seize the time."

The other cultivators didn't say anything more about it and barely reached a consensus.

"Have you found the key?" the demon-refining cultivator changed the subject.

"Isn't that what the little girl is holding?" A young-looking senior cultivator chuckled.

"..."

Xi Heng glanced at the cone-shaped stone he was holding in his left hand, and felt like refuting the little girl's way of addressing him.

However, she does look quite young.

Compared to these ancient cultivators who have lived for countless years, she is probably just a young girl, both psychologically and physically.

Thinking about all this, I didn't say anything more.

Under the cover of night, he grabbed the stone cone and walked toward the barrier a hundred meters away.

In the distance, an invisible barrier rippled slightly under the reflection of the resentful flames, as if it were being scorched by colorless fire.

She touched the barrier blocking her way with the blade of her sword.

Ding--

There seemed to be nothing in front of him, but when he struck it with a sharp blade, a sound like metal clashing against stone rang out.

She nodded, sheathed the blade, and casually took out a spirit stone, attaching it to the flat part of the pointed tip.

Immediately, he exerted force with both hands, sending the glowing, pointed stone hurtling straight into the surface of the barrier in front of him.

The stone cone struck the barrier with a loud bang, then emitted a dazzling white light as if it had been electrified.

Xi Heng subconsciously squinted his eyes and heard a cracking sound.

White cracks appeared out of nowhere and quickly expanded, becoming increasingly numerous and intricate.

The white light on the pointed rock gradually faded, while the light from the crack in front of her became increasingly dazzling.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of destruction echoed.

All the cracks dissipated amidst the tremors, and the barrier, like a glass window shattered by a tremendous force, spilled out countless fragments, creating a gap several meters wide.

But the scene beyond the rift was no longer a peaceful and quiet night town—it had been replaced by a city shrouded in crimson and yellow flames of resentment.

The fire raged, flames soared high, and the city walls were completely charred black, with large sections of the wall and the pavilions behind them collapsing together.

A figure dressed in a blood-red robe stood before the city, watching the flames blaze fiercely.

As if he heard the sound of space shattering, he turned around, looking like an ordinary, rugged middle-aged man with a beard.

"come yet?"

This guy is different from the previous great cultivators; he has a mind of his own—Xi Heng thought to himself.