Chapter 824: Three Domains Open Simultaneously, Luo Chen Has a Successor

【Man is the spirit of all things, Gu is the true essence of heaven and earth.】

【In ancient times, there was a divine Gu named "Life and Death Together," with miraculous effects. A Soul Transformation powerhouse decreed that this Gu holds the true meaning of the law of life and death, thus ignoring the difference in realms, allowing mortals and powerhouses to live and die together.】

【This Gu is extremely rare, as if only one existed, and it eventually disappeared in the long river of time.】

【However, the Gu cultivators of the Southern Border craved the legendary miracles of this Gu, and through continuous research, they cultivated several similar Gu insects. Luo Lingxi Gu, Demon Heart Gu, Qi-Eating Gu...】

【They seem numerous in variety, but in reality, they all lead to the same destination, all heading toward "Life and Death Together." Thus, different Gu insects will gradually assimilate after advancing.】

【The Luo Lingxi Gu was originally a good Gu, allowing both hosts to have a telepathic connection. But this Gu has a flaw: once it reaches the third rank, it transforms into a Demon Heart Gu. The Demon Heart Gu is fine, but there is still a Demon Heart Gu Emperor existing in the world. Once a Demon Heart Gu is planted, one will be controlled by the Gu Emperor!】

On Motian Cliff, the red jade warm box was opened, and a wax pill fell to the ground.

Luo Chen held the letter, reading carefully the missive sent back by True Person Tianshan through Gu Zuokai.

True Person Tianshan was the last sect leader of the Southern Border's Tianshan Sect and was himself proficient in the way of Gu insects.

Regarding the disaster of the Luo Lingxi Gu on President Sima Hui Niang, he was the one Luo Chen knew who had the most right to speak.

The result did not disappoint him; the other party was indeed clear about the origin, development, cultivation methods, and even the hidden dangers unknown to ordinary people regarding the Luo Lingxi Gu.

He also verified Luo Chen's early conjecture: once the Luo Lingxi Gu reaches the third rank, it will transform into a Demon Heart Gu.

However, upon seeing that a Demon Heart Gu Emperor existed, Luo Chen's incomparably fair hands couldn't help but tremble.

Unlike the low-level Luo Lingxi Gu, he had long been clear about the function of the Demon Heart Gu.

Once a cultivator is planted with this Gu, they become a so-called "container," "nourishment," or even "food"!

As long as the superior is willing, they can recall the Demon Heart Gu at any time, simultaneously stealing all the essence of the cultivator planted with the Gu.

Legend has it that the emergence of the Demon Heart Gu once set off a bloody storm in the Southern Border, and later, the Southern Border cultivators joined forces to exterminate all the demonic cultivators who made and used this Gu.

Yet he didn't expect that, according to True Person Tianshan, although the Demon Heart Gu was no longer circulating in the world, a Demon Heart Gu Emperor still existed.

Luo Chen suppressed the shock in his heart and continued reading.

In the second half of the letter, True Person Tianshan provided a solution.

【The Demon Heart Gu is not unsolvable. During the period when the demonic cultivators using this Gu were exterminated, the predecessors of the Southern Border had already thought of several solutions.】

【The first is to overcome the superior, refining the Gu Emperor, and returning the great power to oneself. The contemporary Demon Heart Gu Emperor survived this way and used it to achieve the Nascent Soul realm!】

Luo Chen pursed his lips; this method was truly too difficult.

He didn't know the current strength of the legendary Demon Heart Gu Emperor, but he knew that such a great demon was hated by everyone in the cultivation world; how could it show its face?

Just finding the Demon Heart Gu Emperor was difficult enough.

Moreover, the other party was hiding in the Southern Border; where was he to look?

The second method also quickly entered Luo Chen's eyes.

After reading this method, Luo Chen couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

If a cultivator planted with a Demon Heart Gu could rely on their own ability to cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm, they could derive a Purple Mansion in their Qi Sea and give birth to a Nascent Soul. At this time, the spirit would merge into the Nascent Soul, and by relying on the barrier of the Purple Mansion, they would no longer be affected by the Demon Heart Gu; even cutting off this Gu would be easy.

But this method had a prerequisite: the cultivator themselves must not have been too deeply contaminated by the Demon Heart Gu, only stopping at the flesh and magic power, and must never let the spirit and the Demon Heart Gu be bound together.

Otherwise, even if they achieved the Nascent Soul realm, when the spirit escaped into the Nascent Soul, it would bring the consciousness of the Demon Heart Gu with it; how could they shield each other and remain unaffected?

Now, President Sima Hui Niang's situation was already bound together with the Demon Heart Gu, including her spirit!

It was precisely because of this that Luo Chen dared not let President Sima Hui Niang continue cultivating, lest she become more deeply bound and beyond help in the future.

Therefore, this method was also not feasible.

Amidst the bitter smile, Luo Chen looked at the third solution proposed by True Person Tianshan, which was also the method the other party described with emphasis and great specificity.

【The Demon Heart Gu binds the cultivator's entire realm, including magic power, spirit, and flesh. But from the very beginning, this Gu needs Qi and blood for nourishment, growing and strengthening bit by bit, eventually infecting magic power and spirit... If one reverses this, using the method of bloodline to expel it from the body, it is the most feasible and the best solution for female cultivators.】

Luo Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, muttering to himself.

"Expel the Demon Heart Gu using the bloodline method?"

He frowned, narrowed his eyes, and read this third method again.

Gradually, he had a clear direction in his heart.

The peak of Motian Cliff.

Luo Chen's place of cultivation.

This was also the most essential location in the entire Luo Tian Domain; the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was incomparably clear and extremely suitable for absorption.

The grade might only be at the threshold of the mid-fourth rank, and the spiritual energy was not particularly dense, but because of its clear characteristics, cultivators would get twice the result with half the effort when refining magic power here!

After Luo Chen came here to avoid the aftermath of the Soul Transformation war, he inadvertently discovered the miracle of this place.

He was once very curious why the Motian Old Ghost occupied this place, yet his realm improvement was so miserable.

And this was also one of the reasons why Luo Chen specially chose the Motian Domain as the target for the Luo Tian Sect to open up.

With such a special spiritual land, it could guarantee the robust growth of the Luo Tian Sect's future Nascent Soul cultivators!

Of course, Luo Chen had not yet left at this moment, so this place naturally belonged to him for now.

On this day, at dawn.

Luo Chen finished a cultivation session with satisfaction.

Just as he thought, cultivating here, his efficiency in refining heaven and earth spiritual energy and converting it into magic power was much higher.

He had taken a solid step toward the fifth level of Nascent Soul.

Two figures came together from the foot of the mountain.

Luo Chen waved his hand, and a pot of spirit wine and three cups were placed on the table.

"Two fellow Daoists, please!"

Elder Fu and Sovereign Jiuling looked at each other and sat down calmly.

"Does the Alchemy Sect seem to know we would come today?" Elder Fu asked.

Luo Chen smiled, "I am not a specialist in divination; how could I know things like a god? But I know that the matter of opening up is imminent. If not today, then in a few days, so I have been waiting for you two for a long time."

Sovereign Jiuling nodded and said loudly: "Indeed, we have been resting in the Luo Tian Domain for two months; it is time to set off."

Elder Fu sighed: "The Five Elements Divine Sect has already killed their way back to the Five Elements Domain and started to recover lost territory. True Person Shenyuan personally took action, and with the help of Nascent Soul True Persons like Peng Xiang and Shenhuo, fought several fierce battles with the stubborn Great Demon Emperor Bizheng. We naturally cannot delay any longer, otherwise, the subsequent opening war will only put more pressure on us."

Luo Chen smiled and agreed with this statement.

The current situation, standing at their height, could be seen at a glance.

Of the three ancient demons of the demon race, one was dead and one was captured; only the one at Cangwu Mountain remained unmoved.

On the human side, the Mingyuan Sect powerhouse had returned to the sacred land, and the Mingyuan powerhouses no longer moved out on a large scale, instead sending Nascent Soul cultivators like Lin Yonghua and Gu Hong out of the mountains to occupy the prime cultivation lands of the Eastern Wasteland quietly.

The intensity of this war dropped suddenly.

A small portion of Demon Emperors were reluctant to give up the territory they had once occupied and felt that the Soul Transformation powerhouses would not easily take action again, so they were still testing the waters.

They wanted to see if the human powerhouses were determined to recover the six domains of the Far East.

If their determination was firm, they would just flee back to the Million Great Mountains again.

Under these circumstances, a single sect conducting an opening war alone would face great pressure.

But what if two sects, or even three sects, were together?

With three domains opening simultaneously, the demon race would have to bear pressure from three sides at the same time, and the difficulty of the opening war would naturally decrease significantly.

"How are you prepared?" Luo Chen asked with concern.

Sovereign Jiuling said confidently: "I have already sent people to find out the situation in the Yaowang Domain. Although there are many demon beasts there, there are only three powerful Demon Emperors. With my current strength, I can definitely take it!"

Elder Fu coughed lightly, "The Shenfu Domain is quite tricky; there are currently five Demon Emperors remaining there. However, I have already invited Fellow Daoist Deng, Fairy Fenghua, and Lin Qingxuan to go together; it shouldn't be a problem."

Luo Chen asked curiously: "Lin Qingxuan actually agreed to help?"

Elder Fu whispered: "He is now in charge of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion. Although he is the only Nascent Soul sword cultivator, there is still great resistance within the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion. He cannot use thunderous means to suppress them, so he can only befriend us, using external pressure to force the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion to submit to him."

Luo Chen suddenly realized. Although Elder Fu said it simply, the details of the transaction were definitely not that simple.

After thinking for a while, Luo Chen said: "My Luo Tian Sect is currently waiting for development, and manpower is relatively stretched, so I cannot help you too much. How about this, I will send Especially Ling Fengzi to you, Jiuling."

Sovereign Jiuling nodded happily. Although Especially Ling Fengzi's strength was average, he highly recognized his ability in investigating intelligence.

He needed such auxiliary talent!

"Elder Fu, how about I send Wang Yuan to you?"

Elder Fu was overjoyed, "With the help of young friend Wang Yuan, I couldn't ask for more."

Two months ago, in the battle of the Taihu Domain, the strength Wang Yuan displayed was definitely not inferior to ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Moreover, this person had a strong fighting spirit; with his help, he could greatly boost the confidence of the low-level cultivators below.

"In addition, if you have any need for elixirs, you can tell me directly; this sect will never be stingy."

"If you encounter tricky enemies, this sect can also go down the mountain once to help with all our might!"

These last two promises made people even more at ease.

Sovereign Jiuling was slightly curious, "Now that the Luo Tian Sect's mountain gate is set, why doesn't the fellow Daoist go directly to the Mingyuan Sect?"

To this, Luo Chen smiled slightly.

"Although the mountain gate is set, there are still many major matters that need me to decide, such as nourishing the spiritual land, the future development of the sect, sorting out the heritage, etc. How can I just leave?"

That was the logic.

The two did not pursue the question, and after drinking with Luo Chen, they bid farewell and left.

Three days later, Luo Chen personally went to the boundary line to see off the cultivators of the two families.

In the sky, flying boats circled, and thousands of escape lights headed toward the six domains of the Far East in a mighty force.

Their numbers were not necessarily fewer than when Luo Chen opened up the Motian Domain.

Sovereign Jiuling and the others also had their own connections; during the one-year preparation stage before, they had invited many large and small forces to help together.

Like Qin Baixiang of the Baishou Sect, who had previously rejected the invitation of the Five Elements Divine Sect, he joined the Jiuling Sect side.

After they left, Luo Chen returned to Motian Cliff alone.

In the following days, Luo Chen did not blindly immerse himself in cultivation.

Just as he said before, he began to frequently meet with Li Yingzhang and other Golden Core cultivators of the Luo Tian Sect on Motian Cliff to plan the future development of the Luo Tian Sect together.

Black King was also released by him, sleeping in the depths of the core three-thousand-mile spiritual vein, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Even the batch of Dragon Earthworms he had subdued in the North Sea years ago were all released, sneaking into the mountain gate's earth veins to cultivate high-grade spirit soil.

Bai Meiling wanted to stay by Luo Chen's side, but Luo Chen currently had too much Yang energy, and being too close would greatly affect the cultivation of her Ghost Emperor body. So he specially divided a Ghost Emperor Peak for her to cultivate.

Not only that, in his spare time, Luo Chen began to take out all kinds of cultivation techniques he had obtained over the years.

While classifying them, he also filled in the gaps and made modifications.

From first-rank to fourth-rank techniques, along with the fifth-rank "Thousand Clouds and Ten Thousand Transformations Sword Scripture," they were all sorted out.

Especially the series of techniques and secret arts he mainly cultivated, and even body-refining techniques, were all written into copies.

In the future, these techniques would be the heritage foundation of the Luo Tian Sect, provided for thousands of low-level disciples to cultivate.

Time passed slowly.

The war situation in the six domains of the Far East was reported back time and time again.

Luo Chen's side was peaceful, and even the passage of time seemed to have slowed down a lot.

Under these circumstances, President Sima Hui Niang, supported by her disciple Yao Mingyue, walked into a newly built hall on Motian Cliff.

Looking at the white-clothed man buried in a mountain of books, President Sima Hui Niang said with maternal radiance on her face:

"Husband, I am pregnant!"

Luo Chen raised his head from the thick stack of jade slips, stunned for a moment, then looked at her still flat lower abdomen with a complex expression.

"Are you already pregnant?"

When he said this, he had already stood up and walked toward President Sima Hui Niang, his face full of smiles.

President Sima Hui Niang reached out from Yao Mingyue's support, letting Luo Chen hold her plump waist.

"I felt it a few days ago. Today I checked myself and had the sect physician take my pulse; I am indeed pregnant."

Luo Chen reached out and touched her lower abdomen, feeling a vitality inside; although weak, it was so vigorous.

"Since you are pregnant, you must be careful. Don't touch the matters in the sect anymore; let Mingyue do it for you. Rest well, and don't be too tired..."

"Husband, you are too worried. I am a Golden Core cultivator after all; how could I have problems so easily?"

"This cannot be neglected. If you are not careful, you will be severely injured during childbirth. I have some methods for nourishing the fetus that can be used."

Inside the hall, it was warm and affectionate for a while.

Yao Mingyue tactfully retreated to the corner, watching this scene with great joy.

However, there was still some doubt in her mind.

When she first heard the news, why wasn't the Supreme Elder surprised at all?

Moreover, that look he gave her master's belly—her master had lowered her head to touch her belly and didn't see it, but she saw it clearly.

That look was so complex that it was hard to describe.

It was as if he had expected it, yet it was as if he were looking at some object, and there was even a bit of cold indifference; in short, it was not the surprise of a father who had just learned he was going to have a child.

Because of these doubts, Yao Mingyue's happy mood was diluted, and she felt that the tenderness Luo Chen was showing now was a bit fake.

She looked carefully again and subconsciously shook her head.

This tenderness toward her master could not be fake; it was indeed from the heart.

But why...

Just then, the white-clothed man turned back and glanced at her.

A cold glance, fleeting.

Yao Mingyue trembled all over, silent as a cicada in winter. ===== CHAPTER 825 =====