Chapter 622: The Xuanhuang Sect One Hundred Million Years Later, Its Influence Spreads Across the Immortal World

One hundred million years later.

Time flew by; ever since Zhou Sui exterminated those Dark Race Immortal Kings lurking within the Human Race, the territory of the Human Race in the Immortal World had become incomparably peaceful, and large-scale internal strife rarely occurred anymore.

Even Daoization Monsters had become extremely rare.

Because once such a monster appeared, it would be immediately captured and imprisoned in the Diyu plane.

As time passed, the development of the Human Race in the Immortal World became even more rapid and prosperous.

As for the development of the Xuanhuang Sect, with the help of Zhou Sui, it seemed to have entered the fast lane, growing rapidly, and the influence of the Xuanhuang Sect began to spread across 1.296 billion provinces.

Of course, more importantly, the Xuanhuang Sect also began to appear among the Human Race of the Immortal World, no longer hiding itself.

Because the current Xuanhuang Sect no longer feared other sects and factions of the Human Race.

Even if they encountered an attack from a King-level sect, they would not have the slightest fear.

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Lihuo Province.

This was a major province of the Human Race in the Immortal World, quite famous and rich in resources, producing various Immortal Fires, and known for its Southern Bright Lihuo, hence it was called Lihuo Province.

In a secret Cave Abode within a certain mountain range, this was the place where the Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu was in seclusion; he was born into the King-level sect Taiyi Sect and was hailed as one of the Great Luo Golden Immortals with the most hope of becoming an Immortal King.

"After two hundred million years of seclusion, I have gained a little something."

"However, there is still a considerable distance to the Immortal King Realm."

"Wanting to ascend to Immortal King is truly too difficult."

At this very moment, Tang Zishu opened his eyes, his body permeated with a tyrannical Daluo Domain, causing the surrounding Heavenly Law to vibrate and hum, his aura powerful to the extreme.

He felt deeply emotional inside.

For a Great Luo Golden Immortal, a mere two hundred million years was nothing; it was just a snap of the fingers.

The pity was that even after spending so much time, he still could not ascend to the Immortal King Realm.

If he were to break through rashly, he might end up dead with his Dao dissipated.

Even though he was a Great Luo Golden Immortal of the Taiyi Sect, which had the existence of an Ancient King and could obtain countless resources, wanting to ascend to Immortal King was not such an easy matter.

In fact, there were simply too many Great Luo Golden Immortals like him among the Human Race.

If it were really that easy to break through, then the Human Race would not have only a thousand or so Immortal Kings to this day.

Once one became an Immortal King, that was truly soaring into the sky, capable of carving out a territory and becoming a king.

Thereby becoming a pivotal figure of the Human Race, wielding supreme authority.

If one said that a Great Luo Golden Immortal was merely a small feudal lord, then an Immortal King was a true king; one did not even know how many feudal lords and how many Great Luo Golden Immortals they could control.

"I wonder how the Taiyi Sect is doing now."

Tang Zishu's expression was very grave.

To tell the truth, the reason he did not choose to stay in the Taiyi Sect to break through to the Immortal King Realm was because he sensed that the Taiyi Sect contained huge dangers and huge malice.

If he stayed in the Taiyi Sect, he would inevitably fail the breakthrough and might even end up dead with his Dao dissipated.

Ever since the Immortal Kings of the Taiyi Sect returned from the Eternal Night Land, they had become very unusual, completely different from before.

He even sensed wisps of Darkness leaking from the Immortal Kings from time to time.

This also made him even more wary of the Immortal Kings of the Taiyi Sect.

But he did not speak of these doubts deep in his heart, because he had no evidence.

And even if he spoke out, he could not change anything.

He might even trigger a taboo, thereby causing himself to end up dead with his Dao dissipated.

So he found an excuse to leave the Taiyi Sect and hid in a secret Cave Abode in Lihuo Province.

The pity was that he still could not break through to the Immortal King Realm.

Perhaps he still needed to obtain an opportunity to become an Immortal King and advance his cultivation further.

If there was no opportunity to assist, he estimated that it would be difficult to become an Immortal King in this lifetime.

"If I want to become an Immortal King, perhaps I still need to walk around."

"Maybe I will find the opportunity to break through to Immortal King."

Tang Zishu took a deep breath; he decided to leave his Cave Abode and go outside to get some air.

After all, cultivation also required a balance of tension and relaxation; if one's nerves were always taut, it would be detrimental to cultivation.

Swoosh!

Thinking of this, his figure flashed, and he immediately walked out of his Cave Abode.

"Strange, what is going on here?"

"Why have the resentment and death energy between heaven and earth decreased so much?"

"The surrounding Immortal Qi has become incomparably pure."

Just after leaving his Cave Abode, with the keenness of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, Tang Zishu immediately sensed the changes in the environment of heaven and earth; compared to two hundred million years ago, it was completely different.

He remembered very clearly that before he went into seclusion to cultivate, the territory of the Human Race in the Immortal World was filled with resentment and death energy everywhere; these negative energies also merged into the Immortal Qi, polluting it.

Thereby causing the Immortal Qi to contain traces of impurities.

Of course, since these impurities were not too much of a threat to immortals.

So the immortals did not take it to heart.

But in fact, if one swallowed too much, it was very easy to suffer from cultivation deviation.

Especially under circumstances of emotional agitation, immortals would also become more irritable under the influence of this resentment.

This was just like a powder keg; once ignited, it would immediately explode.

It was precisely because of this that even within the Human Territory, the struggles of the human immortals had not decreased much.

Once some Treasure appeared, they would fight to the death with each other until the end.

However, if it were the headquarters of a King-level sect, it would be entirely different.

Because they are protected by a Seventh-tier Immortal Array, they can filter out these impurities, thereby making the headquarters of a King-level sect a sacred land for cultivation; this is also why so few disciples of King-level sects suffer from Qi deviation.

Aside from the astonishing talent of the disciples of King-level sects, the more important factor is the cultivation environment, which is countless times better than the cultivation environment of the outside world.

It is just like one person living in a place with fresh air, and another living in a place filled with air pollution; over the years, the latter's lifespan will naturally shorten.

They might even contract various illnesses if they suffer the slightest accident.

In this way, it also becomes incomparably difficult for the latter to advance to higher realms, and the bottlenecks are also higher.

"Could it be that some Immortal King took action and purified the surrounding environment?"

"But this is not some special place."

"There shouldn't be any Immortal King doing such a thankless task, right?"

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu was simply at a loss; if an Immortal King were to take action, they could naturally purify the Immortal Qi environment of a region, but what would be the point of that?

Because such pollution is spread throughout the entire Human Territory.

Even if it were purified temporarily, after a period of time, it would be polluted again.

Unless a great array is set up here, it is impossible to artificially create a sacred land for cultivation.

Boom~~

Just at this moment, Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu's consciousness stirred; he sensed that not far away, a sky-high resentment suddenly surged, and a terrifying power of tribulation erupted abruptly.

Above the sky, it was filled with black energy of tribulation, shrouding all directions.

A Daoization Monster!

Without a doubt, an immortal nearby had exhausted their Longevity, been assimilated by the Great Dao, and had become a Puppet of the Heavenly Dao.

To tell the truth, the reason why the environment of the Human Territory is polluted is largely because of Daoization Monsters.

Because these Daoization Monsters are permeated with massive resentment, death energy, and the energy of tribulation, they are simply the source of disaster, constantly destroying one region after another.

It is just like a nuclear power plant exploding, thereby causing nuclear pollution to appear in the surroundings.

Even though the Human Heavenly Court has already demanded that a large number of immortals whose Longevity is nearing its end go to the Eternal Night Land, these immortals are not reconciled to their own deaths, so they all find various excuses to hide.

They also hope that they can survive this tribulation and live for another lifetime.

The problem is, ninety-nine percent of immortals cannot survive the Daoization Tribulation.

If they truly had such talent and ability, they would have likely advanced further long ago, promoted to a higher realm, and extended their own Longevity; they wouldn't be trapped in this realm for so long.

Therefore, Daoization Monsters are simply impossible to prohibit, and they appear in every corner of the Human Territory from time to time.

The Human Heavenly Court also frequently dispatches troops to various major provinces to suppress Daoization Monsters.

And this is something that must be done.

Because if these Daoization Monsters are left unchecked, their pollution will also become increasingly severe.

They might even infect other immortals, thereby causing other immortals to undergo Daoization prematurely.

In short, this is a problem that the Human Race has always found incomparably troublesome, yet there is no way to solve it.

"What is going on? Why does it seem like this Daoization Monster was swallowed?"

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu had originally intended to take action personally to resolve this Daoization Monster; after all, the strength of this Daoization Monster was only that of a Heavenly Immortal, and compared to himself, it was worlds apart.

If a Great Luo Golden Immortal were to take action, they could resolve the opponent in minutes.

But before he could even act, he sensed a verdant vine suddenly appear from deep within the earth; like a dragon or snake dancing, it instantly bound this Daoization Monster, tying it up completely.

No matter how this Daoization Monster struggled, it was to no avail.

The next second, this verdant vine grabbed the Daoization Monster and pulled it into the depths of the earth in the blink of an eye, and it was unknown where it had gone.

"This."

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu was completely stunned; he could sense that this verdant vine was very terrifying, containing unfathomable power, like a chain of order, suppressing everything.

The problem is, he has lived for so many years, yet he has never seen such a thing; it is simply inconceivable.

Where on earth did this vine come from, and why would it capture this Daoization Monster?!

For a moment, countless doubts and thoughts emerged deep within his brain.

He felt that it seemed the Human Race of the Immortal World had undergone changes he could not have imagined over the past two hundred million years.

"Did the mysterious vine take action again? I didn't expect the Daoization Monster to be resolved so quickly."

"Fortunately, the mysterious vine took action, otherwise, relying on our strength, we wouldn't be able to contend with a monster of this level."

"Isn't that so? Over this period of time, Daoization Monsters have almost vanished without a trace."

At this very moment, many immortals nearby also appeared at this location; they also saw the scene of the verdant vine dragging away the Daoization Monster, and one by one, they all appeared unfazed.

After all, they have already seen similar scenes more times than they can count.

Whoosh!

Thinking of this, Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu flashed his figure; he immediately arrived in front of this group of immortals and then said: "Fellow Daoists, may I ask what the origin of that vine is? Why would it capture this Daoization Monster?"

He cast an Immortal Technique to make lotus flowers spill from his mouth.

This Immortal Technique comes from the Taiyi Sect; once cast, one can gain the goodwill of strangers.

Even if they have never met, they will be like friends of many years, which can lower the other party's guard to the greatest extent.

Relying on this Immortal Technique, he can easily mingle with the locals in a strange place.

Hearing this, this group of immortals immediately sensed that the immortal who had suddenly appeared before them was like a friend they hadn't seen for many years, and their attitudes all became amiable.

"We also don't know what the origin of this vine is; we only know that it appeared one hundred million years ago."

"And it doesn't just appear in our Lihuo Province; it seems to appear in all the major provinces of our Human Race."

"Ever since it appeared, the Daoization Monsters in all parts of the Human Race have basically vanished without a trace."

"Because once a Daoization Monster appears, this mysterious vine will appear at the first opportunity and then drag them away."

"To tell the truth, it is precisely because of the appearance of this mysterious vine that over these past one hundred million years, our Human Race's major provinces have become countless times safer; we haven't heard news of immortals being killed by Daoization Monsters for a long time."

"Isn't that so? During this period, we have also become much safer, and we dare to walk in the wild."

Many immortals discussed it one after another, each of them incomparably joyful.

Without a doubt, this emerald-green vine was precisely the Evergreen Immortal Vine.

As Zhou Sui's cultivation base continuously improved, the cultivation base of the Evergreen Immortal Vine, as his life-bound immortal plant, naturally also improved, and it reached the Immortal King level; its vines shrouded the entire Human Territory, simply being everywhere.

And it also monitored the various great provinces of the Human Race at all times, responsible for capturing Daoization Monsters.

Once a Daoization Monster appeared, the Evergreen Immortal Vine would take action at the first moment, binding the Daoization Monster, and then directly throwing it into the Hell Plane.

It was precisely because the Evergreen Immortal Vine monitored the Human Territory at all times that the Daoization Monsters of the Human Race had almost gone extinct.

This also caused the Human Territory to undergo earth-shaking changes.

After all, if these Daoization Monsters were not ravaging the Human Race, then the annual casualty rate of the Human Race would have dropped by who knows how many times.

However, the existence of the Evergreen Immortal Vine was naturally top-secret information, incomparably mysterious.

Other immortals could not possibly know what the origin of the Evergreen Immortal Vine was, and they could only guess in secret.

"Actually specifically capturing Daoization Monsters? What exactly is this for?"

"Daoization Monsters don't have much use, either."

"And if one is not careful, it might even cause terrifying pollution."

"Whose handiwork is this, exactly?"

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu felt very puzzled; he felt that this must be the handiwork of some Human Immortal King, as even a Great Luo Golden Immortal could not possibly accomplish such a thing.

After all, this was a method that shrouded the entire Human Territory; one could imagine just how terrifying it was.

It was even possible that an Ordinary Immortal King could not do it; perhaps the Ancient King had taken action.

The problem was, what exactly was that Human Immortal King doing this for?

He did not think these Daoization Monsters would be of any help to an Immortal King.

"In fact, it is not just these Daoization Monsters."

"Originally, within the Immortal World, there also existed many, many evil ghosts and vengeful spirits."

"These were originally transformed from immortals after death, and the threat within them was no less than that of Daoization Monsters."

"If there were too many evil ghosts, they would even form an Evil Ghost Kingdom, carving out a territory."

"But starting one hundred million years ago, this situation changed completely."

"The evil ghosts that originally existed in the earth suddenly disappeared, and their whereabouts became unknown."

One immortal continued.

Clearly, the environment of the Immortal World had undergone such a great change that not only had the Daoization Monsters disappeared, but even many evil ghosts had also disappeared, which was why the Immortal Qi of the Immortal World had not continued to be polluted.

The Immortal Qi of the Human Territory seemed as if it had been purified.

Basically, every immortal had obtained no small benefit.

"There is such a thing?"

"Could it be that no immortals went to investigate the ins and outs of this matter?"

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu asked very curiously.

He increasingly felt that this was the handiwork of an Immortal King; if it were not an Immortal King, who could accomplish such a thing?

"Of course some people went to investigate, but they all returned empty-handed."

"We only know that these evil ghosts were swallowed by the earth, but we do not know where they went."

"Later, we also became accustomed to it, and this matter was left unsettled."

"Anyway, this matter is a good thing for us, so why bother calculating the reason?"

"Moreover, the more one knows, the faster one dies; this is curiosity killing the cat."

Many immortals discussed it one after another.

They were naturally not fools; the reason why such a thing happened suddenly must certainly have a great connection with those Great Luo Golden Immortals, or even Immortal Kings.

Even those high-level immortals did not say anything; if they, these low-level immortals, went to investigate, wouldn't that be purely seeking their own deaths?

It is estimated that even if some immortals knew the truth, they would not speak of this matter.

"That's true."

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu nodded, also very much agreeing with this point.

He also did not think he could obtain the secret within from these immortals.

Perhaps he also needed to return to the Taiyi Sect and obtain the information from those fellow disciples.

If even the Taiyi Sect fellow disciples did not know, then this matter was likely extremely, extremely huge.

However, his instinct told him that this matter was not a bad thing for the Human Race.

Therefore, his heart was not that nervous, and instead, he felt increasingly curious.

He did not know which Immortal King had performed such a feat akin to creating the world.

"This fellow Daoist, we are returning to the nearby Yinghuo City; would you like to go back together and have a drink?"

An immortal felt that he seemed to get along well with Tang Zishu and immediately extended an invitation.

"Of course, no problem."

Hearing this, Tang Zishu immediately smiled and agreed very readily.

Although these were all low-level immortals, he did not have the slightest intention of looking down on them.

To him, these were all equivalent to descendants; after all, he had survived for hundreds of billions of years, and in terms of lifespan, he did not know how many times greater he was than these immortals; he could even be their ancestor.

Moreover, he had also just come out of seclusion from his Cave Abode and was feeling troubled; drinking and discussing the Dao with these immortals was not necessarily a bad thing.

Whoosh!

Not long after, the group left this forest and returned to the nearby Yinghuo City, which was also a fairly large Human city with a population exceeding ten billion.

Those living here are basically all low-level immortals, equivalent to a high-level city.

Of course, a large population means the city is incredibly lively, and commerce is very prosperous.

Tang Zishu also felt very surprised, because he had been to Yinghuo City before, but there were not this many immortals then.

It seems that after he had been in secluded cultivation for so many years, a large number of True Immortals had moved into Yinghuo City.

However, he did not think too much about it, and led by the crowd, he arrived at a small tavern nearby.

"What is going on? How can the price of Immortal Wine here be so cheap?"

"Could it be fake wine?"

Tang Zishu looked at the price list above and was immediately shocked.

He could be considered a drunkard, and he loved drinking very much.

Therefore, he was very clear about the price of Immortal Wine; even first-tier Immortal Wine was not something ordinary True Immortals could afford to drink.

Ordinary immortals only drank some mortal wine.

But now, the price of first-tier Immortal Wine in this tavern was actually one-twentieth of what it was before.

This was truly unbelievable.

So his intuition told him that this must be fake wine; otherwise, the price could not be this low.

"Haha, of course it is not fake wine."

"In fact, this is Immortal Wine produced by the Xuanhuang Sect."

"It is said that this sect has mastered the means to refine Immortal Wine on a large scale."

"It can make the price of Immortal Wine drop many times over."

"It is precisely because of this that the price of Immortal Wine within our Human Territory has dropped on a large scale now."

"It is already one-twentieth of what it was before, and it is said that in a while, the price will drop even further."

"Benefiting from the low price of Immortal Wine, a large number of True Immortals have emerged among our Human Race during this period."

"Don't you see that the number of True Immortals in Yinghuo City has increased by more than a hundred times compared to before?"

"It is precisely because the price of Immortal Wine has dropped that even mortals can afford to drink it."

"So countless mortals have benefited from this and have successively become True Immortals."

"Even True Immortals can drink Immortal Wine every day, causing their cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, saving a large amount of time spent in bitter cultivation."

"In this way, the probability of advancing to Earth Immortal is also greater."

"It is precisely because of this that the number of Earth Immortals in Yinghuo City has now increased by more than ten times compared to before."

Many immortals discussed it one after another, their tones filled with emotion.

Do not underestimate Immortal Wine as just a basic resource; for mortals, it is the easiest cultivation resource to obtain, and the scope of its influence is also huge.

The resources of the Immortal World are indeed countless times richer than those of the mortal world.

But the population is also ridiculously large.

Because of this, the cultivation resources obtained by each person are uneven.

Among them, it is not an easy matter for most mortals to obtain the resources to become immortals.

But due to the appearance of the Xuanhuang Sect, which sells low-cost Immortal Wine on a large scale.

It has led to everyone being able to afford such cultivation resources.

As time goes by, the number of immortals of the Human Race has naturally increased on a large scale.

"Low-cost Immortal Wine from the Xuanhuang Sect?"

"What exactly is the background of this Xuanhuang Sect?"

Great Luo Golden Immortal Tang Zishu's eyes flickered; he could be considered to have lived for hundreds of billions of years and had been to many great continents of the Human Race, yet he had never heard of this sect.

Of course, he did not find it strange; after all, the number of sects of the Human Race was simply too large.

If it were some ordinary sect, then it would be very normal for him not to have heard of it.

"The Xuanhuang Sect is extraordinary; it is a king-level sect that has emerged recently."

An immortal said straightforwardly.