Chapter 725: Two Hundred Years

Dongfang Jie wore the Taixu Sect's Secret Treasure—the "Taixu Armor," with five-colored light diffusing around his body.

This five-colored radiance was a Dharma Treasure he had refined using several feathers found in a Five-Colored Phoenix ruin as raw materials; the Five-Colored Phoenix is naturally adept at manipulating the power of space, and Dharma Treasures made from its feathers have miraculous effects in calming spatial fluctuations!

Dongfang Jie had originally refined this treasure with the intention of using it specifically to calm spatial storms should he ever be driven to a dead end and forced to smuggle himself into the Immortal Realm.

But this time, with the Immortal Envoy Dongfang Jie leading the way with an Immortal Treasure, everything naturally went smoothly.

Gazing at the various silver spatial storms outside the passage that could easily rend Dharma Treasures, Dongfang Jie could not help but feel inwardly awestruck.

He knew that if he had truly risked smuggling himself in, he might well have faced certain death!

And it had only been two hundred years since the appearance of Ghost Cultivators, yet Great Sages who had started from scratch to practice Dao Transformation had already appeared!

In this instant, even for this Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, his Dao heart showed signs of instability!

He let out a loud shout, and the Moon-Inviting Hook flew out of his hand, only to be entangled by one flesh-and-blood tentacle after another, its light gradually dimming.

But this Mother Tree was truly too massive; even with Demon Cultivator attacks, they could not cause it to lose a single branch...

Even a Nascent Soul old monster would not dare to contend with that head of white hair.

What met his eyes was, shockingly...

The Zhengqi Sect Supreme Elder exclaimed: "You have actually reached the realm of the former Blood Demon? How unjust is the Heavens?"

Aaron's expression was grave.

And the Immortal Realm was likely also disgusted by that "Blood Demon Ascension Gift Package," so it directly severed its connection to this world.

However, there was no need to speak of these things...

Those with superior natural talent can comprehend a "Life Scripture" from the legacies of predecessors or Taiyin Fragments; by practicing according to this Life Scripture, one first enters the Dao, then obtains a "Dao Seed," which is called the "Dao Seed Realm," allowing one to place the Dao Seed into their life and contend with ordinary Golden Core Cultivators!

Once the Dao Seed is cultivated through various ghost paths, takes root, and sprouts, becoming one with the cultivator, they can be called a "Lesser Sage," also known as the "Ghost Infant Realm," which can be mentioned in the same breath as Nascent Soul old monsters.

The Zhengqi Sect Supreme Elder's face twitched as he shouted: "Fellow disciples, assist me! This old man has already requested reinforcements from the other eight great sects; as long as we hold for three days, reinforcements will surely arrive!"

From this perspective, even Jinchenzi had become a discarded pawn of the Five Directions Sect!

"From today on, I decide where the cultivators of this small world ascend to!"

A Spirit Severing old demon shrieked loudly, manifesting his demon body to attack the tall Mother Tree before him.

During this time, through communication with his main body, he also learned of the latest plan the main body had prepared!

And with the main body taking action, it severed this world's connection with other upper realms...

The Great Qian Dynasty had long since perished, but the mortals could barely manage to survive.

"To think that we could encounter such great fortune, ascending directly to the Immortal Realm with only Spirit Severing initial stage cultivation..."

Invisible mist dispersed, transforming into a slightly illusory gate.

The Nascent Soul Late Stage Supreme Elder of the Zhengqi Sect stood with his hands behind his back atop the head of a single-horned giant python: "Hmph... the Blood Moon has already been destroyed; you Ghost Cultivators, why are you like locusts—kill one wave, and there is another?"

Although the magnificent scenery of clouds coiling around mountains was gone, the Zhengqi Sect remained a giant power in the Immortal Cultivation World, with a Great Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage and several Nascent Soul old monsters holding the fort, making it stand out in the currently declining Immortal Cultivation World.

And among the newborns, many were "Blood Moon Children" naturally carrying Spirituality; they often lacked Spirit Roots, but once they embarked on the path of the Ghost Cultivator, they were simply heaven-sent talents!

Boots woven from Heavenly Demon Silkworm Silk stepped onto the soft carpet of flesh, bringing an indescribable tactile sensation.

In their ears, the weird and peerless "Taixuan Scripture" rang out once more!

Having already had a large portion of their lifespans reduced, it was even harder for them to resist the pollution of the scripture at this moment.

All sorts of things, strange and varied, too numerous to mention...

A large, fat Ghost Cultivator chuckled, suddenly tearing off all his clothes and transforming into a massive mountain of flesh, pressing down toward the giant python.

Establishing a friendship in advance naturally had great benefits.

Dual cultivation of the Immortal Cultivation and Ghost Cultivator paths is now a method recognized by the cultivation world as mutually complementary!

"This is all thanks to the Immortal Envoy!"

First, because the Taiyin Star was destroyed, the climate in various places became abnormal, and mortals fled in large numbers, leading to a shortage of Immortal seedlings with Spirit Roots.

The end of the Immortal Cultivation World did not mean the end for mortals.

That endless "Blood Moon Powder" drifted across the land, deeply fusing with the human world; "Red" existed in all things, and the cultivation of all Ghost Cultivators advanced by leaps and bounds.

Coupled with the fact that it was extremely quick to master... although methods to extend life were rare and lifespans were short, the lethality was often astonishing; the weak among those who entered the Dao could fight with Qi Refining cultivators, and the strong could even force Foundation Establishment cultivators to perish at a great cost, so it was very popular among mortals.

"Not good... we have fallen into a trap!"

"Kill!"

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, nearly two hundred more years passed.

Nowadays, among Ghost Cultivators, there were also ranks.

An atmosphere of despair constantly shrouded everyone.

Besides this, even more terrifying disasters followed one after another!

The main body might not be able to defeat the entire Immortal Realm, but snatching control of a small world from the hands of the Immortal Realm was actually not very difficult.

In the Extreme West, Aaron raised his cup in a toast to the sky that held only stars.

Aaron thought like a proper villain: "That originally suspended Ten Halls plan of the Yaowang Sect can be picked up again..."

Subsequently, that ascension passage was blocked by countless proliferating flesh, severing the last hope of all cultivators...

One could obtain the convenience of longevity from Immortal Cultivation, and also obtain the powerful combat strength of a Ghost Cultivator in a short time; it could be called the best of both worlds.

That hair came and went without a trace, yet it was comparable to the sharpest Dharma Treasure.

A giant tree composed entirely of flesh and blood!

A drop of warm fresh blood dripped onto Jinchenzi's cheek, causing him to suddenly look up.

Those who merely comprehended a minor technique were only at the entry-level "Dao Entry into Body," also known as the "Dao Entry Realm," capable of fighting with Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

This barely maintained the bottom line of the population, preventing it from truly falling to the point of extinction due to natural and man-made disasters!

Now, this army of Ghost Cultivators has finally set its sights on the top-tier sects of the former Great Gan!

"Those who offend my Zhengqi Sect, kill without mercy!"

"Feel the fear from the Ghost Taoism... though the Red Moon is destroyed, the Ghost Cultivators will not perish; their poison flows endlessly!"

"Ghost Infant Realm?"

The rest is just time for cleaning up the trash; one can eat this piece of cake however one likes!

"Blood Moon demon!"

Two hundred years!

For a Spirit Severing cultivator, it might only be the time of a single long seclusion, but it is enough to make the world undergo great changes and replace a dozen generations of people!

The situation of the Immortal Cultivation World and Immortal Cultivators over this period can be described as extremely dire.

"Since that is the case... let's set a small goal first: take control of this world!"

There are even the Flying Head Technique, Curse Method...

But the more this is the case, the more cultivators have their Spirit Roots stripped away in blood...

And after those Ghost Cultivators succeeded, they finally turned their gaze toward Nascent Soul sects, and even the Immortal Cultivation forces of one of the nine great sects of Great Gan!

The entire land of Great Gan is like a powder keg, with all kinds of chaotic battles ready to break out at any moment!

This day.

And after the Immortal Cultivators declined, another group of Ghost Cultivators developed rapidly!

That day...

It even... caused the fertility rates of both the human race and the demon race to develop by leaps and bounds.

Their methods are weird; some use the Paper Folding Technique, while others put on Painted Skin to perform the methods of Immortal Cultivators.

Subsequently...

Even those mortals, because of various Ghost Cultivator methods, came into contact with a world unimaginable in ordinary times, and even seized the Spirit Roots they had dreamed of!

"Is this an Immortal Artifact?"

"The Blood Moon does not perish, the Blood Moon exists forever, the Blood Moon existed in the past, the Blood Moon exists now, the Blood Moon will exist forever!"

"In this way, even if my true body fails in the competition with many Siling in the Spirit World, I can still resurrect and be reborn in the heavens and myriad worlds at will..."

With these various factors superimposed, it has led to the great prosperity of Ghost Taoism, while the orthodox Taoism of Immortal Cultivation has become increasingly withered.

"The true body's thought is to imprint the heavens and myriad worlds... to leave my Legendary status and influence in many worlds... together forming an extremely powerful 'Imprint Ritual'..."

He had long heard that among the Ghost Cultivator Strange Persons, a powerful cultivator had emerged suddenly, integrating most of the Ghost Cultivator forces, and even establishing an 'Alien Alliance'!

He originally thought it was just a joke; Ghost Cultivators are insidious and cunning, coveting even their own people and treating them as materials for cultivation, so how could anyone possibly subdue them?

But now it seems, the rumors might be true!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

"This... this is not the Immortal Realm!"

With his current strength at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, refining a single Spirit Treasure Invisible Sword is already somewhat strenuous, let alone an Immortal Artifact—that is a matter for at least after Spirit Severing!

"Hmm... now that the Spirit Severing cultivators of Great Gan have all been taken away in one wave by Jinchenzi... and the true body has also left... then this world is my domain."

Zhengqi Peak, Zhengqi Sect.

The great gate opened with a bang, and a Flying Hook fell out from within; it was none other than an Immortal Treasure—the Invitation Moon Hook!

Slap!

Suddenly, a flesh tentacle lashed out horizontally, beating a Spirit Severing cultivator into a pulp of meat, with blood and flesh splashing across the sky!

"Sacrifice life to defend the Taoism, kill!"

Accompanied by a cold snort, Spirit Qi on Zhengqi Peak fell like rain, turning into a giant python with a single horn on its head, killing into the group of Ghost Cultivators and turning countless Ghost Cultivators into mud of blood and flesh.

"The Moon is gone..."

To be able to cultivate to the Spirit Severing Realm in this place where Spirit Qi is thin in the lower realm, one's Spirit Root, perseverance, talent, and opportunity are all top-notch!

If one could be guided to the Immortal Realm, one might not necessarily fail to become a prominent figure in the future.

Just as the meat mountain finished speaking, in the void, many white hairs suddenly appeared.

The Confucian scholar surnamed Nie of the Zhengqi Sect quickly said something to the Sound Recording Jade Tablet, threw the Jade Tablet into the Ascension channel that had already shrunk to the size of a fist, and roared, his Haoran Qi suddenly erupting...

"And in this world, engraving a sufficiently profound influence has actually been mostly achieved... the remaining maintenance and supervision tasks are what I need to complete."

There were even successive incidents of small and medium-sized sects being exterminated by Ghost Cultivators!

"For example, this world!"

After two hundred years of Spirit Qi degradation, the Immortal Cultivation World at this time makes Qi Refining entry even more difficult, and the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks has increased accordingly, leading to the fact that even in Great Gan, Nascent Soul old monsters are gradually becoming rare, and Golden Core Cultivators can dominate a region...

"Eh? How did I arrive so quickly?"

Aaron picked up the white jade hook but did not refine it directly.

"No... we have cultivated for a thousand years, is it just to die here?"

Even a mortal without a Spirit Root, upon obtaining a larger piece of 'Taiyin Fragment', would grow rapidly to a point that would leave cultivators dumbfounded!

The influence brought by the Blood Moon goes far beyond this!

Although the destruction of Taiyin led to the extinction of many species in the mortal world, more weird species were born, effectively filling the biological chain that had been extinguished by the previous destruction of Taiyin.

After all, the foundation and the accumulated Spirit Severing cultivators of Great Gan were mostly consumed in this wave of the Red Moon disaster.

The Supreme Elder of the Zhengqi Sect was terrified!

Of course, because the methods of Ghost Cultivators are mysterious, Ghost Cultivators of the same rank can often gain the upper hand in duels with cultivators.

Jinchenzi was slightly suspicious, protected himself with the Invitation Moon Hook, and walked out.

As early as when he was fighting that existence, he had secretly corrupted the Ascension channel...

……

A group of bizarre-looking "Ghost Cultivators" surrounded the mountain gate of the Zhengqi Sect, and without saying more than a few words, they began to attack the Mountain Protection Array.

A middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance stood atop the cocoon, his head full of white hair cascading down three thousand zhang: "I am... Chen San, or you may call me Xuanxuanzi! The current leader of the Alien Alliance!"

When Dongfang Jie and the others stepped out of the spatial passage, their expressions were equally filled with terror.

Some Ghost Cultivators even speculated that above the Ghost Infant, there was still the "Dao Transformation" realm!

Those who succeed can be called "Dao Transformation Dao Lord," or "Great Sage," comparable to the Spirit Severing realm of the mortal world...

Ahead... the end of the spatial passage emerged.

Merely upon hearing his voice, among those Immortal Cultivators, several Disciples let out miserable screams; one had a large amount of writhing black clouds emerge from their body, while another spat out countless fish eggs... they had shockingly all been Dao-transformed and Demon-tainted!

"Dao Transformation Dao Lord..."

"You might be able to win, but I will never lose!"

Nowadays, the Spirit Qi of the Immortal Cultivation World is in decline, and condensing a Nascent Soul is difficult...

Yet this Samadhi True Fire was actually unable to do anything to those white hairs!

Countless strands of hair condensed, forming a giant cocoon.

Aaron casually drew a Ritual of sacrifice and granting, chanting the incantation: "Tai Xuan Dao Ancestor... Blood Moon Valley God... please open the gates of the kingdom..."

——Imprint Ritual!

"To imprint solely the source of a certain Mysterious Path within a certain world... is truly too weak..."

The first is the decline of Spirit Qi!

The Supreme Elder of the Zhengqi Sect shouted angrily, unleashing their Natal Magical Treasure, the "Fire Crow Pot," from which flew out one after another flaming fire crows, continuously spewing Samadhi True Fire.

"Leader?"

After all, this clone is Changsheng and immortal, with infinite time; there is no candidate more suitable than him.

Several Nascent Soul old monsters flew out from the mountain gate, joining forces to blast the meat mountain into pieces.

But those countless scattered chunks of flesh began to aggregate again, and the face of the fat cultivator appeared on the surface: "So painful, so painful... Leader, save me!"

"This day, the Zhengqi Sect must be destroyed... This spiritual land is quite good; it is ours now."

A group of Spirit Severing cultivators fawned and flattered, while Jinchenzi smiled without a word.

The Taiyin and the Xuerou Mutshu were destroyed, turning into countless powder, drifting across the human world!

Originally, the Immortal Cultivators thought that the envoys from the Immortal Realm possessed great Dharma Power, but later they discovered that they were wrong, outrageously so!

The Spirituality of "Red" never perishes; it simply accompanies them in a different way!

"Who goes there?"

"In the world today, it is time for my Ghost Taoism to flourish greatly... I ask you to surrender your head, and incidentally yield your Spirit Root..."

Xuanxuanzi said indifferently: "To be able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, your Spirit Root must surely not be too bad, perhaps even of the most excellent kind..."

(End of this chapter)