New Chapter: Unwelcome
Wang Xuan kept a low profile, avoiding contact with humans and demons as much as possible, and simply followed from a distance, observing carefully.
In this place, unless you come from the same lineage, you are all competitors, and you are very wary of each other, often resorting to underhanded tactics.
By following them, studying their relationships, and listening to their conversations, Wang Xuan learned that the beings from the outside world were primarily from the four major powers.
They are: Star Picking Pavilion, Purple Heaven Palace, Eternal Life Cult, All Spirits Cult.
The first three major powers are primarily composed of humans. The last one, the All Spirits Cult, is primarily composed of non-humans. Although there are humans among them, they are only a minority.
Although they were all outsiders, Wang Xuan was clearly "more of an outsider" than the rest of the group. He had absolutely no clue how to find the Forbidden First Chapter.
Therefore, he followed the strong among these people, taking the opportunity to appreciate the scenery of a corner of the new universe, and kept up with a relaxed attitude.
According to what I've learned through my observations, these lineages are all very powerful and have profound foundations. It seems that there are immortals remaining in the mortal world. However, the Four Great Sects have an agreement that true immortals are not allowed to descend into the realm and are not permitted to enter.
This is also to avoid escalating the conflict. Otherwise, if the four sects go berserk and engage in a full-scale bloodbath, resulting in the fall of true immortals, that would be terrible.
This secluded realm, suspended in the world, is devoid of any immortal beings; it was completely eradicated long ago.
The creatures here need to enter the Great Universe to become immortals; otherwise, they have no chance to achieve immortality.
"That puts my mind at ease." Wang Xuan was no longer in a hurry. Whoever found the scriptures, he could rush over to "take them over" without worrying about missing the opportunity.
He found a place, roasted a deer spirit to reward himself. He had been following these outsiders for more than half a month and had finally gotten a pretty good idea of what was going on.
These lineages are extremely wary; any creature that enters is bound by a restriction, and if explored by an enemy, it will self-destruct—they are all walking bombs.
Therefore, he could only follow secretly to understand the situation, and now that's all over.
"Finally, some seasoning!" He felt that his wilderness survival skills were improving rapidly, and he was able to salvage all sorts of items from those humanoid bombs, including everyday items.
Now, he was wearing a new outfit, a storage bracelet from an outsider.
The deer spirit is also a Master of Nurturing Life. It is a ferocious beast that has attained enlightenment for many years. It has been cultivating for over six hundred years and comes from the All Spirits Cult. Upon meeting Wang Xuan, it will use its sharp horns to kill him.
Of course, the demons here have their own standards for dividing realms. For example, this deer spirit's bloodline has been purified to the level of Xuan blood. If it goes up another level, it will be a divine blood creature.
Wang Xuan translated it as. "It is now in the stage of Master of Nurturing Life."
The deer spirit that wanted to kill Wang Xuan is now roasting its legs until they are golden brown, and the aroma of the meat is irresistible.
Wang Xuan sprinkled salt on the deer, then found a beehive in the forest, smeared honey on the deer's legs, and then squeezed out the juice from some spiritual fruit and sprinkled it on top.
At this moment, he thought of Zhao Qinghan. The two of them had eaten wild game in the same way when they were exploring the secret place.
He was lost in thought for a while, then shook his head, stopped thinking about it, disconnected from those thoughts about the Mother Universe, and began to ponder the path ahead.
The past and present have taken away his old friends, but given Old Zhong, Chen Yongjie, Qing Mu and others a chance to live and reach the extraordinary. When he is strong enough, he will repay them.
And then there's Old Wang, who, on his way off, was still thinking about the "tattooers," a group that seemed extremely powerful and connected to the Old Saints.
"Killing my sister and causing her to die young, even though we never met, I was destined to go through something for her sake and have an unavoidable clash with the tattoo artist."
It's just unknown whether Wang Yusheng entered this Great Universe alive.
Furthermore, when he feels he can travel in the Supernatural Central World, he should also look for Old Zhang, Fang Yuzhu, the Demon Lord, and others. Did they successfully cross the sea?
"It smells delicious!" Wang Xuan praised his own cooking skills. Back then, everything he roasted would burn to a crisp, but now his survival skills in the wild have improved dramatically. The golden deer leg paired with the aged wine he obtained from the alien's spatial bracelet tasted quite good.
"Little Bear, how are you?" Wang Xuan awakened the Mechanical Xiao in the killing formation diagram.
"I need to sleep for a year and a half," the Mechanical Xiao responded weakly. Fortunately, it had Fire Seed Fragment, but even so, it still needed to heal its injured primordial spirit.
This is already the best possible outcome.
Wang Xuan's survival despite lacking the fire element, and his rapid recovery, can only be considered an exception, considering he cultivated his way to immortality while constantly facing the ceiling.
His goal in coming to this universe was that one day he would be able to calmly deal with any enemy without having to run for his life.
"What is the relationship between the Old Saint Era, the New Saint Era, and the forbidden items that have taken human form?"
He then inquired about the Dao Control Banner, which was also sickly and recovering rather slowly this time.
It turned out that not only were there many holes in the flag, but the flagpole was also cracked, which made Wang Xuan's expression change immediately when he found out.
What is a flagpole? It is a primordial object, a "finished product" dug out from the Chaos Stone at the boundary of the Great Universe, born and nurtured by heaven and earth.
It was indestructible and had never been damaged, yet it still ran into trouble this time when it crossed over into another industry.
"It's alright, I don't need to slumber for a long time, a few years of rest will be enough. My Supreme Texture contains the law of rebirth and self-healing. If it weren't for the intense compression Great Universe and the excessive manifestation of the Great Dao, I could have recovered in ten days to half a month from other injuries."
Dao Control Banner responded that it was taught a terrible lesson this time, something it hadn't mentioned before.
But it didn't care, saying, "It's not a bad thing. Before entering this Supernatural Great Universe, I was thinking about how to adapt to the Supreme Rule here as quickly as possible. Now it's good, I... am cracked, which makes it easier to merge."
Wang Xuan: "..."
In fact, the First Killing Array Diagram is also damaged, and some materials need to be collected to help it be restored.
Wang Xuan reflected that if he hadn't brought the number one treasure and exchanged it for the Life Pool, it probably would have been shattered this time.
Over the next two weeks, Wang Xuan ate a bear spirit and a golden sparrow, both of which were Master of Nurturing Life spirits and tasted incredibly delicious.
It wasn't that he was greedy; it was just that he had encountered a situation where the other party insisted on killing him, so he had no choice but to kill them decisively. Based on the principle of not wasting food, he had no choice but to eat them.
Another twenty days passed, and Wang Xuan had been in this secluded, floating paradise for almost four months. He cultivated while tracking the movements of the four sects.
Two days later, a major battle broke out, and those people made a new discovery.
On a certain plateau, they sensed something unusual; that strange place was being revealed there.
In fact, it appears in a different location each time.
It was a hazy scene, with flowing, Chaos Light, and what appeared to be rubble and Stone Mountain, blurred and indistinct, on a plateau.
Besides the four sects, there were also monsters from this secret realm, some riding Demonic Wind, others spewing lightning, all of whom came to fight.
In an instant, this plateau was stained with blood.
However, after people gathered here, despite the scrambling and fighting among themselves, leaving behind some corpses of the Master of Nurturing Life, not everyone could get in.
"Su Tong of the Eternal Life Cult has successfully penetrated the light barrier and entered!" someone exclaimed, filled with jealousy, envy, and hatred, as they were unable to enter the Chaos Light.
"My junior brother is a genius, he will surely succeed." Someone exclaimed with delight and burst into laughter.
"Ling Xuan from the Purple Heaven Palace has also entered!" Someone on the other side exclaimed joyfully, their face beaming with smiles, before standing ready to provide assistance.
"Qi Sheng of the All Spirits Cult has also gone in. He's the grandson of that Ancient Divine Ape. This beast... he actually has a destiny!" someone said indignantly.
In contrast, the Star Picking Pavilion paled in comparison, as no one was able to enter this time, placing it at the bottom among the four major lineages. Their expressions were quite grim.
"No need to worry about it. We've been the best before, so what's one setback?" someone said.
"However, this might be the last one. If we obtain it, we can probably complete the entire scripture," sighed a middle-aged man from the Star Picking Pavilion.
Throughout history, they have been vying for these scriptures, coming in each time to collect them, because the scriptures here are only turned over a few pages each time.
Wang Xuan also arrived, using transformation techniques and the Great Spirit Coffin Technique to completely transform himself into another person, also wanting to enter that strange place.
With a thud, he was knocked back.
He was stopped; the Chaos Light flowed, not allowing him to enter.
He frowned. What were the rules here? What conditions were required to enter?
He tried again, traversing the Chaos Light once more, but was bounced back once more.
At this point, the four sects had stopped fighting, and the remaining members of some smaller sects, as well as independent cultivators and some monsters, had also given up, because they had tried and found it impossible to get in.
Further fighting is pointless.
Unless the people inside are abducted by those outside when they come out, there might still be hope.
Wang Xuan tried again and again, which immediately attracted attention.
"If you're not recognized, no matter how hard you try, it's useless. It's probably because you lack talent and potential," a rogue cultivator reminded him.
A Master of Nurturing Life of a major sect scoffed, saying, "My junior brother is only a little over a hundred years old, yet he has already made great strides in the Great Realm the Master of Nurturing Life for many years. You can't compare to him."
"Where did this rogue cultivator come from? Get out of here and stop getting in my way!" shouted a powerful figure from a major sect with a short temper.
Some people advised Wang Xuan that if nothing unexpected happened, the three people inside would be able to become immortals before they turned three hundred years old, and they all had great Auspicious Qi, which was incomparable.
Wang Xuan frowned, ignoring them, and finally decided to force his way in, placing his right palm on the light screen, ready to smash it with all his might, not caring if it caused a big commotion.
If all else fails, he'll smash it open with the Dao Control Banner!
This time, he exerted his strength, and the Chaos Light collapsed, and he inexplicably entered it.
He was speechless, and hadn't even exploded yet. This strange place was just bullying the weak and fearing the strong, wasn't it? They sensed that he had a forbidden item on him?
"Hey, another one has come in!" The three people inside were all surprised because they didn't recognize the young man.
Originally Su Tong and Ling Xuan were secretly plotting to join forces to drive away Qi Sheng, the grandson of the Ancient Divine Ape, and strip him of his innate talent, but unexpectedly another one came along.
"Hello, I am Lu Renjia, a rogue cultivator," Wang Xuan introduced himself and greeted them with a smile.
"A rogue cultivator? Get out!" The divine ape with the thunder god's mouth was the first to speak, disapproving of him.
The very valiant Su Tong, his eyes gleaming with divine light, nodded and said, "That's right, what's the point of rogue cultivators getting involved? Most of the text in this scripture is in the hands of the Four Great Sects, so it's impossible for others to peek into its secrets."
Ling Xuan was tall and slender with an exceptionally beautiful face. She was like a lotus emerging from the water, elegant and refined. With a gentle smile, she said, "Fellow Daoist, please!"
She also gestured that Wang Xuan could leave.
So unpopular? Wang Xuan thought for a moment, then he'd make himself even more unpopular. He rolled up his sleeves, ready to take matters into his own hands and teach them a lesson!
Suddenly, the Stone Mountain in front of them glowed, and dense text appeared on it.
The three promising Master of Nurturing Life's expressions changed, and they joined forces to use underhanded tactics to kill Wang Xuan.
Outside, the people from the four major sects were dumbfounded. Although they could only vaguely see the scenery inside, they could roughly understand what had happened.
Su Tong, Ling Xuan, and Qi Sheng were all knocked down and beaten by the rogue cultivator until they all passed out.