The Immortal Arts

Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.

The undisputed overlord sect in the Xuanxian Realm.

Before the upheaval ten thousand years ago, the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect's rule over the Xuanxian Realm was unparalleled. Outside the world, let alone Immortal Lords and Dao Lords, even Heavenly Immortals and True Immortals were difficult to be born.

By sealing off the technology of the grotto-heavens and monopolizing the materials for forging immortal bodies, they made it so that anyone who wanted to achieve something on the path of cultivation had to join the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect to have any hope of a future.

Under these circumstances, almost all forces and Lineage in the entire Xuanxian Realm were exploited by the Xuanyuan Sword Sect.

Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.

Ten thousand years ago, the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect accepted the call to fight against the invasion of the evil god, resulting in countless deaths and injuries, which caused turmoil in the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and even the entire Xuanxian Realm for a long period of time.

Subsequently, Lineage such as Mo, Chi, Bai, and Ji announced their separation from the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and their independence, ushering in an era of division in the Xuanxian Realm.

During that period, war raged on, with forces rising and falling at every turn, turning the entire Xuanxian Realm into a chaotic mess.

It wasn't until later that people discovered that the endless wars greatly exacerbated the depletion of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

The Spiritual Qi cycle of the Xuanxian Realm has been completely disrupted.

The generation of inspiration is far less than the consumption of energy by cultivators.

Under these circumstances, the war ceased.

Within the Xuanxian Realm, a large-scale reshuffling of power took place, with sects that had sprung up like mushrooms after rain being merged or destroyed one after another.

The Xuan Yuan Sword Sect convened the Lineage, along with dozens of other top and large forces that existed at the time, to discuss the allocation of resources in the Xuanxian Realm and sign an agreement to end the war.

Since then, the Xuanxian Realm has entered an era of peaceful development.

Despite a series of upheavals, including the reshuffling of top and large powers, the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and the Lineage have remained stable, and the Xuanxian Realm has maintained a rare level of stability.

In particular, the fact that the grotto-heavens have gathered spiritual energy has made it difficult for people with cultivation talent, or "Spirit Root," to be born in the outside world. As a result, major sects have begun to focus on quality rather than quantity when recruiting disciples.

The number of cultivators has dropped to only one percent of what it was ten thousand years ago.

With fewer cultivators, the density of disputes will naturally decrease.

However, the decrease is not negligible.

Humans have always been a very combative species.

The power struggles among many cultivators, and even among cultivators within sects, never ceased for a moment.

This kind of situation is common even within the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.

The Peak Master, whom the Heavenly Immortal Tai Bai personally visited, was a victim of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect's internal strife.

As one of the nineteen Peak Master of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, she should have been enjoying immense prestige, but Wan Yue Peak was quite deserted at this moment.

Unlike other peaks that have at least a hundred disciples and servants, the entire Wanyue Peak, including servants, has only thirty or forty people.

The resources allocated to this mountain peak are the lowest among the nineteen peaks.

In a place like the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, which has a history of tens of thousands of years and emphasizes rules and status, a higher rank can truly be a crushing threat.

As the sect leader, Luo Xiao had a hundred ways to reasonably marginalize Peak Master.

A new world!? A world brimming with inspiration!?

Peak Master looked at the Celestial Immortal Taibai in astonishment. "The spiritual energy here is even more concentrated than that of our Xuanxian Realm ten thousand years ago!?"

"Indeed, the abundance of spiritual energy in that world is truly rare. We have only communicated with that world for a few decades, and the spiritual energy we secretly intercepted has enabled one of the Dao Masters of my Myriad Stars Sword Sect to advance his Heavenly Dao from minor to major completion. Meanwhile, in their world, a country that occupies less than one-tenth of the land, condenses thirty to forty spiritual crystals every year."

Tai Bai Tianxian said heavily, "This is still due to their limited technology. If they innovate their technology and focus on collecting spiritual energy, the number of spiritual crystals they can condense each year would probably be over a hundred. If they can completely unify this world, the annual income of spiritual crystals will be over a thousand."

"Over a thousand spirit crystals a year!"

This number made Peak Master's breath catch in her throat.

What does it mean to have thousands of spirit crystals a year?!

If a cultivator possesses a grotto-heaven, has a strong mind, and has reached a certain level of understanding of the "Heavenly Dao," they can nurture a Heavenly Dao to perfection within two or three years.

In other words, a Celestial Lord can be cultivated in two or three years!

If the Yue family had ten or eight Immortal Lord level experts, what could Luo Xiao, as the sect leader, do?

They are fully capable of separating from the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, establishing their own independent entity, and dominating a region like the Lineage.

However, she quickly calmed down.

Tai Baitian represents the Wanxing Sword Sect.

In previous years, although the Myriad Stars Sword Sect had provided substantial financial support for her to compete for the position of sect leader, and the two sides had established a good relationship, she did not feel that such a relationship was worth the Myriad Stars Sword Sect investing in her with such a world full of spiritual energy.

After a moment's thought, she quickly realized something. "A world teeming with spiritual energy... the native cultivators it produces are probably not weak, right? At least your Myriad Star Sword Sect alone cannot swallow it up?"

Tai Baixian nodded without much concealment. "That's right, our family really can't swallow that power."

As he spoke, he said bluntly, "A hundred years ago, we made contact with that world... More than twenty years ago, the contact between the two sides became even closer. The strongest force in that world is called the Immortal Kingdom, which is ruled by a celestial immortal named Zhao Xi. This Zhao Xi obtained a lost inheritance from our Xuanxian Realm from some unknown source and built a super cave heaven that stretches for thousands of miles."

"A vast, interconnected grotto-heaven?"

Peak Master Wanyue frowned.

Such a cave-heaven Xuan Yuan Sword Sect is capable of being established, but it's unnecessary.

Such a vast cavern requires an astronomical amount of spiritual energy to maintain its daily operation.

It's not cost-effective.

"With such a vast cave heaven, we fear that a direct attack would result in significant losses. Fortunately, that world is under threat from the Spirit Race. Therefore, the Xuanling Dao Master separated his Dao Seed and, under the guise of assisting Zhao Xi in fighting the Spirit Race, used his cave heaven to nurture the Transformation Spirit Heavenly Dao. He planned to use the Heavenly Dao nurtured by Zhao Xi to take control of the cave heaven and establish a firm foothold when the time was right."

As Tai Baixian spoke, even Peak Master's expression changed slightly.

If the Myriad Star Sword Sect really succeeds...

Another hegemonic force is bound to rise in the Xuanxian Realm.

Even if given a few hundred years to develop, they might become so powerful that they could rival the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and vie for the position of ruler of the Xuanxian Realm.

But...

"You failed? How did you fail?"

The Peak Master said.

"In our Xuanxian Realm, there is another force called the Creation Sect that has colluded with the Immortal Kingdom."

Taibai Immortal Path.

By this time, they had thoroughly investigated the history of the Gu Jinlai.

However, compared to the idea that Gu Jinlai was a native cultivator of the Longevity Realm, they felt that Gu Jinlai was a cultivator from the Mysterious Immortal Realm who had obtained fortuitous opportunity and "traveled" to the Longevity Realm, then rose step by step from a place called Qiantian in the Longevity Realm, and finally returned to the Creation Gate.

After all, the process of growing up has been too bizarre Gu Jinlai.

Moreover, his behavior was completely different from that of the previous elder of the Purgatory Sect, making it hard to doubt whether he had been possessed by Jiang Yufeng from the Xuanxian Realm.

After pondering for a moment, the Celestial Immortal Taibai continued, "That Jiang Yufeng of the Creation Sect must have obtained some kind of fortuitous fortuitous opportunity. With the help of the unique cultivation environment of the Longevity Realm, he has embarked on the path of the Innate Saint, and his combat strength is... no less than that of a top Dao Lord!"

"A Primordial Saint!? A Primordial Saint who is no less powerful than a top-tier Dao Lord!?"

Peak Master's pupils contracted.

As a member of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, she naturally understood the extraordinary nature of this cultivation path.

This is a path to heaven that leads directly to the Great Dao. Each innate deity is equivalent to a Great Dao that has not yet been fully formed. They only need to continue to nurture and grow on this path to transform the Dao within their bodies into the Great Dao that represents the rules governing the operation of the universe.

However, this path has extremely high requirements for the external environment and Cultivation Resources. It can only be successfully cultivated in worlds with abundant spiritual energy and rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures. In the Xuanxian Realm, such a path has been extinct for tens of thousands of years.

"In this day and age, it's amazing to still see cultivators on the path of innate divinity... Yes, you said the world of immortality is full of spiritual energy, so it's only natural that someone could walk the path of innate divinity in that world."

Peak Master took a deep breath as she spoke, "A world capable of giving birth to innate saints..."

She admitted that she was attracted to him.

But...

"Your plan failed because of the sudden appearance of this innate deity? Since it failed, the Xuanling Dao Master's Transformation Heavenly Dao..."

"It fell into Zhao Xi's hands."

Tai Bai Tianxian said in a deep voice, "Now, Zhao Xi's strength is no less than that of an Immortal Lord, and Jiang Yufeng, this Innate Divine Saint, is no weaker than a top Dao Lord. Although apart from the two of them, there are only five Celestial Immortals of varying strengths left in the entire Longevity Realm, such power cannot be swallowed up by our Wanxing Sword Sect alone."

"Even with the Yue family included, it's still a bit of a stretch."

The Peak Master said.

"Zhao Xi's Transcendent Heavenly Dao is not adept at killing, and also..."

Tai Bai Xian looked at Peak Master: "It is said that Peak Master has been diligently cultivating the Divine Might Sword Prison Immortal Technique all these years. I wonder if there has been any progress?"

"Lend me your immortal techniques to break through the grotto."

Peak Master nodded in agreement.

Magical arts!

That is a powerful technique that can unleash the power of the Heavenly Dao to its fullest extent, and even draw upon a trace of the Great Dao's might.

In the entire Xuanxian Realm, only the Xuanyuan Sword Sect has the inheritance of immortal techniques.

The power of each immortal technique far surpasses that of Divine Ability.

It is said that in the ancient Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, Divine Ability were not called Divine Ability, but were called Daoist arts. Only when Daoist arts were developed to their extreme were they given the title of immortal arts.

The Divine Might Sword Prison Immortal Technique is one of the three great immortal techniques inherited by the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.

"Our Yue family agrees to this matter, but we still need to discuss in detail how to occupy the Longevity Realm."

The Peak Master said.

Tai Baixian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile, "Of course, our Myriad Stars Sword Sect hopes that the Yue family can open up a new battlefield somewhere, and we are willing to provide the coordinates..."

The two quickly came to an agreement.

The Realm of Immortality.

From Gu Jinlai, he has been sitting in a palace in the Chenyu, a captive territory.

After three months, with the assistance of numerous Holy Dynasty officials, the human population in this region finally emerged from the turmoil and regained stability.

After clearing this area, Gu Jinlai's aura once again reached the four-digit mark.

"Although, as I guessed, the number of heinous criminals in the Demonic Beasts -Raising Land is even less than in the Holy Dynasty and the Immortal Kingdom, the accumulated pure light can finally allow the Great Sun Eternal Law to advance another level."

His mind was focused on the Great Sun Eternal Law.

With a thought, all the pure light was poured into this Cultivation Method with infinite properties.