The Immortal

Fortunately, Chi Xulong and the others were all seasoned veterans and wouldn't reveal any information about the Demonic Cult just because they were locked up; otherwise, Chief Chu would have considered killing them to silence them.

Chief Chu sent word that Lu Yang and the other two should come to Yanjiang Branch to formally hold the initiation ceremony.

As for those dimwits, let them cool off in jail for ten days first.

Chief Chu sat lazily on the jade chair, looked up at the three people standing in front of him, and said approvingly, "You three have a good idea for a barbecue restaurant. Keep it up. This is a channel for us to establish contact with the officials."

Chief Chu dismissed his attendants, who were all novice members who had not been tested and were not qualified to know the secrets of the sect.

"Let's go, I'll take you to pay homage to the immortal immortal."

Leader Chu led the three to another floating rock. The buildings on the floating rock were of unknown age and had collapsed under the erosion of time. The lack of light made the atmosphere dull and oppressive. Walking among the buildings gave one a sense of walking through history.

Even someone as learned as Meng Jingzhou couldn't discern which era this building belonged to.

This is definitely not a building from the Great Xia Dynasty over a period of 100,000 years!

Meng Jingzhou was secretly alarmed; these buildings were at least 100,000 years old!

"Could it be the Great Yu Dynasty?"

Historical records state that the last emperor of the Dayu Dynasty was licentious and dissolute, leading to the dynasty's collapse and widespread chaos. The ancestors of the Meng family and the Xia emperor rose up in rebellion, vying for control of the Central Plains.

The Ask Dao Sect was founded 120,000 years ago, during the Great Yu Dynasty. At that time, the Great Yu Dynasty was at its peak, and no one could shake its position.

At the far end of the building stood a statue about four meters tall, looking just like the one seen in Qin Yuanhao's house. Its face was blurred, and it wore a long robe, making it impossible to tell whether it was male or female. It was the Immortal Immortal.

Chief Chu raised three lit incense sticks, bowed deeply to the Immortal, then turned to the three and said, "Meditate for half an hour to clear your mind of distractions."

These three incense sticks were no ordinary items; after smelling their fragrance, my restless heart gradually calmed down.

Eliminating distracting thoughts was a basic skill for the three of them, and Chief Chu nodded slightly when he saw that they had calmed down so quickly.

Even with Bao Xiang's help, this speed is still extremely fast. Most demonic cultivators are restless and impatient, focusing on physical cultivation rather than mental cultivation. These three are truly rare.

It seems that he must have had fortuitous opportunity somewhere.

In the past, if he had known that the three had fortuitous opportunity, Chief Chu would have tried every means to get his hands on them. But these three were different; they were the sect leader's key targets, and he didn't dare to make a move.

Half an hour later, the three woke up and, following the instructions of Chief Chu, paid homage to the Immortal.

After the tedious procedures were completed, the three officially became members of the Immortal Cult.

With his hands behind his back, Chief Chu said, "Before joining our sect, you may only know that we are the Immortal Sect, that we worship Immortal Immortals, and that becoming a follower can prolong your life. As for what Immortal Immortals are, you should know very little."

The three nodded. They knew absolutely nothing about immortals; this was the only immortal they had ever heard of.

Chief Chu said respectfully, "An immortal being's very existence is a taboo. They live as long as heaven and earth, witnessing the rise and fall of the world. Even if their physical body is destroyed, their immortal soul decays, and a glimmer of their spirit fades into the mortal realm, as long as someone remembers them, they can be resurrected on the spot and live forever!"

Lu Yang and his two companions were shocked, wondering how much of what Chief Chu said was true and how much was false.

As long as people remember the existence of the Immortal Immortal, the Immortal Immortal is immortal and indestructible, something that has never happened in myths and legends!

Such extraordinary abilities are perfectly worthy of being called "immortals."

Chief Chu continued, "He attained immortality in High Antiquity times, knows the secrets of eternity, and possesses power Non-Self can contend with."

"The High Antiquity era has arrived, and the old monsters buried in the desolate mountains and wilderness are crawling out of their coffins. If we want to protect our lives and property in this great era, the only way is to resurrect the immortal immortals and let them protect us!"

Lu Yang hesitated for a moment, then asked, "How do we resurrect the immortals?"

"Immortals prove their Dao through battle and become immortals through killing. They delight in slaughter. To incite bloodshed and war in this world, and to please the immortals with the deaths of millions of humans, is only the first step. The subsequent steps are beyond the comprehension of people at your level."

"The deaths of tens of millions of humans?!" Meng Jingzhou was shocked. The number of people who died was beyond description; corpses littered the fields!

"Is it a lot? Not at all." Chief Chu shook his head. Most people had a similar reaction when they heard this number, but if they calmed down and thought about it, the Central Continent was vast and boundless. Tens of millions of people seemed like a lot, but when you spread it out, it was only one in a few thousand people dying.

"Do you know how many people die from exhaustion every year, how many commit suicide due to unbearable pressure, how many die from illness every year, how many die from incompetent medical treatment every year, and how many unclaimed corpses are discovered in the Great Xia Dynasty every year?"

Leader Chu sneered, "Do you know? Of course you don't know, because the Great Xia Dynasty simply doesn't dare to release the real data!"

"If we don't resurrect the immortals, who will protect the vast Central Continent? Once the old monsters awaken one after another, the number of dead will be far more than just this few."

"Was the High Antiquity era really that terrifying?" Lu Yang felt a chill run down his spine.

Chief Chu remained silent, gesturing for the three to follow him.

Leader Chu bypassed the statue of the Immortal Immortal and walked through a ruin, saying as he went, "This ruin was passed down from High Antiquity times. It has become decayed and dilapidated under the erosion of time. Ten thousand years ago, the Patriarch accidentally discovered this ruin and learned of the existence of the Immortal Immortal here."

"The existence of the immortal immortals has been so long that people have forgotten the immortals who once protected the world. It was the Patriarch who brought the immortal immortals back to life!"

"The founder of the cult copied the ruins and preserved them in various strongholds. This is one of them, and it is already ten thousand years old."

Meng Jingzhou thought to himself that it was a replica of a High Antiquity relic. No wonder he couldn't tell the difference. Only legends have survived from High Antiquity times, and very few things have actually been passed down to the present day.

Chief Chu stopped in front of a stone wall. "This is it. This is a scene of sacrificial rites from High Antiquity times."

The first thing that catches the eye is an immortal being with outstretched arms on the stone wall. The immortal being holds countless spheres of varying sizes, and some of the spheres have a ring-shaped object around them, the nature of which is unknown.

On each sphere kneels a tiny figure, holding aloft offerings to the immortal sage.

"What is this sphere? Why are people standing on it?" Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu asked, puzzled.

Lu Yang's pupils contracted slightly when he saw the mural. The sphere looked exactly like the planet from his previous life, and the ring-shaped objects around the sphere were meteorite dust.

Chief Chu slowly said, "This is called a planet. In High Antiquity times, there was no Central Continent. Regardless of race, everyone lived on the planet."

"At the end of High Antiquity times, an unknowable being refined all the planets, transforming them into the Central Continent we see today!"

Upon hearing this, all three were taken aback!