The Whole Story, Longevity Devil Lord

Six thousand five hundred years ago, when that immortal estate emerged, True Lord Fulong, Immortal Elder Ciji, and four other Formless-realm True Lords, including the cultivator surnamed Li, obtained clues from an immortal's painting scroll and entered this place in search of treasure.

Other than True Lord Fulong, who had the misfortune to perish in the Sea of Bitterness, the other four Formless-realm cultivators, including Immortal Elder Ciji, all safely reached the heart of the place. They climbed the withered, towering tree and entered the Immortal Palace within the Moon!

Not long afterward, the cultivator surnamed Li died beneath the immortal palace's restrictions.

The remaining two were also turned into Longevity Flesh and refined by the Longevity Devil Lord into high-grade Longevity Pills.

Only Immortal Elder Ciji caught the Longevity Devil Lord's favor. Not only did he preserve his life, but by continually consuming Longevity Pills, he had survived until now—living another two thousand five hundred years beyond his eight-thousand-year lifespan!

Yet, to prevent the news from leaking out, the Longevity Devil Lord kept an extremely tight grip on Formless-realm powerhouses like him, leaving behind multiple measures to prevent them from communicating with the outside world. Thus, when the silver-haired boy awakened his past-life wisdom and recited his true name and Daoist title, Immortal Elder Ciji sensed nothing and could not respond.

Out of consideration for the silver-haired boy being his friend of many years, Immortal Elder Ciji revealed quite a few crucial pieces of information to everyone!

Though his account was exceedingly brief, with this clear thread to follow, many of Shen Mo's doubts and puzzlements now found reasonable explanations...

That immortal's painting scroll had surely been a clue deliberately released by the Longevity Devil Lord.

And that "senior" who had left behind a Divine Soul imprint was most