Deep Sea Immortal Sect Ruins! Trapped Sha Star

The will of Heaven's Will is difficult to fathom, and human relationships are easily saddened by age.

The will of Heaven's Will is unpredictable and cannot be revealed.

Those who reveal heavenly secrets will also be Heaven's Punishment.

These are the lessons learned from the experiences of successive generations of Dao Child, leaders, and ancestors of the Longevity Sect who inherited the Immortal Celestial Lineage.

Therefore, Su Yan Yan immediately changed her mind and asked Chen Dengming to transmit his thoughts through telepathy, and she would then use her state of State of Mind in the Heavenly Heart Realm to understand his thoughts and thus guess the Heaven's Will.

This shifts the narrative from Chen Dengming actively revealing the Heaven's Will to a more subtle, indirect interpretation, minimizing risk.

This is also a technique developed after inheriting the Immortal Celestial Lineage.

Chen Dengming naturally understood Su Yan Yan's meaning. He immediately met her gaze, his eyes gleaming with a faint blue light. His straight nose and resolute lips formed a striking contrast, revealing his feelings to her through the windows of his soul.

Su Yan Yan's bright eyes also lit up with a strange, clear blue light as she quickly entered the Heavenly Heart Realm, grasping this state of mind and trying to understand the Heaven's Will.

After a moment, the two looked away.

Chen Dengming immediately used his Human Immortal Way Power to redirect his Mental Strength, sealing the memories in his mind and burying the evil, demonic Flesh and Blood he had seen through the fog deep within his heart, gradually blurring it to avoid touching the secrets of heaven.

Such divine secrets also have a certain time limit. When certain foreshadowed events have gradually occurred, the probability of them being revealed is smaller, thus reducing the likelihood of Heaven's Punishment and misfortune.

At this moment, Su Yan Yan frowned, deep in thought, and then suddenly looked at the dark clouds overhead that had already begun to dissipate, and said meaningfully.

"With your current strength, carrying the Dao artifact [Longevity Jade Seal], even Golden Core Perfection cultivator at the peak of their cultivation might not pose much of a threat to you."

"Only the Nascent Soul Old Monster from the Four Domains could pose a life-threatening threat to you, Nascent Soul stage? Does this mean a counterattack is about to break out? Or does it refer to something else?"

Su Yan Yan murmured to herself, glancing at Chen Dengming's body, which had been covered in cold sweat before relaxing, and realized that her guess might be wrong.

If it were merely Nascent Soul, or even Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, Chen Dengming had encountered such opponents before; why would he lose his composure like this?

She shook her head, thinking of the deeper threats from the Four Domains, and pondered with her hands behind her back, "If the war to counterattack the Four Domains breaks out in the future, and if the External Dao Malevolent Cultivator threaten your safety, you can follow our advice and rely on the guidance of the [Longevity Jade Seal] to escape into the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm."

Although the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm is dangerous, once you activate the [Longevity Jade Seal] inside, the First Ancestor will sense it and will most likely help you, which is a Life Force of hope.

The only thing to be wary of is its demonic nature.

"Demonic?"

Chen Dengming was surprised; he had a vague feeling that this might be a threat that needed to be watched out for.

However, since he had already sealed his memory of the threat, he couldn't recall the specifics at this moment.

If one were to delve deeper into this thought, the mental seal formed by the Human Immortal Way Power would also be broken.

Su Yan Yan glanced at Chen Dengming meaningfully and said, "I've heard my Senior Brother mention that the principle behind the birth of demonic power is that it is formed by the convergence of human desires, resentment, and other emotions and desires."

Before the invasion of Outer Dao, this power might only be a variety of vague emotions. Without the support of the Great Dao, it is difficult to extract and unleash tremendous power from these emotions.

Once the Outer Dao truly invade, the Devilish Immortal Way lineage will gradually enter as well, and this power will become extraordinary, transforming from formless to tangible.

Nowadays, many cultivators across the world are inexplicably infected by demonic forces and driven mad. Ultimately, this is because their desires are too deep, their karmic entanglements too heavy, and they are stubbornly clinging to their delusions. Only then can they be vulnerable to the intrusion of demonic power, thus becoming infected and falling into the demonic path.

Su Yan Yan paused for a moment, then continued, "Buddhist Sect cultivators often say, 'Do not be stubborn and unenlightened. Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot.' In the past, they converted cultivators who had fallen into the demonic path."

Before the era of the five orthodox immortal paths, there was the era of the Immortal, Buddha, and Devil Three Ways, and demons. When these three paths competed for Incense and Faith, cultivators in the immortal and Daoist sects were often bewitched by demonic nature and fell into the demonic path.

Ironically, Buddhist Way and Daoism seem to restrain the demonic path, converting many cultivators who had fallen into the demonic path to Buddhahood on the spot.

Therefore, it is said that Buddha and demon are one and the same. It is said that in the ordination hall on Sumeru Island, there are monks who repent, and many of them were Devil Cultivator had once attained Buddhahood on the spot.

This was the first time Chen Dengming had heard about things from the ancient past, and he couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. "So, in the ancient past, it was the era of the Immortal, Buddha, and Devil Three Ways, Buddhas, and demons. After that, the demon path was driven out of the realm, the Buddhist Way retreated to the Western Paradise, and the immortal path ushered in the era of the five orthodox immortal paths."

Then, the External Demonic Heresy accumulated power and invaded again. After a great battle, the five orthodox immortal lineages were shattered, thus ushering in the current era of broken lineages.

Su Yan Yan nodded slightly, then shook her head and said, "It seems that the era of the shattered Dao lineage is also passing, and we are now at a critical juncture of a new era. The four regions and four seas are undergoing tremendous changes, which is a sign of a new era."

Chen Dengming sighed upon hearing this.

It seems that living a long life has its troubles; one might accidentally encounter a period of great change, with all sorts of turmoil and problems.

If he were still only a mortal, he would be 110 years old now and should be dying of old age. After he dies, no matter how the times change, it won't affect him.

However, the current environment is much better than in the old days.

In the era of immortals, Buddhas, and demons, let alone the Golden Core Great Cultivator Spirit Transformation, even those who had reached the Nascent Soul stage were probably just minor Nascent Spirit Transformation.

After talking with Su Yan Yan, Chen Dengming's tense mood, which had been frightened, relaxed considerably.

Many fears stem from the unknown.

Now that he knew the principles behind the creation of demonic power and its target, Chen Dengming felt relieved.

The rope breaks at its thinnest point, and given his State of Mind fortitude, he was actually at the thickest end of the rope.

This demonic power also found it difficult to invade his mind.

However, since the Heaven's Will just now seemed to be subtly related to demonic nature, he still needed to be wary of such situations.

Chen Dengming had no intention of breaking the mental seal on his memories. After chatting with Su Yan Yan for a while longer, he returned to his cave abode.

His mind quickly focused on the Incense Clone, wanting to observe the two remaining groups of believers.

If there were any demonic entities still present around him, they could only be those two groups of Incense Believer.

However, these two groups of Incense Believer are now almost harmless, and their demonic nature has faded considerably.

Because Chen Dengming had changed his name five years ago, calling himself the Holy Spirit Immortal Lord.

He requested that his many Incense Believer henceforth refer to him as the Immortal Lord.

Those who refused to Incense Believer were given away by Chen Dengming as gifts to various sects of the Four Seas Cultivation Alliance.

If they don't listen to his teachings, then let someone else teach them; this Holy Spirit Immortal Lord is quite enlightened.

In the end, only two groups of Incense Believer remained, effectively usurping the position and kicking the Outer Realm Devil Venerable out of the game, while he himself became the Holy Spirit Immortal Lord.

In this way, as time goes by, the demonic nature inherent in these two groups of Incense Believer will gradually disappear.

However, just as Chen Dengming's mind was shifting to the Incense Clone, he realized that a suffocatingly powerful water pressure was spreading from all directions through the dark seawater.

However, the Incense Clone also transformed into part of the seawater, greatly reducing the pressure, which could only be felt when moving or traveling through it.

In this deep seabed where even sunlight cannot penetrate, a terrifying and powerful aura occasionally emanates from afar, as if some kind of ferocious beast that has lived in the deep sea for many years is lurking and sleeping.

Only the faint blue light emanating from the Heart of the Ocean at the center of the Incense Clone's brow seemed to be the only reassuring presence in this oppressive, absolute darkness.

This faint blue light also vaguely revealed some rugged outlines of this dark deep-sea environment.

This was an underwater ruin.

A dilapidated, half-collapsed doorplate can be seen.

"Deep-sea ruins? Could they be relics from the High Antiquity era of Immortal, Buddha, and Devil Three Ways?"

Chen Dengming was extremely surprised. He approached the signboard to examine it, but could only see two rough and blurry characters that he did not recognize at all. They seemed to be High Antiquity immortal script or some kind of advanced Yin Language.

He could only forcibly memorize the form of this script and instructed his Incense Clone to continue exploring further.

Passing through the gate, a cloud of murky, long-dormant seabed silt and dust was stirred up.

The air was thick with a filthy stench, and rotting seaweed and the carcasses of marine animals were everywhere.

This place seemed to be a forgotten corner of the Cultivation World, with collapsed buildings everywhere.

But among the abandoned buildings, one extremely spacious stone hall stands out.

Scattered around the stone hall were the remains of some decayed array artifacts, emerging from the silt, suggesting that cultivators had once frequented this place.

Chen Dengming instructed the Incense Clone to approach, and immediately a faint buzzing sound and aura that seemed unusual were emitted.

The Incense Clone suddenly felt a slight discomfort, as if its entire body was being bound by a mysterious force.

At the same time, the array weapon buried deep in the silt seemed to gleam faintly.

"Could this Formation still be functioning?"

Chen Dengming was somewhat shocked.

Although this slight binding force is no match for the Incense Clone, it poses no threat.

However, judging from the traces of time observed through the Heavenly Eye, this place has clearly been dormant for five or six thousand years, or even tens of thousands of years.

Beyond the stone hall, not far away, you can see an abandoned, half-collapsed palace, with many murals and stone pillars still intact in the ruins.

The sea around the palace was extremely calm, and two huge skeletons, resembling long snakes, lay prostrate at the palace entrance, vaguely revealing an atmosphere of age and oppressive unease.

Chen Dengming, with his sharp eyes, suddenly noticed a figure sitting on a high throne deep within the palace, facing him directly with bright, sparkling eyes.

"Who!?"

Chen Dengming was startled, and his Incense Clone quickly reacted defensively.

However, after a moment, he realized that the figure had clearly been dead for many years and was a skeleton. He breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a chill.

Who could have died so many years ago, yet their eyes still shine like lamps? Could it be that some evil spirit has arisen or that Body Seizing?

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Dengming did not dare to get too close. He instructed his Incense Clone to first memorize the location of this deep sea area, and then quickly left.

He planned to send another Martial Immortal Clone to assist the Incense Clone in exploring this ruin and getting closer to the skeleton.

Nascent Soul True Lord can Body Seizing and be reborn.

Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord can regenerate from a drop of blood.

What about the Dao Integration stage, which goes beyond the Spirit Transformation stage?

Chen Dengming had no idea how powerful that higher-level expert was.

To be on the safe side, he still used his more powerful Martial Immortal Clone to carry out the adventure.

Even if one is possessed or Body Seizing evil spirits, at worst, the spiritual imprint will be destroyed and one will lose a Martial Immortal Clone.

If the Incense Clone were lost in the ruins, along with the Heart of the Ocean, that would be a huge loss, and I'd be crying my eyes out in my senior sister's magnanimous arms.

Meanwhile, in the Mingyun Mountain Range of the Southern Region within the Four Inner Domain.

The once lush Mingyun Mountain Range are now like a scabby head, broken and dilapidated from being cultivated.

The former Jingxiu Workshop has long been razed to the ground.

An impregnable city stands amidst the mountains, built with massive excavated stones and protected and surrounded by a magnificent array.

Gazing upon this colossal immortal city, towering thousands of feet high, mortals can only marvel at the power of cultivators. Little do they know that within the cracks of this immortal city lie countless bones, belonging to both mortals and cultivators.

Human lives are as worthless as grass, and cultivators are no better off.

Many Rogue Cultivator and sect cultivators captured by Outer Dao cultivators were living lives worse than death.

At this moment, in the wasteland outside the seemingly magnificent and splendid immortal city, a different scene unfolded. There were huge barracks stretching far into the reclaimed wasteland, where many low-level cultivators with weathered faces served.

Their clothes were tattered and ragged, most of them didn't even have a decent robe, they were exhausted, their eyes were dim, and they all wore shackles that restricted most of their Law Power.

Even those cultivators who still harbor resentment will hide it very well.

Because the cultivators who occasionally patrol in mid-air and on distant mountains will never show mercy. Once they discover that someone is not working hard to cultivate wasteland or dig up Spiritual Material in the deep mountains, they will be severely punished.

However, neither this immortal city nor the Spiritual Material in the deep mountains are important.

Most importantly, there is one of the snow-capped mountains that stands in opposition to the Thousand-Foot Immortal City.

On the snow-capped mountain, a giant resembling an ice crystal seemed to have transformed into another mountain peak, sitting cross-legged atop it, its head reaching the Sky Dome, its imposing presence awe-inspiring in all directions.

This giant, solidified into ice crystals, was none other than the Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord.

This area is controlled by one of the forces of Outer Dao cultivators and is under the supervision of the Shuangxue Body Sect.

Among the External Dao Malevolent Cultivator, the Devilish Immortal Way is the largest force, but this area is not under Devilish Immortal Way control.

Ultimately, it's because this place is too remote and desolate; otherwise, these many cultivators would have long since become wandering souls or members of the Devil Cultivator, worshipping the Outer Realm Devil Venerable, and this place would have become a place of Incense and Faith.

Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord has been stationed here for over four years.

Since the former Venerable Lord Dongfang Huayuan, he has obstructed the preparation of the Ten Thousand Devils Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain in every way. The Devil Palace has issued a warrant to hunt down Dongfang Huayuan.

At the beginning, the Heavenly Demon and the Mochao Kingdom Lord joined forces with the heretical Outer Dao Spirit Transformation, the Terrified Devil Lord, to attack Dongfang Huayuan. The three Spirit Transformation besieged him with great force.

Dongfang Huayuan was no match for him and fled into the shattered Human-Immortal Mustard Seed Realm, thus escaping a calamity, but he was also seriously injured.

The Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord guards this remote place to deter Dongfang Huayuan and prevent him from leaving the Mustard Seed Realm again and disrupting the Ten Thousand Devils Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain.

Suddenly, a beam of light flashed on the mountainside below, and a roasted pig, its aroma filling the air, was thrown out of the beam and landed on the pristine snow.

"Click--"

At the mountain peak, an ice crystal cracked open, and a piercing gaze shone through the crack, accompanied by a grand, resounding voice that swept down from the mountain peak, accompanied by wind and snow.

"Dongfang, what trick are you playing now?"

An elderly figure enveloped in Silver Light appeared within the light membrane, and a respectful voice rang out, saying with a smile, "Senior Heavenly Crystal, this is a small token of my lord's appreciation for you. You have willingly stayed here for over four years to accompany me, and my lord would like to invite you to share a drink!"

After speaking, the old man bowed, and another enormous wine gourd, as tall as a man, was thrown out of the light membrane and 'plop' into the snow.

Heavenly Crystal lowered his eyelids, unmoved.

From within the light membrane, another arrogant and domineering laugh rang out, "Heavenly Crystal, you wouldn't dare to eat what I, Dongfang Huayuan, send, would you? If I, Dongfang Huayuan, want to leave the Mustard Seed Realm, you can't stop me, and you wouldn't stoop to playing petty tricks."

Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord said calmly, "With your abilities, Dongfang, Heavenly Crystal is no match for you. However, your soul has been injured, and it is not something that can be healed in just a few years. Dongfang, would you risk further damage to your soul to fight me?"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly exhaled.

A gust of cold wind swept down, lifting the roasted pig and wine gourd together and flying them up to the mountaintop.

"Heavenly Crystal! This roast pig should be eaten while it's hot, not like this, cold."

From the mountaintop came a series of crisp, crunching sounds, the aroma of wine filled the air, and then came the voice of Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord.

"Thank you for your kindness and reminder, Dongfang. In that case, I would also like to remind you that in a few years, after this place is shrouded in the Ten Thousand Devils Blood Sacrifice Dao Domain, the Mustard Seed Realm will also be assimilated and cannot be preserved. Fellow Daoist, please take care of yourself and do not resist stubbornly!"

What we seek is nothing more than immortality. Why should we care about the lives of countless ants, or this path or that path? The path to immortality is the Great Way."