Between Life and Death, There Is No Distinction Between Noble and Low! A Mortal Heart Can Also Cultivate Into an Immortal

"Junior Brother, why did you suddenly come here at this time? This showing off isn't like you."

After the music ended, Chen Dengming and others had a small gathering in the temporary residence, Fawu. Jiang Jian pulled Chen Dengming aside and asked curiously.

Chen Dengming shook his head and smiled, "I got bored with cultivation, so I used my clone to go for a walk. I happened to hear the good news, so I came to take a look."

"Junior Brother Chen, I didn't expect your clone to be so powerful! Even that old monster, Evil Origin True Lord, suffered a setback at the hands of your clone."

Xing Huiguang's face was ruddy, his expression one of admiration. He gave a thumbs up, "Truly worthy of the title 'Fighting Longevity Lord'."

He was deeply moved, feeling as if the younger generation was pushing the older generation forward.

He knew he was no match for Evil Origin True Lord, but Chen Dengming easily subdued him, which made him both admire and feel ashamed.

Chen Dengming shook his head and said, "My clone has just reached the Nascent Soul stage. If we were to truly fight, it would certainly be no match for that Evil Origin True Lord. I was merely using a trick, exploiting an opening with my mental power."

"Why?"

Jiang Jian raised his hand to stop him and laughed, "Junior Brother Chen, there's no need to be modest. These psychological loopholes are not something ordinary people can exploit. We've all witnessed your Junior Brother."

He felt quite gratified and proud. In the past few months, the Longevity Sect had been under considerable pressure and had also suffered criticism from other sects that were cooperating with them.

Chen Dengming's intelligence relieved the pressure on the Longevity Sect, which can be considered as another meritorious deed and an explanation.

Although he was curious about how Chen Dengming obtained this information, he didn't press him for details since Chen Dengming didn't seem inclined to explain.

Chen Dengming asked, "Senior Brother, after we take Huarong Path, what comes next is the former southern Ten Thousand Mile Frontier and the Mingyun Mountain Range, right?"

Jiang Jian's expression turned serious. "Indeed, the Mingyun Mountain Range are a tough nut to crack. The Sword Master of the Heaven and Earth Sword Hall and the Heavenly Demon both once guarded that place."

Although the two have disappeared, taking that place will likely require an even fiercer frontal battle.

Chen Dengming frowned and nodded. "Let's all be prepared."

By the way, why haven't Su Shijie and Senior Brother Fu shown up yet, and why can't we get in touch with them, even though more than four months have passed?"

Based on the calculation that one day in heaven is equivalent to one year on earth.

Now that more than four months have passed, Su Yan Yan and Fu Changyin should have already emerged from seclusion.

But now, these two can't even be contacted using the Sound Transmission Jade Talisman.

Xing Huiguang pondered for a moment and then smiled, "Junior Brother Chen, Third Senior Sister and Senior Brother are both being looked after by the First Ancestor, so you don't need to worry."

Since they haven't appeared yet, perhaps they're still Heavenly Longevity Hall, or perhaps the First Ancestor has other plans for them."

Chen Dengming's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately understood.

It seems the First Ancestor is up to some underhanded tactics again?

Since Su Yan Yan and the First Ancestor Fu Changyin have both gone into seclusion and disappeared, it's impossible that the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator didn't notice.

Rather than reappearing in sight, it's better to play along and remain hidden in the shadows.

So, it's possible that Su Shijie and Senior Brother Fu have already broken through, and might suddenly appear on the Battlefield in the future, giving everyone a surprise.

Chen Dengming thought for a moment, but still didn't tell his two Senior Brother about Dongfang Huayuan's speculation and Nan Xun's current situation.

Guessing is always just guessing; it can't be accurate and might affect your judgment.

Moreover, Nanxun was only his hometown, not the hometown of these two Senior Brothers. He cared a lot about it, but others wouldn't care so much.

The three chatted for a while longer before Chen Dengming left.

If we don't leave now, Zuo Qiu Ling- handed.

The other party must also be very interested in the information he has.

However, he is willing to share some intelligence for the time being, but he has no intention of revealing the source of the intelligence, so as not to cause any unforeseen complications.

The more intelligence sources there are, the greater the risk of those sources being exposed.

As a seasoned expert in this field, Zuo Qiu Ling would surely understand him.

The source of this intelligence was actually the Soul Devouring Old Devil.

Several months ago, after Chen Dengming successfully attempted to mentally invade the Soul Devouring Old Devil again, he was able to secretly steal information from the Demonic Sect through the Soul Devouring Old Devil's perspective.

In this situation, with the Devil Palace's Six Paths launching a full-scale retaliatory attack on the Longevity Sect, it would be easy for Chen Dengming to use the stolen intelligence to counterattack.

Now that the Devil Palace's Six Paths have suffered a setback, they've probably started to investigate themselves with suspicion, and perhaps some unlucky soul will have to take the blame for them.

"Now, more than four months have passed, but my Spiritual Realm has not improved much, and the speed of refining the Human Immortal Way Scriptures has slowed down. I still need to travel around with my clone to broaden my experience and improve my State of Mind."

Chen Dengming entrusted his mind to the Incense Clone. After leaving the stronghold, he transformed into a wisp of water vapor and floated quietly in the mountains, pondering and wandering aimlessly.

He has no bottlenecks in his spiritual practice, but his spiritual growth seems to be facing a bottleneck.

In other words, changes in State of Mind and insights are difficult to achieve overnight; they require personal, hands-on experience.

This kind of cultivation, which pursues even higher levels of attainment the deeper one goes, is no longer a simple matter of increasing one's strength.

If we say that refining essence into qi, Qi Cultivation into Spirit, and refining spirit to return to emptiness are the three traditional stages of cultivation.

Therefore, spiritual cultivation must go beyond these three.

The enhancement of mental strength and spiritual realm also helps to broaden Chen Dengming's mind and perspective.

This is also why he was able to set up numerous mental traps with just one clone, causing the Evil Origin True Lord to embarrass himself.

At this moment, the cold wind is biting. As the icy north wind passes by, the pine trees in the mountains stand green against the white snow, swaying and shaking off the snow as the fierce wind blows.

Chen Dengming moved like a wisp of mist, covering hundreds of miles in an instant, and soon crossed Huarong Path, entering the Southern Region.

It seems to have gotten even colder here.

The Counterattack Cultivator Alliance has already stationed a considerable number of cultivators here.

Military camps were scattered across the open fields, Formation formations and barriers rose up, and watchtowers floated in the air to warn others. Below, the cultivators from various sects formed a formidable force, exuding an atmosphere of victory, as if they were celebrating wildly.

Numerous cultivators were trading their spoils, and the stronghold had become a bustling little Marketplace.

Further away lay a desolate Battlefield, a wasteland of corpses, where the faint, oppressive aura of Incense and Faith emanating from the Outer Realm Devil Venerable was no longer present in the air.

Clearly, with the defeat and retreat of the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator, this place has become a region devoid of Incense and Faith.

Chen Dengming's mind was focused on the Incense Clone. He sat in the sect, yet traveled thousands of miles a day, gazing at the distant mountains and rivers, and continued flying forward.

After passing the military camp, we arrived at Battlefield that resembled ruins.

This place Yin Qi gloomy, shrouded in ghostly energy, and even has lingering, screaming spirits of cultivators—a place beloved by ghost cultivators.

A chilly wind howled, whipping up dust that swirled and made a rustling sound.

A few bare trees, like bald old men, shivered and screamed in the cold wind.

The south was littered with corpses, and even in the snow, there were countless white bones. It was a scene of utter devastation, almost a living hell.

Touched, Chen Dengming's Divine Sense spread out, covering a wider area, and he saw a desolate scene of thousands of villages deserted and lifeless.

Although the Ten Thousand Mile Frontier was once a barren land, the years it was controlled by Outer Domain Evil Cultivator drove many low-level Rogue Cultivator and mortals from the four regions to gather here, making it a place that was once very populated.

In fact, most areas have become the domain of the Blood God's worship, and many mortals and Rogue Cultivator have been turned into worshippers of the Blood God.

The reason is simple: by giving barren lands with scarce resources and Spiritual Qi to low-level cultivators and mortals who are "cheap," they only need a barren piece of land to survive, and they will be able to contribute their precious Incense and Faith power amidst their suffering.

This is how the most valuable Incense and Faith can be developed using the cheapest land resources, making huge profits, or even no investment at all, because even the land was seized.

Now, the Blood God has long since fallen, and the vast kingdom of Incense and Faith has collapsed.

Perhaps, with the loss of the Blood God, the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator have already decided to abandon this barren land and exploit it for their own gain.

Therefore, in just over a year, they used various means to drive, whip, and sacrifice the cultivators and mortals on this land.

Ordinary people, of course, suffered the most punishment, with the most deaths and injuries.

Those who were not yet dead had either joined the ranks of the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator, or had been reduced to slaves worse than pigs and dogs, numbly and miserably clinging to life.

"Life is so fragile during wartime; there is almost no difference between Qi Cultivation Cultivator and ordinary people—life is as worthless as grass."

What reason do cultivators have to look down on mortals? Before life and death, we are all the same.

Chen Dengming felt a pang of emotion, and the Daoist texts in his Sea of Consciousness seemed to be dissolving more rapidly.

Those Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage of the immortals often experience subtle changes in their minds when their hearts are touched, leading to a certain increase in their cultivation and the dissolution of Daoist texts.

Therefore, Chen Dengming needs to go out more often, see all kinds of things, meet all kinds of people.

His figure descended and walked among the ruins for a long time, attempting to use his mind and Technique Method to deliver the souls of the departed who had not yet departed.

For several days in a row, he kept his mind focused on the Incense Clone, completing this task that he rarely did before.

Feeling the relief and gratitude of the Soul Spirit who died in battle as they perished, I felt as if my own soul was being elevated at the boundary between life and death.

At first, he only performed rituals to help the Soul Spirit of his own cultivators or those from the Four Regions Cultivators pass on. When faced with the Soul Spirit of enemy cultivators from beyond the realm, he hesitated and found it difficult to let go of his reservations.

But it wasn't until he encountered a weeping, seemingly pleading-with-him-to-perform a ritual for the departed Soul Spirit that he tried to let go of his resentment and perform the ritual.

As a result, he also gained the gratitude and heartfelt words of the enemy cultivator after his Soul Spirit was freed.

It turns out that these foreign enemy cultivators were not willing to participate in the war. They were forced to leave their homes and embark on their journey due to their unavoidable conscription.

Now, having died tragically in a foreign land, I only wish for my Soul Spirit to find peace, which is also a choice based on my stance, not a great evil.

Generals die in a hundred battles, brave soldiers return after ten years.

However, if they suffer a defeat, it's likely that the vast majority of them will never be able to return.

After performing the ritual to deliver the Soul Spirit of this enemy cultivator from beyond the realm, it seemed to have also eliminated the resentment in Chen Dengming's heart.

This opened up his State of Mind again, elevating it to a new level.

In an instant, the Sea of Consciousness of the true self was filled with the shimmering light of silver lotuses, with spiritual rain falling like raindrops, as if silver lotuses were growing in water, a truly extraordinary phenomenon.

Numerous Daoist texts bloomed like lotus flowers amidst the mighty rivers of Human Immortal Way Power, their petals gradually scattering and dissolving, transforming into Daoist power.

A profound understanding of life and death, and death and life, resonated within his soul.

Within the realm of Incense Clone Incense and Faith, which is also embodied by incense offerings, there seems to be an additional ethereal power of faith, representing the most sincere gratitude and blessings offered by liberated Soul Spirit.

He no longer harbored any resentment.

Like a shepherd, tending souls, wandering through ruins, regardless of friend or foe, guiding more souls that have not yet vanished.

This does not mean that he has become indiscriminate in distinguishing between friend and foe, or that he has developed a woman's soft heart.

Even if he is doing something that even his enemies would admire at this moment, when he is on the Battlefield, with clear-cut stances and no distinction between good and evil, right and wrong, and only when it is a life-or-death struggle between opposing sides, he will never show the slightest mercy.

A person with a grand vision and great love in their heart is also capable of great courage and ruthless actions.

This continued until nine days later.

The spirit boat, accompanied by a series of booming sounds, broke through the sky from afar.

Chen Dengming finally snapped out of his intense State of Mind on the Soul Spirit he was performing the ritual for the deceased.

He looked back and saw a long line of spirit boats of all sizes rolling in from afar, their imposing presence like dark clouds pressing down on the horizon.

Numerous cultivators, clad in monastic robes, stood proudly atop the spirit boat, their imposing presence and the Spiritual Qi they exhaled creating a large-scale Spiritual Qi effect.

The Spiritual Qi within a thousand miles was rapidly converging in that direction, forming a magnificent five-colored cloud. The sheer scale of the cultivator army, numbering in the thousands, surpassed even the appearance of Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord.

However, after nine days of reorganization, the Counterattack Cultivator Alliance launched another all-out attack with overwhelming force.

Chen Dengming is not willing to get involved for the time being.

In the next battle, even more cultivators will perish, continuing the tragic fate of the great war from a thousand years ago, with cultivators falling like rain from the sky, their Soul Spirit finding no peace.

With so many people dying, he couldn't possibly help them all pass on.

It all comes down to fate. Whether you're intentional or not, do what's meant to be. Be a person with a heart, and you'll have a clear conscience.

The Incense Clone hand seals behind their backs, instantly dissolved into a mist that dissipated amidst the ruins.

As fate brings us together and fate separates us, my State of Mind has been elevated.

Within the Longevity Sect.

Chen Dengming awoke from the emptiness and desolation of the Longevity Hall. The moment he opened his eyes, his gaze, like a silver torch, pierced the distance.

After a moment, he slowly withdrew his gaze and looked inward into the depths of his mind. All the Human Immortal Way had dissolved into Daoist power as his State of Mind improved.

Now, his Dao power is more than twice as strong as it was before he received the inheritance, and his spiritual improvement has reached a new level.

"You should be able to continue to receive the next stage of inheritance. However, you've only completed the first stage of spiritual advancement, so there's no rush. Let's consolidate it first."

Chen Dengming got up and searched through several Storage Bag for a long time before finally finding a set of seemingly ordinary blue cloth robes.

Upon seeing the blue cloth robe, a smile and a hint of warmth appeared in his eyes.

This long robe was hand-sewn for him by Xu Wei when he was still a Rogue Cultivator and living at the Luo Family's residence.

Although the clothing was simple and inexpensive, far inferior to the current fifth-tier Giant Deer Mage Robe, it was valued for the thoughtfulness and preciousness of this old friend and belonging.

Chen Dengming tried it on and realized that over the years, his body had become more muscular and robust again.

That old blue robe now seems a bit too thin; it can't fit a rough man like him.

"Time really flies, and people change, but my original aspirations remain unchanged, and my body has become much stronger."

Chen Dengming chuckled, and instead of using Technique Method, he employed the Bone Shrinking Technique he used in the mortal world.

Suddenly, his entire body crackled and popped.

His once robust and muscular physique has shrunk, becoming much thinner, and he can now fit into the blue robe he wore back then.

After changing his clothes, Chen Dengming used his Qi Escape Technique to escape, disappearing into the Azure Sky and heading straight for the mortal villages and towns in the distance that were under the control of the Longevity Sect.

After witnessing the desolation of thousands of villages and the loss of all human presence in the War Zone.

He wanted to see what the situation was like in the mortal towns right beneath his Longevity Sect's feet in the depths of winter, now that the Eastern Region, which had been reclaimed, was in.

Once the thought arose, it was impossible to suppress.

As the Longevity Sect, even when he went on incognito visits in the past, he only entered the area of lower-level cultivators under the jurisdiction of the Longevity Dao Domain to observe.

But they really didn't bother to take a good look at the situation of the ordinary people living under their own little patch of land.

Is this an oversight, or has the mind drifted to a lofty, ethereal perspective, thus neglecting the most fundamental soil within the human heart?

The spiritual transmission of the human-immortal lineage originates from the human heart, not from the immortal heart.

Even mortals can cultivate immortality, so how can we ignore the fact that a towering building rises from the ground?

After a cup of tea.

Chen Dengming then arrived at a mortal town only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an Workshop.

He first observed from afar and saw that although the small houses in the town were not tall, they could still provide shelter from the wind and rain and protect peace in this cold and chaotic world, which made him feel a little more at ease.

Looking again, I saw pedestrians on the street wearing bulky cotton-padded coats with their hands in their sleeves and white mist coming from their mouths. Although it was cold, they were not freezing or hungry.

"It seems that my Longevity Sect has indeed done a good job in managing the mortals within its jurisdiction, and has not been paying lip service to it."

Chen Dengming recalled the temporary management plan for mortals that had been reviewed by his clone in the past; the clauses in the plan were still vivid in his mind.

He glanced at a flag atop the town's city wall, embroidered with a large "longevity" character that emitted a faint spiritual light, indicating that a cultivator was stationed in this area, perhaps in the nearby Marketplace.

This friendly treatment of mortals actually surpasses the situation he displayed in the Southern Region Gathering Place and Brocade Workshop in the past.

"Um?"

Chen Dengming suddenly looked at the city gate not far away, his expression surprised, and quickly concealed himself.

Soon, you could see horse-drawn carriages with iron wheels rolling over the frozen ground outside the town, making a clanging sound.

Immediately, many children wearing hats of various colors ran over excitedly.

On the carriage, a woman who appeared to be middle-aged smiled and took out candy from the carriage to share with many children. She then pulled out some boxes from the carriage and distributed the supplies inside.

Although the woman was older and had crow's feet around her eyes, she was mature and healthy, with a high forehead, a straight nose, and bright almond-shaped eyes that shone with a gentle yet heroic air.

Someone expressed their gratitude, saying, "Sister Chen, thank you so much for frequently coming to our Shanshui Town to distribute donations."

"These are all supplies distributed by the Longevity Sect. I'm just running errands for them, it's no trouble at all. Everyone, hurry up and distribute them, it'll help you get through the cold winter."

The woman in the carriage laughed.

The villagers who had gathered around were all moved.

"Oh dear, we are truly grateful to the Longevity Sect. It is our honor to have such a celestial sect looking after us."

"Yes, we just hope that next year one or two children from our village can be admitted to the Immortal Sect and repay the immortals' kindness!"

Not far away, in the clouds, Chen Dengming, who had originally planned to wander into the mortal town, shook his head with a smile and a sense of satisfaction.

"Yiran, even after coming to my side, remains as kind-hearted as ever, and enjoys interacting with cultivators and mortals from the lower classes."

He felt relieved.

I had planned to visit the ordinary towns and do good deeds in the dead of winter.

Unexpectedly, his daughter Chen Yiran had already done such a thing, and it seemed she had been doing it quietly for a long time.

The father felt somewhat ashamed and decided it was inappropriate to go any further. He glanced at the distant clouds and mist before quietly departing.

In the distance, amidst the clouds, the Black Panther, who had been lying idly dozing, suddenly twitched its fur, vaguely sensing a familiar gaze upon it.

Suddenly jolted awake, it instinctively pricked up its ears, bared its fangs, and flashed a black devil-like smile, adopting a fawning posture towards its master.

But they found the surroundings empty, without a soul in sight, and nowhere to be seen the familiar figure.

"Woo"

The Black Cloud Leopard let out a whimper, its eyes filled with confusion. It then looked down at Chen Yiran, who seemed incredibly happy in the mortal village below, and fell silent for a moment.

Everyone has their own life and their own happiness.

Why did Black Panther, now living the carefree life he once dreamed of, suddenly find that something was missing, and he wasn't as happy as before?

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