The Secret Way of Immortality

An unprecedented hunt was underway in the beast pen's territory.

Most cultivators acquired black goat wool pelts to craft magic robes as a precaution, but some indeed chose to venture into the Buddha Realm, seeking opportunities within.

Although resources were scarce in the Buddha Realm, cultivators discovered that the ashes left after the burning of corpse fuel could suppress the aberrant loss of control of the body and soul.

This material was similar to the strange dust, but with a weaker effect.

Scattered cultivators, in groups of two or three with clear divisions of labor, roamed the outskirts of the Buddha Realm, placing trigger-type magic tools every few meters.

The magic tools emitted a cacophony of sounds to attract the attention of the black goats.

However, the magic tools were crudely crafted, so they would be completely destroyed in moments once detected by the black goats.

They skillfully set up the magic tools, then attached light-body talismans to their legs, trying to move as silently as possible.

Among the scattered cultivators, someone was clearly responsible for listening for sounds, as the corpse fuel was accompanied by the sound of wooden fish being struck, making it easy to distinguish in the silent darkness.

Once a target was locked on, they didn't communicate with each other, but tacitly approached the corpse fuel, then each lifted a limb and quickly walked towards the edge of the Buddha Realm.

The reason they were so familiar with the rules of the Buddha Realm was all thanks to the Forbidden Soldiers Hall.

The Forbidden Soldiers Hall had thoroughly explored five hundred miles of the Buddha Realm's outskirts, but further exploration was limited by the black goat wool robes.

There was no need to worry about the corpse fuel running out, as this strange resource would constantly reappear.

Like a tumor growing in the Buddha Realm, it formed a symbiotic relationship with the black goats, seemingly inducing others to enter.

After figuring out the rules of the Buddha Realm, the Forbidden Soldiers Hall intentionally spread the information through word of mouth in the black market frequented by scattered cultivators, otherwise, how would any scattered cultivators dare to set foot there?

Even the effects of the corpse fuel ashes were discovered by Ren Qing.

Ren Qing suspected that after completing its transformation, the Fixed Light Buddha would likely continue to expand the Buddha Realm. Regardless of whether the layout was useful or not, he would prepare in advance to avoid being caught off guard.

The campfire distorted the air, and the grayish-white flames danced incessantly.

The scattered cultivators breathed a sigh of relief, each removing the black goat wool robes that clung to their bodies, their skin still stinging from being torn.

If the black goat wool robes were worn for too long, they would gradually fuse with the skin, even connecting with the blood vessels. A slight carelessness could tear off a layer of flesh.

Their robes were also not complete. Each time they took them off, they would be covered in blood, and they needed to immediately apply healing ointment.

As scattered cultivators, they simply didn't have the money to purchase black goat wool robes.

The inferior robes were pieced together from scraps of fur, likely leftover scraps from when weapon refiners were making robes.

With the campfire nearby, they regained some courage and chatted in low voices.

They talked about all the negative news regarding the deteriorating situation. After all, in just a few years, True Immortals and Buddhas had emerged one after another.

Now, even Earth Immortals and above were no longer rare. How could mortals protect themselves?

Many forces were already secretly excavating shelters, wanting to hide underground and escape the disaster that would last who knew how long.

Of course, disaster would definitely be accompanied by opportunity. The reshuffling of major and minor forces would allow scattered cultivators to have the possibility of rising.

"Yue Lao Wu, what is that?!"

Pang Tong, who was responsible for guarding the team, looked nervous and couldn't help but shout, causing countless black goats in the surroundings to riot.

It was as if black mist was surging, an invisible force of black goats impacting the light.

"What are you doing? Be quiet."

Yue Lao Wu frowned as he watched the campfire's consumption rate soar. He quickly reached out to cover Pang Tong's mouth, his gaze following the direction the other pointed.

"This…"

He gasped, because the magic he mastered was a pupil technique. Relying on the light of the campfire, he could barely see clearly within a ten-meter radius.

Yue Lao Wu noticed a figure walking through the darkness as if no one else was around.

If he wasn't mistaken, it should be a black goat unique to the beast pen, but its body was at least two meters tall, with two slender dragon horns on its head.

The black goats of the Buddha Realm were affected by the Fixed Light Buddha's aura, their forms colorless, formless, and undefined, closer to the legendary Supreme Heavenly Demons.

The black goat that Ren Qing had transformed into was different. It clearly had a physical body.

Although the Buddha Realm bordered the beast pen, no one knew why a beast pen black goat would appear, seemingly foreshadowing some connection.

The black goat glanced back at the blazing campfire, then quickened its pace.

Yue Lao Wu swallowed his saliva, and without thinking, packed his things, intending to leave the Buddha Realm immediately, or he wouldn't even know how he died.

Some of them cultivated fire-attribute magic, opening their mouths to absorb some of the campfire, their teeth expanding like they were holding glowing jade stones.

The scattered cultivators hurriedly put on their robes and fled the Buddha Realm, relying on the aura of the corpse fuel.

"Ah Lin, stop looking, or you'll lose your life…"

Yue Lao Wu noticed that a cultivator had inadvertently fallen behind a few steps and immediately reminded him.

They were only a few minutes away from escaping the Buddha Realm, but if they were alone, they could easily get lost in the darkness.

Ah Lin nodded woodenly, then quickened his pace.

His exposed skin was cyan-purple, obviously cultivating the Scripture of the Dead. It wasn't that rare in the scattered cultivator community.

Ren Qing had chosen to approach the team because of Ah Lin. In his eyes, the other party was very likely being controlled by the Nameless.

He just wanted to see how the Nameless would behave in the face of the Buddha Realm.

With Ren Qing wearing the pelt, the black goats no longer paid attention to him, but the pelt's advancement was indeed an unavoidable problem.

The pelt was stuck at the perfection of the Martial Man Realm. No matter how he absorbed Heavenly Demon aura, he couldn't shake the solid bottleneck.

Ren Qing's breath caused his mouth and nose to exhale a rich Heavenly Demon aura, mainly because the Dream Flower could only digest a limited amount of Heavenly Demon aura, and the pelt could only absorb one-tenth or one-twelfth of it.

With the Martial Man Realm pelt, it would be difficult to last until Jing Prefecture.

Ren Qing realized that the pelt could collapse at any moment, and the erosive nature of the Heavenly Demon aura was fully demonstrated.

He had tried many methods, but none of them applied to the pelt.

The pelt was between a magic tool and a living being. It didn't have the advantages of either, but seemed to have both of their flaws.

After cultivators broke through the bottleneck of their realm, their bodies and souls would undergo a life-leap baptism, otherwise they would not be able to bear the magic of a higher realm.

Magic tools were not living things, so they needed external force to help themselves transform.

For example, the Strange Embryo Weapon Refining Method created by Ren Qing allowed ordinary magic tools to have the conditions for multiple transformations.

Ren Qing wanted to integrate the Strange Embryo into the pelt, but there was no Forbidden Soldier Contract that matched the Heavenly Demon aura.

Either he could forcibly advance, instantly swallowing a large amount of Heavenly Demon aura, and then change his Ghost Immortal position to a higher Human Immortal or Earth Immortal position.

The theory was feasible, but he was afraid that the pelt would not be able to handle the excessive Heavenly Demon aura, causing his flesh and blood to transform and become a true black goat.

Ren Qing fell into thought and continued walking for a dozen miles. The pelt had unknowingly reached its limit, and the Heavenly Demon aura gradually began to lose control.

Through his Immortal position, he discovered that the pelt had become unusually active.

Ren Qing was a little helpless and had to try to refine the pelt into a Strange Embryo tool, trying to pick some strange objects that matched the black goat.

If the pelt couldn't advance upward, he could only rely on the Dream Flower to go to Jing Prefecture.

If there were enough Dream Flowers, they could also block the erosion of the Heavenly Demon aura, but there was no way to be as unscrupulous as turning into a black goat.

Wearing the pelt, Ren Qing wouldn't attract black goats even if he used magic.

He found an open space to light a campfire, and the ghost shadow at his feet spat out piles of corpse fuel, all of which he had collected along the way.

However, Ren Qing was now a full six hundred miles away from the outside world, and the campfire consumed two pieces of corpse fuel every breath, so the stock wouldn't last long.

He brought his consciousness to the Treasure Pavilion in his stomach world, where all kinds of strange objects came into view.

In addition, there were several rows of bookshelves filled with books, all of which were forbidden magic that could not be spread, easily causing slaughter.

Ren Qing couldn't help but have a slight thought, suddenly remembering the beast pen method he had obtained before.

[Art of Divine Possession]

[The Art of Divine Possession was created by the Supreme Heavenly Demon. Cultivation requires using the body as firewood to ignite the spiritual flames of the soul, and absorbing the remains of Heavenly Demons. Abandoning the body and refining the soul can be cultivated.]

Back then, Heavenly Daozi had fallen into the abyss because of the Art of Divine Possession, eventually becoming part of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

Although Ren Qing had resurrected Heavenly Daozi in his stomach world, it was just a pseudo-soul nurtured by the remnant soul, and it was hard to say whether it had the memories of its previous life.

He hesitated for a moment and decided to browse the contents of the Art of Divine Possession.

If the pelt could master it, it might be able to solve the problem of not being able to advance. Ren Qing would indirectly control the black goat pelt.

Ren Qing took the copy of the Art of Divine Possession and carefully examined it by the campfire.

The ten thousand fungal souls in his Niwan Palace were also analyzing the contents of the Art of Divine Possession.

He had not seriously studied the Art of Divine Possession before, and his impression was that the beast pen method was a magic that caused the soul to mutate by burning the body.

But he didn't expect the beast pen method to be more complicated than he thought.

How should I put it, the beast pen method was very similar to the spirit possession technique of his previous life, which was actually to attract the aura of immortals and gods into the body, thereby strengthening oneself.

At the same time, some souls would realize immortal and god transformation, approaching the visualized immortals and gods. The Supreme Heavenly Demon took the opportunity to start assimilation.

The Art of Divine Possession received the twenty-eight constellations' "Ghost Golden Goat". Perhaps the "goat" image was more in line with the Moral Heavenly Venerate.

The Ghost Golden Goat is also known as Yu Ghost. Yu Ghost is the master of fright, so it is mostly ominous.

"The four stars of the Ghost are called Yu Ghost, which are the head and eyes of the Vermillion Bird. The white objects in the center of the Ghost, like powder and catkins, are called accumulated corpses, also known as Heavenly Corpses, like clouds but not clouds, like stars but not stars, only visible in the atmosphere."

The information recorded in ancient books was very consistent with the black goat. Yu also had the meaning of "crowd", so Yu Ghost could be understood as the meaning of the crowd of ghosts.

Ren Qing hesitated for a moment, then put on the pelt and extinguished the campfire.

His consciousness descended into the stomach world, coming to the mountain guarded by Heavenly Daozi. The peace and tranquility in the village was disproportionate to the Buddha Realm.

Heavenly Daozi's statue stood steadily at the entrance of the village, protecting the mortals from being attacked by wild animals.

Chen Changsheng had already been reincarnated, his soul disappearing in a very mysterious way. He could only rely on himself to unlock the mystery of the womb.

Heavenly Daozi remained unmoved, as if he didn't have any intelligence at all.

Ren Qing wanted to ask Heavenly Daozi about his views on the Art of Divine Possession, so his consciousness transformed into the appearance of Huang Qi from the Wuwei Taoist Temple and came to the mountain village.

The village lived a secluded life, and traces of magic could be seen everywhere, which should be the work of Heavenly Daozi using his Immortal position.

For example, the spring at the waist of the mountain was connected to a tributary of a water source inside the mountain.

In theory, it should have dried up five years ago. At that time, the villagers would have to fetch water from a lake twenty miles away.

The lake was definitely not as safe as the spring, after all, wild animals in the forest would also go there to drink.

Under the action of Heavenly Daozi, the spring was still continuously obtaining spring water, but he cleverly changed a tributary.

Because of the protection of Heavenly Daozi, the self-sufficient mountain village was able to achieve food and clothing without worry.

Without the pressure of survival, the villagers lived a very simple life, and they could even leave their doors open at night.

"Guan Guan cry the ospreys, on the islet in the river…"

Ren Qing watched a scholar in the village carry his luggage, bid farewell to his family, and walk towards the town a hundred miles away, planning to take the imperial examination.

A firefly flickering with faint light was listening on the scholar's shoulder.

That was exactly what Heavenly Daozi's aura had transformed into. Although the other party didn't cultivate magic, he limitedly provided something similar to the Dao Dao Dao's words becoming law.

Heavenly Daozi was like the parents of a traveler, until he sent the scholar out of the mountain.

Ren Qing had passed on the Dao Dao Dao to Heavenly Daozi not because he wanted the latter to cultivate, but because he could use this magic to comprehend the Immortal position.

He suddenly felt a trace of guilt for disturbing Heavenly Daozi.

Before the Wuwei Taoist Temple was destroyed, Heavenly Daozi ruled the entire Jing Prefecture. What he yearned for should be the life of descendants inheriting the Taoist tradition. Shouldn't he disturb the other party?

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Ren Qing stood at the entrance of the village for a long time, and finally planned to withdraw his consciousness.

At this moment, countless fireflies gathered on Heavenly Daozi's statue, and an old Taoist with white hair drilled out of the statue.

"Dao gives birth to Dao, Wuwei Dao…"

The villagers turned a blind eye to the phenomenon of the mountain god statue, and it seemed that only Ren Qing could see it.

Heavenly Daozi looked at Ren Qing with a smile, his eyes filled with an unspeakable complexity, which Ren Qing had only seen on his long-deceased old mother.

Ren Qing opened his mouth to say something, but finally squeezed out a sentence: "Grandmaster, I have not failed my mission, the Taoist tradition is still there."

"Hahahaha…"

Heavenly Daozi stroked his white beard, laughing so hard that his whole body trembled.

His memory seemed to return to the closed cave, prying open the coffins of the people of Jing Prefecture, wanting to find the possibility of cracking the Heavenly Dao Law, but the result was only endless despair.

Heavenly Daozi's life was much more tragic than Chen Changsheng's.

He had been living in a lie. From the beginning of his journey on the path of cultivation, he was actually a puppet selected by the Fude Earth Immortal, and even his consciousness was subtly changed.

Until he came into contact with the beast pen method, a magic that Chen Changsheng scoffed at. In order to gain control of his body and soul, Heavenly Daozi did not hesitate to cultivate it.

He wanted to fight for a chance for tens of thousands of Taoist disciples to get rid of the Heavenly Dao worms.

Ren Qing already knew the ending. In front of the Fude Earth Immortal, even if Heavenly Daozi used the beast pen method, he couldn't change anything.

"Huang Qi, how have you been these years?"

"Grandmaster, this disciple has already stepped into the Heavenly Strange Realm, and can be regarded as having sought immortality."

Heavenly Daozi said with relief: "That's really good, but it's a pity that I am a soul body, otherwise I could have a drink with me."

"This disciple will have a drink with you."

Although Heavenly Daozi was only in the Yang God Realm, he was the person Ren Qing admired the most.

His entire life was spent contending with the heavens, immortals, and humanity, and he nearly escaped the control of true immortals with limited means.

Ren Qing cast the Divine Possession Art to the back of his mind and with a wave of his hand, a wooden table appeared under the banyan tree, with several dishes of appetizers and a few taels of fine wine.

The wine and dishes were all created with the Toe Separation Art, not only did they taste almost identical to the real thing, but they could also help stabilize the Heavenly Dao Child's soul.

The Heavenly Dao Child gladly sat down, picked up a wine cup, and took a sip.

The spicy wine surged on the tip of his tongue, but as it went down his throat into his stomach, it turned into the most refreshing nectar.

"Good wine, what's it called?"

"Drunken Life, Dream Death."

"Drunken Life, Dream Death… Drunken Life, Dream Death…"

The Heavenly Dao Child muttered with a dazed expression, Ren Qing didn't know what he was thinking, probably reminiscing about his past memories.

The two were silent, and finally the Heavenly Dao Child spoke first.

"Huang Qi, tell me about the Inaction Daoist Temple these years."

Ren Qing understood that the Heavenly Dao Child was, after all, a pseudo-soul formed from a remnant soul, and his memory must be incomplete, it was already not easy to regain his intelligence.

"I have to start with a cultivator named Ren Qing, he is a junior of Chen Changsheng and a member of the Forbidden Prison Hall…"

Ren Qing omitted the information that should not be said and began to narrate from the time he was a handyman, interspersed with matters about the Inaction Daoist Temple.

The Heavenly Dao Child's expression changed several times, and when he learned about the tragic situation of Jingzhou being ruled by the Heavenly Dao Insect, he couldn't help but gulp down several cups of Drunken Life, Dream Death.

But at least the Daoist tradition was preserved, and it even broke away from the Heavenly Dao Insect with the help of the Forbidden Prison Hall.

The huge stone in the Heavenly Dao Child's heart fell, and he coughed repeatedly in the stimulation of the wine, finally exhaling a long breath of alcohol.

He raised his wine cup above his head, looked at the rising full moon and said, "A toast to Ren Qing."

"A toast to Ren Qing…"

Ren Qing made the same movement, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile, many things didn't need to be said explicitly, everything was understood.

"Master Ancestor, shall I take you to see the current state of the Inaction Daoist Temple?"

The Heavenly Dao Child was like someone who had been away from home for many years and was a little unsure whether to agree.

Seeing this, Ren Qing directly used the Toe Separation Art, the wooden table quickly lifted towards the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the clouds, the full moon seemed to be close at hand.

Before the Heavenly Dao Child could react, they arrived at the Heavenly Dao Palace.

A rich ghostly essence rushed towards them, and an incomparably magnificent town was looming in the distance, at least ten times the size of Inaction City.

Tens of thousands of Daoist Temple disciples were flying through the air on their swords.

The city was bustling with traffic, and the Daoist robes of the Daoist Temple disciples were embroidered with the words 'Dao produces Dao'.

No matter what their main cultivation art was, they would always practice the Netherworld Heavenly Insect Art, and their shadows would resemble the Heavenly Dao Insect.

In the center of the town was a statue several thousand meters tall.

The statue was exactly the same as the Heavenly Dao Child, with long hair spread out behind his head, his face with an unchanging arrogance, one finger pointing to the sky, and one finger pointing to the ground.

If the Heavenly Dao Child wasn't a soul body, he would probably already be in tears at this moment.

What he pursued back then was a Daoist tradition independent of the Heavenly Dao Insect, and now seeing his descendants realize it, his greatest wish was fulfilled.

The Heavenly Dao Child suddenly felt a little unwilling, he wanted to see the future of the Inaction Daoist Temple.

And what kind of terror was that Earth Immortal of Fortune buried in Jingzhou, and compete with the disciples of the same generation as the Inaction Daoist Temple once again.

Ren Qing canceled the Toe Separation Art, and the two returned to the banyan tree in the mountain village.

Without him having to say much, the Heavenly Dao Child took the initiative to say, "Huang Qi, after I choose a mountain god to inherit my position, I will reincarnate."

The Heavenly Dao Child looked at the children playing after finishing their dinner, his disciples back then also joined the Inaction Daoist Temple as Daoist children.

Now that only he was controlled by the Heavenly Dao Insect, he was probably accepting his destined fate.

"Okay, your disciple awaits Master Ancestor."

With the Heavenly Dao Child's cultivation experience, it would not be difficult to walk the path again and advance to the Yang God realm, and if the foundation laid was solid, there would be a chance to impact the Heavenly Aberrant realm.

"Your disciple will pass on the art…"

"No need, when I solve the mystery of the womb, I will naturally seek out the Daoist tradition of the Inaction Daoist Temple, it won't take a few years."

Ren Qing could foresee that with the time flow rate of the Stomach Pouch World, perhaps only a few decades would pass in the outside world, and the Heavenly Dao Child would have already returned to the Yang God realm.

He didn't continue to hide anything and filled the Heavenly Dao Child's wine glass with fine wine: "Master Ancestor, do you still remember the Beast Pen Art?"

The Heavenly Dao Child's pupils dilated, and fragmented memories gradually formed a whole.

The instinctive pain made him tremble all over, the torment of the Beast Pen Art on the body and soul was endless.

After the tolerance for pain increased, the Beast Pen Art would intensify, until the cultivator's spirit collapsed and the Supreme Heavenly Demon took advantage of the situation.

"Huang Qi!!"

"Never touch the Beast Pen Art, it is more bizarre than the Heavenly Dao Art."

The Heavenly Dao Child said seriously, only now did he realize how naive he was back then, the Supreme Heavenly Demon could eat living beings clean.

"I don't want to practice it, the current situation in the outside world requires the Beast Pen Art."

Ren Qing told the Heavenly Dao Child about the transformation of the Fixed Light Buddha into a Heavenly Demon, and he also used the Black Mountain Goat's fur to make magical artifacts to resist the aura of the Heavenly Demon.

After hearing this, the Heavenly Dao Child frowned tightly.

"My memory is too fragmented, the Divine Possession Art should have been obtained from the Beast Pen, but the specifics have been completely forgotten."

"Chen Changsheng went to Apricot Blossom Village to find me before reincarnating, and we actually talked about the Divine Possession Art at that time, we both practiced it."

Ren Qing hurriedly asked, "What is the core of the Divine Possession Art?"

"Hiss…"

The Heavenly Dao Child held the wine cup and fell into a daze, and after a while, he replied, "According to your statement, Huang Qi, immortals and gods all have immortal positions, but the Supreme Heavenly Demon may be an exception."

"The Divine Possession Art is to visualize existences similar to the Supreme Heavenly Demon, and after mastering it, it will attract the descent of the Heavenly Demon's aura, assimilating the body and soul."

Ren Qing licked his lips: "Master Ancestor, do you mean…"

"If you don't visualize the Ghost Metal Goat, can you avoid the drawbacks of the Beast Pen Art?"

The Heavenly Dao Child was speechless, smiled and said, "If you don't visualize the Ghost Metal Goat, is that still the Beast Pen Art, unless you, Huang Qi, can find existences similar to the Supreme Heavenly Demon."

Existences similar to the Supreme Heavenly Demon…

Ren Qing couldn't help but ponder, with the information flow, he was still confident in perfecting the Beast Pen Art, at least he wouldn't be afraid that it still had drawbacks.

He didn't know what the Supreme Heavenly Demon and the Fixed Light Buddha were doing, but definitely no force could stop the drastic changes from happening.

If he could really create a Beast Pen Art that was different from the Supreme Heavenly Demon, maybe he could thrive in the world-sweeping disaster.

"Huang Qi, don't mess around."

The Heavenly Dao Child saw Ren Qing's expression and knew that the latter still intended to try, so he quickly stopped him.

"Don't worry, Master Ancestor, your disciple is known for being steady."

Ren Qing already had a general idea, if he could use it properly, the Heavenly Court would become the main belief in this world.

Immortals and Buddhas are dead, the Heavenly Court should be established.