The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing was no longer embodying the Immortal Body born of Heaven and Earth. In theory, his aura should have been relatively restrained, but it still made the cultivators feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Wisps of black mist obscured the light, triggering a familiar conditioned response, as if they had returned to the dark-shrouded Buddhist realm, facing the colossal Fixed Light Buddha alone.

Immediately, Ren Qing's appearance underwent drastic changes, converging towards an indescribable form.

This was mainly because the Immortal Body of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation was gradually becoming complete, unintentionally revealing clues when operating his techniques, leading to the demonic transformation of his appearance.

The state of Ren Qing's Heavenly Demon Tribulation was not very obvious when he was at the 'Dao begets One' stage.

At most, black mist-like smoke and dust would drift from his pores, but after the Heavenly Demon Tribulation successfully advanced to 'One begets Two' not long ago, and the Immortal Body initially completed its fusion, it became terrifying.

Fine cracks spread across Ren Qing's skin, covering his entire body like a spiderweb, and then the skin began to collapse bit by bit.

It was like a fragile porcelain bowl, falling heavily to the ground from a height, and then slowing down the shattering process countless times.

Before the skin fragments could fly away from his body, they transformed into black mist and returned to his body.

Forming a bizarre cycle.

The Immortal Position of Ren Qing's Heavenly Demon Tribulation was called the Free Heavenly Demon. Although it was also a Heavenly Demon, it did not have the Black Goat characteristics of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

However, if cultivators were to stare at the black mist for a long time, they would be able to see distorted human faces, and their own souls would seem to be leaving their bodies.

What is the Free Heavenly Demon? It is not a creature of this world, but it is born from the creatures of this world.

Ren Qing continuously circulated the Heavenly Demon Tribulation's cycle, and soon he could no longer be recognized as human. The whole body resembled a vertical eye tens of thousands of meters tall.

The pressure it brought was indescribable, even faintly surpassing the corpse of an Immortal God.

After all, the corpse of an Immortal God was an inanimate object, bound by the rules of the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone. Ren Qing's existence escaped the rules, but was closely related to the rules that constituted him.

The Buddhist layer of sealing contained a massive amount of Spirit Mountain Buddhist Qi, and there were also Immortal positions within each Immortal Position, all of which were invisibly affecting the rules of the Forbidden Zone.

Ren Qing's ability to manifest in the form of an Immortal God in the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone should also be based on this.

Many cultivators had an absurd thought in their minds: could the so-called 'Reboot of Conferred Gods' be witnessing Ren Qing's glorious ascension to Immortality?

Ren Qing was immersed in the joy of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation's breakthrough. The process of advancing to 'One begets Two' was naturally extremely smooth, without the slightest ripple.

He felt that the higher he advanced, the more terrifying the use of the information stream became.

The information stream's exemption from the cost of techniques was already outrageous, but from the current point of view, even becoming an Immortal and attaining the Dao was not its limit.

While forcibly advancing techniques, it also laid a very solid foundation.

Even without the protection of the information stream, it would be difficult for Ren Qing to suffer a Qi deviation, and the breakthrough of small realm bottlenecks seemed effortless.

Ren Qing took a deep breath. After a long period of cultivation, the Heavenly Demon Tribulation finally stabilized.

The black mist spreading around his body re-entered his pores, and then he returned to his normal appearance, but his aura carried a trace of evil.

Heaven and Earth Birth represented a grand and righteous trend, Toeless Art accompanied bizarre and grotesque phenomena, and the Heavenly Demon Tribulation was evil and strange. The five techniques were all different.

Ren Qing checked the anomalies in his body and soul, and continued his great undertaking of seclusion.

However, in the eyes of the onlookers, the anomalies revealed by Ren Qing foreshadowed demonic transformation, inevitably making them feel uneasy.

When the Fixed Light Buddha was initially eroded by the Supreme Heavenly Demon, he also transformed from a Buddha into a demon.

Ren Qing, as the existence sitting in the Conferred Gods, had his body and soul eroded by the Heavenly Demon aura, indicating that the interior of the Heavenly Court was not monolithic.

The source of the beast pen disaster was the demonic transformation of the Fixed Light Buddha.

Today, the small world of the Heavenly Court still shows the handiwork of the Supreme Heavenly Demon, making them wonder, what is happening to the world?

The Jailer Hall cultivators felt a little apprehensive.

They repeatedly confirmed Ren Qing's condition, and at the same time used their consciousness to communicate with Dream City. Seeing that Dream City was still stable, they were relieved.

According to the Jailer Hall's high-level officials, as long as Dream City did not show any chaos, it meant that Ren Qing's body and soul had not lost control.

As for why he would undergo demonic transformation?

On closer thought, there was also a bizarre and inexplicable Demon Market in Dream City, which specialized in using the Heavenly Demon aura to temper the minds of cultivators, indicating that Ren Qing could indeed use the Heavenly Demon aura.

They suppressed their fear and began the subsequent exploration of the Blessed Virtue Cave Abode.

On the contrary, the other cultivators were restless. In order to protect themselves, they could only pursue Immortal Positions, fearing that they would become part of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

Heavenly Dao Child and the other silently watched Ren Qing without saying a word. They had never been able to see through Ren Qing's reality, and there was an inexplicable fear in their hearts.

If any cultivator came into contact with the Heavenly Demon aura, they would immediately stop it.

They would even encourage the Jailer Hall to eradicate the roots, lest the Heavenly Demon aura flood the world, causing a large number of living beings to turn into Black Goats.

However, this was not the first time Ren Qing had driven the Heavenly Demon aura, as if he had already grasped the Supreme Heavenly Demon who could assimilate the Fixed Light Buddha.

Heavenly Dao Child came back to his senses and said with a slight sigh: "Han Li, let's go deeper and hurry up to catch up with the progress of the insect veins."

Chen Changsheng echoed: "Let's still follow the previous method. The three of us will hide in the dark, and communicate with each other using techniques every half an hour."

"Thank you very much, Ancestor."

Han Li nodded and used the Shadowless Ghost again.

He disappeared into the shadows without a trace, while the two Ancestors wore Daoist robes and magical artifacts, using germs to affect the refraction of light, plus the assistance of pills that shrunk their bodies, and also disappeared on the spot.

The three of them hurried towards the position of the Blessed Virtue Earth Immortal's mouth and nose.

The Heavenly Dao Law and the Insect Nest Law extended by the Blessed Virtue Earth Immortal would eventually have a battle, as if it was already destined in the dark.

Even if it would not lead to life or death, it would be related to the rise and fall of the next millennium.

The Non-Action Daoist Temple was better. Even if they did not obtain an Immortal Position, their foundation was still there after all, and Heavenly Dao Child was sitting in the branch to support it.

It was hard to say about the insect veins. With the racial disadvantages of the Heavenly Dao Insect People, they were likely to withdraw from the ranks of the six major branches of the Jailer Hall.

They now relied entirely on the flesh and blood palace rooms they refined to reproduce offspring, imitating the methods of Buddhism, throwing the corpses of dead Heavenly Dao Insect People into the palace rooms to form new insect eggs.

But the corpses were always getting fewer and fewer, and not all Heavenly Dao Insect People were willing to give up transforming into zombies and contribute their corpses.

Ren Qing focused his attention on the branch's competition for the Blessed Virtue Earth Immortal.

It was still within the controllable range, belonging to the one-on-one confrontation of top combat power, but it affected hundreds of thousands of cultivators of the affiliated branch.

Ren Qing was waiting for the Heavenly Dao cracks to heal, preparing to attack the Heavenly Demon Tribulation's Heavenly Guile Realm perfection.

In a short period of time, he had repeatedly advanced his techniques. Here, he did not need to consider Immortals and Buddhas, and could focus on cultivation.

Ren Qing could not help but sigh, the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone was indeed a good place for seclusion.

He was confident that within a few decades, he could advance all five techniques to the Heavenly Guile Realm perfection, and then plan the matter of becoming an Immortal and attaining the Dao.

The only thing that made Ren Qing fearful was the growth of his own body size.

He had only reached the Heavenly Guile Realm perfection in two techniques, and his body was already close to fifteen thousand meters. It was estimated that after the Heavenly Demon Tribulation broke through to perfection, it should be about twenty thousand meters.

Ren Qing might not have become an Immortal yet, but his body size was already comparable to the corpse of an Immortal God.

What about after becoming an Immortal? Would it grow indefinitely?

He only hoped that there would be no limit to the accommodation in the Immortal Position Forbidden Zone. It would be a bit embarrassing if he was forcibly ascended to the "Upper Realm".

Ren Qing shook his head. Since this was the case, he could consider advancing the Heavenly Demon Tribulation first, completely avoiding the influence brought by the Forbidden Zone rules.

The Heavenly Demon Tribulation's Heavenly Demon Possession was also suitable for running away at any time.

While Ren Qing was in seclusion, the cultivators had successively arrived at the Immortal God corpses on the inner side.

They mainly gathered in the cave abodes of the Herculean Ghost King and the Medicine-Pounding Rabbit Immortal, intentionally or unintentionally gathering together. If they were scattered in different places, they would soon be completely annihilated.

The rules of the Herculean Ghost King's cave abode were very special.

The vengeful spirits wandering in the cave abode could not be killed by conventional means. They ignored physical attacks and had no intelligence at all, acting entirely on instinct.

When cultivators were in the Herculean cave abode, they would encounter endless attacks from vengeful spirits.

They would be wary at first, but then they noticed that the vengeful spirits could not cause substantial damage to the Yang God Realm or the Heavenly Guile Realm.

But little did they know that as long as they came into contact with the vengeful spirits, part of their vitality would be absorbed, indirectly affecting their lifespan.

However, because the strength of the vengeful spirits on the surface of the cave abode was generally weak, and the lifespan was not significantly reduced, it was difficult to detect.

The cultivators did not realize the terror of the vengeful spirits, and were still sighing that the Herculean cave abode was harmless to humans and animals, and had almost no harm.

But the only cultivators who could truly survive in the Herculean cave abode for a long time were the undead who were neither alive nor dead.

White Bone Lady felt like a fish in water. The Yin Qi filling the cave abode constantly drilled into her body, allowing her to quickly replenish her cultivation, and the sound of her walking became lighter.

She needed to take care of Elephant Lord instead. After Elephant Lord rushed to the Herculean cave abode, his injuries had deteriorated to the point where he had to sleep.

White Bone Lady had to carry Elephant Lord's body and head towards the depths of the cave abode.

On the surface, she was helping Elephant Lord out of thousands of years of friendship, but in fact, because of the unique nature of the Immortal Position inheritance, her thoughts had long been different.

"Elephant Lord, ah Elephant Lord, how difficult it is to become an Immortal and attain the Dao."

White Bone Lady muttered to herself with complex words: "If I obtain the Immortal Position, we don't even have to tear our faces apart..."

Elephant Lord seemed to be able to foresee something, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

White Bone Lady no longer said anything, and the Yin Qi intentionally or unintentionally drilled into Elephant Lord's Niwan Palace, completely isolating the connection between the latter's body and soul.

If she encountered an invincible vengeful spirit or ghost, she could use Elephant Lord as bait.

Moreover, Elephant Lord had been recognized by the Herculean Ghost King, indirectly eliminating the biggest threat, and the other cultivators were not worth mentioning.

White Bone Lady's expression became distorted. Which cultivator who could comprehend techniques on his own had a normal mind? They all had a personality hidden in their hearts that was extremely paranoid.

The Herculean cave abode was destined to be a killing field. At this time, the Jailer Hall's corpse veins had not yet joined, and it would undoubtedly become even more chaotic.

And the rules of the Medicine-Pounding Rabbit Immortal had no exploitable places at all.

After the cultivators arrived at the Medicine-Pounding cave abode, the nutrients in their bodies would gather on their spines.

After a short three days of gestation, red and black vegetation would take root and sprout, eventually bearing crystal clear fruits.

The fruit was called "Great Medicine" by Ren Qing, and the medicinal properties were very pure. Even Ghost Envoy Realm cultivators could easily digest it.

Not only cultivators, but also the plants and animals in the Medicine-Pounding cave abode had Great Medicine, and the medicinal properties contained in them varied. The best ones could even increase the chances of breaking through to the Heavenly Guile Realm.

When the cultivators discovered the value of the Medicine-Pounding cave abode, a hunt was inevitable.

However, the plants and animals in the Medicine-Pounding cave abode all possessed basic intelligence. After a period of mutual devouring, the strength of individuals was at least in the Yang God Realm.

If they really regarded the Medicine-Pounding cave abode as a blessed land, they would soon die and be eliminated, becoming nutrients for the plants and animals to become stronger.

There was also a lot of intrigue surrounding the Medicine-Pounding cave abode.

Great Medicine was not very useful for Heavenly Guile Realm cultivators. They had to refine the Immortal Position to break through the realm. To prevent accidents, they tried to leave the cave abode as quickly as possible.

Some Jailer Hall cultivators wanted to obtain the Medicine-Pounding Rabbit Immortal, but the number of cultivators who actually went was not large, and they mastered wood-attributed techniques.

They naturally took Mu Yi as their leader.

Mu Yi's core technique was called Jianmu Skill, which inherently carried a strong medicinal property.

As a result, the Great Medicine gestated on her spine was more than ten times that of the same realm, like a sarcoma covered with blood vessels and veins.

Mu Yi had to be extremely careful, otherwise she might become someone else's meal.

Of course, the Medicine-Pounding cave abode was also her opportunity. When absorbing Great Medicine, she could also digest the cultivator's insights into the realm.

As long as she removed the dross in her memory, her soul would not be affected by the dead.

Even if Mu Yi could not obtain the Immortal Position, she could use the Medicine-Pounding cave abode as a shortcut opportunity to advance to the Heavenly Guile Realm.

She did not choose a safe way and traveled alone in the Medicine-Pounding cave abode.

Instead, she directly waved the banner of the Heavenly Court and led a large number of alchemists to openly practice alchemy in the Medicine-Pounding cave abode.

On the surface, they helped the cultivators in the Medicine-Pounding cave abode refine Great Medicine, but in fact, they took the opportunity to collect various clues, preparing to delve into the hinterland of the cave abode.

It was not that there were no cultivators interested in the Great Medicine on Mu Yi's back.

But Mu Yi acted in this way, not giving others a chance to seize her weakness at all. The words "Heavenly Court" were still very useful in the Forbidden Zone.

If the number of cultivators was not limited and it was not convenient to enter and exit the Forbidden Zone.

Otherwise, they would definitely attract outsiders to the Medicine-Pounding cave abode and refine pills with people, which would inevitably set off a bloody storm.

However, at present, cultivators needed to cooperate with each other, and they were still relatively restrained.

Before long, Mu Yi established a market providing pills in the Medicine-Pounding cave abode and began to sell some pills for prolonging life.

The Blessed Virtue cave abode and the Medicine-Pounding cave abode gradually formed the prototype of a town.

The town was inhabited by the bloodline descendants refined by the cultivators through various means, mainly to help them resupply.

If they wanted to become Immortals and drilled into the interior of the cave abode in a straight line, it was absolutely unrealistic.

Unless they had the Dream City to provide backup resources, this was also the main reason why the inheritance cultivators chose to go it alone.

The cultivators' exploration of the cave abode gradually subsided over time.

Even Han Li was not in a hurry to set foot in the five internal organs of the Immortal God corpse, and had been exploring the endless river of blood vessels.

The same was true for the insect veins. The area of the cave abode was too wide.

It would take months to walk around the surface of the corpse, and the space of the internal organs was even more layered.

Finding the trace of the Immortal Position in it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

They had to take their time. It was not yet the time to really compete for the Immortal Position. Ren Qing was happy to see this and honestly went into seclusion to cultivate.

Ren Qing planned to stay in the Immortal Position Forbidden Area for at least several hundred years, ascending to immortality with the Five Arts of Dharma last, as time was still more than ample.

He began to issue missions for going outside in succession, and cultivators constantly logged into the Immortal God's cave abode.

Unconsciously, Ren Qing's Heavenly Dao crack was nearing complete recovery.

The most significant difference was that after the Heavenly Dao assimilation decreased, the power of his spells declined sharply, and his massive body also shrank by several circles.

Ren Qing wasted no time in starting to promote his spells, but he did not choose the Heavenly Demon Tribulation of One Begetting Two, but instead the Corpse Fengdu of the initial Heavenly Gu Realm.

【Do you want to advance to Dao Begets One, which will consume 40,000 years of lifespan】

The reason for advancing Corpse Fengdu was because Madam White Bone's progress was faster, and the Giant Force Cave Abode seemed to favor the undead too much.

To ensure that Madam White Bone would not escape control, Ren Qing decided to first fuse part of the Undead Emperor's corpse to increase his suppression of the undead.

He closed his eyes without hesitation, and his body mutated in an unknown direction.

The cultivators were all somewhat frightened, fearing that Ren Qing would uncontrollably transform into an Supreme Heavenly Demon, in which case they would probably all perish.

What surprised them was that Ren Qing's mutation was actually in the direction of a zombie.

His skin turned bluish-purple, sharp teeth grew in his mouth, his pupils were deathly gray and white, and a rich corpse aura permeated his breath.

The cultivators were all confused about the situation. What kind of spells did this Heavenly Court Immortal God cultivate?

How could he be involved with both the Corpse Dao and the Heavenly Demon at the same time? Was he not afraid of losing control of his body and soul, or of being taken over by a higher Immortal God?

Madam White Bone, on the other hand, was trembling with fear, and the Yin energy in her body almost became unbalanced.

She suddenly remembered that when she was in the deep Jing Province, she also felt inexplicably palpitations, as if she had encountered an unmatched terror.

Madam White Bone now realized how terrifying the existence sitting in charge of the Gods was.

Even the Corpse Immortal had not made her so frightened, which meant that the other party had probably refined the Immortal Position of the Corpse Dao Immortal God, at least the kind that was above ordinary Immortal Gods.

She muttered to herself a few times, dragging the elephant master with missing arms and legs, and turned to drill into the cave leading to the interior of the cave abode.

The elephant master's injuries were getting worse, and his hands and feet were taken to attract the attention of the vengeful spirits.

Originally, Madam White Bone was thinking of playing it safe, letting the elephant master recuperate for a while before considering the matter of finding the Immortal Position.

Now, seeing the oppressive feeling that Ren Qing showed, her mentality inevitably became more eager for quick success.

What Madam White Bone did not know was that when Ren Qing only initially fused with the Immortal Body of Fengdu Corpse Emperor, it foreshadowed that she would not be able to turn over at all.

His consciousness came to the illusion, but he did not see the true body of Fengdu Corpse Emperor.

In front of Ren Qing was a coffin of more than a thousand meters, connected by tens of thousands of iron chains, and from time to time he could hear the sound inside.

Under the influence of the information flow, the coffin shook violently.

It gave Ren Qing a feeling that the Fengdu Corpse Emperor would break out of it at any time, but unfortunately, the Immortal Position was, after all, a dead thing without intelligence.

The process of promotion was uneventful, and Ren Qing's control over Yin energy became more precise.

He could clearly feel how many zombie cultivators were in the Immortal Position Forbidden Area, and he could easily erase them with a single thought.

Ren Qing took a deep breath, and when the fourth Immortal Body was integrated into his body, his foundation underwent a tremendous change, the most significant feature being the effortless use of spells.

His five spells all had compatibility, and he could transform into five Immortal Bodies at the same time, and he could fight above the Earth Immortal.

And the Immortal Bone of Corpse Fengdu is the spine representing the source of blood.

The flowing spinal cord can send Yin energy to all parts of the body, nourishing the flesh and bones.

Ren Qing immediately realized that if he used the unprecedented Five Immortal Bodies to advance to the Earth Immortal, the foundation would be so strong that it would be difficult to describe.

It would be of unspeakable benefit to his transcendence of the Heavenly Dao, and should be the most crucial gain from coming to the Immortal Position Forbidden Area.

Ren Qing restrained his Yin energy, thinking that the promotion of Corpse Fengdu was just an interlude.

The current efficiency of the Flesh Body Tathagata in digesting karmic fire meant that 40,000 years of lifespan was not worth mentioning, and it would not affect the subsequent attainment of immortality.

But as soon as Ren Qing's consciousness withdrew from the environment of Fengdu Corpse Emperor, he felt a vague connection from the outside world.

He was stunned for a few breaths before he realized what was happening.

Ren Qing had injected the blood of Fengdu Corpse Emperor into the blood pool of the Black Crow Matriarch, so anyone who devoured the blood pool would be eroded.

However, the fact that Corpse Fengdu could sense it even in the Immortal Position Forbidden Area meant that the blood pool had been completely devoured by one person, perhaps the Black Crow Matriarch?

Ren Qing frowned, and then reluctantly used the power of the Immortal Position, trying to communicate with the blood of Fengdu Corpse Emperor with his body and soul.

"What the hell!!!"

Ren Qing had been in the Immortal Position Forbidden Area for almost ten years, but the unchanging expression of ancient and modern times changed for the first time.

After the aura of Corpse Fengdu leaked out, it formed a wave that swept through the nearby Immortal God's cave abode, causing the cultivators to feel as if they were facing a great enemy.

Through Corpse Fengdu, Ren Qing vaguely gained an additional figure in his mind.

The figure had nothing to do with the Black Crow Matriarch, but was Ren Qing's old friend.

Corpse Immortal was hidden in the soil layer of the Buddhist realm, and its appearance had undergone another incredible mutation, with countless goat hooves extending from the holes all over its body.

Chains like vines spread to the surface, eagerly absorbing the Heavenly Demon aura, driving the Corpse Immortal to completely turn into a Heavenly Demon.

Obviously, the blood pool had indeed fallen into the belly of the Corpse Immortal.

This was not the reason for Ren Qing's shock.

Because he discovered through Yin energy that Wuming had not taken the opportunity to escape the parasitism of the Corpse Immortal, but was still staying in the Corpse Immortal's body.

Wuming was in the fleshy abdominal cavity, his limbs spread out in a large "大" shape.

With a strange and inexplicable expression, massive amounts of Heavenly Demon aura poured into his pores, causing his body to move closer to the direction of the Black Goat.

Ren Qing was sure that Wuming was not forced to do so, because the Corpse Immortal had not completely turned into a Heavenly Demon, and the Heavenly Demon aura in its body was very thin.

If Wuming wanted to escape, it was impossible for him to be trapped in it with his methods.

What was frightening to think about was that Wuming's Heavenly Demon transformation had not yet affected his sanity, but he was actively absorbing Heavenly Demon aura.

Could it be that Wuming gave up the Immortal Position of the Old Man Under the Moon for the sake of the Supreme Heavenly Demon?

Or is there some secret hidden in the Heavenly Demon transformation, perhaps the formation can help Wuming become an immortal and attain the Dao, and the disadvantages can be ignored for the time being.

Has the Supreme Heavenly Demon taken the lead in the Buddhist siege?

Ren Qing showed a wry smile, and after his five spells reached the completion of the Heavenly Gu Realm, and the core Immortal Position Zhenyuan Dizu attained immortality, the advancement of the Toe Separation Technique to Earth Immortal must also be put on the agenda.

He is now in the Immortal Position Forbidden Area, and knows nothing about the situation outside.

The victory or defeat of the Buddhist sect and the Supreme Heavenly Demon may be related to the direction of this world, and what role will Wuming play in it.