Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs

Chapter 419 - 342: After the Catastrophe, Imparting the Immortal Path

The darkness was profound, with a single pinpoint of light like a bean.

The cultivator from Qingzhou, Luo Yu, tidied his attire and carefully wiped his sword, feeling inexplicably nervous inside.

"Congratulations, Taoist Friend Luo."

"Indeed, getting on a starship this early is truly fortunate..."

Suddenly, envious voices rose behind him.

Luo Yu smiled honestly, turned around, and bowed, "Thank you all for taking care of me during this time."

In front of him was an inn room of about a hundred square meters, without any beds. Seven or eight futons were laid out on the ground, with a crowd of people either standing or sitting.

There was no other way. This was Divine Island City, where cultivators from all over the Divine Continent gathered. Let alone crowded rooms, those who didn’t have to camp outside were considered respectable.

What attracted them, besides the numerous opportunities to earn merit points, was undoubtedly the chance to join various battle teams and subsequently board the starships.

A scholar-like cultivator suddenly asked, "By the way, may I ask which battle team’s starship you are boarding, Taoist Friend Luo?"

The others were equally curious, perking up their ears.

Luo Yu gave a shy smile, "The Pingkang."

"The Pingkang..."

The scholar cultivator frowned slightly, "If I remember correctly, the captain of that team is named Guo Huai. He was originally a constable who became a cultivator by a stroke of fate. Most of the battle team members are elders from the Earth Pavilion who depleted their merit points for exchange and even invited a Mahayana stage cultivator to oversee the starship. Taoist Friend Luo, this team’s ranking..."

Upon hearing this, everyone was no longer envious.

After the starships began to open up, there were many such characters who exchanged merits for a starship. It’s known that starships are graded, and who oversees them matters.

Boarding such a starship, it’s most likely that one would be performing menial tasks.

Luo Yu didn’t mind, "Farewell, fellow Taoists."

With that, he turned around and bowed before leaving.

He was aware of the situation, but his desire to board the starship was hard to restrain. Regardless of the battle team, getting on board was his priority.

Leaving the inn, a bustling scene unfolded before him.

Surrounding Divine Island City, the Soul Suppressing Tower’s divine fire swirled, the streets were bustling with cultivators, and numerous starships soared back and forth in the sky...

Gazing at the sky, Luo Yu took a deep breath before eagerly heading to the newly expanded starship dock.

This dock, built along the cliff of Divine Island City, was massive, with spirit light surging and multiple artifact demons bustling around. Several starships were parked there for maintenance, and occasionally a starship would land or ascend amidst silver glimmers.

One starship stood out, teeming with people chatting and laughing as they transported supplies, seemingly not on a mission but rather preparing for a journey.

Nervously, Luo Yu approached and bowed:

"Captain Guo, I’ve arrived."

A rugged-faced man turned his head. It was Guo Huai, the constable who survived the Vine Demon disaster in Pingkang County and later met Zhang Kui.

He was a man of great fortune, rising to prominence from obscurity in chaotic times. Although far from the heavenly talents, becoming a starship battle team leader without any opportunity was undoubtedly challenging.

Guo Huai laughed heartily, "Hahaha, we’ve been waiting for you, Brother Luo. Come, let me introduce everyone. This is Cui Yebai, though newly in Avoiding Grain, he is incredibly knowledgeable. This is Yang Bai, a major financier. And this is Huang Liu..."

Luo Yu felt an ominous sensation.

Who were these people before him—bookworms, slick old hands, and a weasel... This team was truly lacking.

However, he noticed that Guo Huai used a Jianghu tone instead of the usual Taoist address, and the others were quite friendly.

Perhaps they would be easygoing...

Luo Yu’s nervousness increased.

Once everyone boarded, the starship quickly ignited its silver flames, pierced through the heavens, and merged into the darkness.

Below, Divine Island City’s divine fire stood resplendent, like a lighthouse in the Underworld’s darkness, while hundreds of starships shuttled back and forth, resembling stars shimmering in the Underworld...

After the great calamity of reincarnation, although the Divine Continent no longer faced external enemies, the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty, from top to bottom, seemed to be pursued by something, entering a phase of rapid development.

Aside from various domestic policies promoting production and population, today’s Shazhou and Siling Mountain has become the Profound Pavilion’s headquarters, constantly recruiting newcomers, with several starships launching almost daily.

Thanks to the "Map of the Starship Regulations of the Infinite Immortal Dynasty" brought out from the immortal ship within Fallen Immortal Mountain by Zhang Kui, starship technology faced no more hindrances, allowing for the implementation of grand starship plans.

The current starship fleet is divided into two parts.

One is the main fleet, utilizing standardized starships operated by the Divine Dynasty’s military, connected through a Divine Path network for coordinated action and combat.

The other is the exploration fleet, controlled by various battle teams with starships of diverse styles, operating flexibly with tasks assigned by the Yellow Pavilion Merit Hall.

The two complement each other. One explores various continents in the Mortal World, searching for resources left by various forces in many dead zones. The other fully cleanses the Underworld, searching for remnants and relics from ancient starship battles.

Today’s Celestial Essence Star is unobstructed, but frequent occurrences of natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis in various places leave many vaguely sensing that the aftermath of the reincarnation catastrophe might just be beginning...

...

A week later, the Pingkang returned.

Upon disembarking, Luo Yu, now without worries, displayed a joyous expression and rushed back to the Yellow Pavilion Merit Hall in Divine Island City.

After recording and receiving his merit points, he wasn’t in a hurry to head to the Earth Demon Hall to study the Demon-slaying Skill he had long yearned for. Instead, he went to a nearby hall.

Here, it was bustling with people. Inside the hall, small partitions were set up, occasionally veiled in golden divine light.

As the Human Race Divine Path network strengthened, various functions became available to the public. By spending sufficient merit points, one could write letters, make phone calls, teleport items, or even swiftly open emergency teleportation channels, reaching places far and wide in an instant.

Of course, that requires quite a few merit points. Ordinary people and even cultivators prefer the cheapest thousand-mile messaging.

Luo Yu entered a small compartment, dipped his brush in ink, eyes flashing with excitement, and wrote a line of handsome small characters:

"Elder brother, I have been in Divine Island City for several months. Now, I have finally boarded the starship and unexpectedly made many friends by chance... listening to the captain recount the sect leader’s past, conversing with Brother Cui about the stars, and also Huang Liu, descendant of the Yellow Weasel Clan’s ancestor... Brother, how are you in the Profound Pavilion? I look forward to us, brothers, exploring the starry sea together in the future..."

After finishing the long letter, Luo Yu slightly bowed his hand toward the small Divine Court next to him. With a flash of divine light, the words on the parchment disappeared instantly.

At the same time, on Siling Mountain in Shazhou, a white-clothed Feathered Scholar sorting materials felt a stir in his heart, took out a silky cloth from his pocket, and seeing the words appearing on it, breathed a sigh of relief.

The Luo family brothers, one enjoys sword training, and the other loves artifact refining, each walking down different paths, have not been in contact for months, inevitably feeling concerned.

Seeing the joy between his brother’s lines, the white-clothed Feathered Scholar smiled slightly, put the letter into his pocket, and continued sorting materials.

Nowadays, the tasks of the Profound Pavilion are heavy, and even a genius must start from the basics, familiarizing themselves with each link in starship refining.

Unknowingly it was deep into the night. After completing today’s tasks, the white-clothed Feathered Scholar stretched his waist, bid farewell to his colleagues, and walked out of the courtyard.

In the night sky, the colossal bodies of two mountain-sized star beasts lay on the plain, brilliantly lit, with countless people busy at work.

The white-clothed Feathered Scholar’s eyes filled with envy, being able to participate in the refining of those two National Guardian Divine Ships would not leave this life unfulfilled.

However, he just entered the Profound Pavilion and still has plenty to learn. By the time he qualifies to participate in a year, he estimates he’ll be in time for the final stages of the National Guardian Divine Ship.

Joining with his brother to explore the starry sea on a starship shouldn’t be too far off...

Thinking of this, the white-clothed Feathered Scholar couldn’t help but look up at the star-filled night sky, his eyes full of fascination.

...

At this moment, above the Celestial Essence Star orbit...

Zhang Kui sat cross-legged in the void, gazing at the starry sky while gently shaking a wine jug. The wine transformed into water spheres that floated upward, then were absorbed into his mouth.

Having attained immortality, he can naturally detach from the stars and exist within the cosmic starry sky.

At this moment, the Tai Chi ball of the Golden Core in his little world within continuously rotated, surging with the bursting spiritual qi of the star space without causing any harm, instead, it felt like it entered a bottomless pit.

Even though the celestial array had filtered it, making the starry sky spiritual qi gentler and more suitable for ordinary life forms to absorb, preventing them from exploding, yet becoming immortal allowed an inner world which only the purest starry sky spiritual qi could serve.

Months have passed since the calamity of reincarnation, and through time, cultivation and suppression, his little world has thoroughly stabilized.

What’s even more effective is that all the techniques he learned have integrated into his little world; the Tai Chi Golden Core stabilizes Yin and Yang, with Earthly Demon 72 Stars shining below and a radiant Celestial Gang Star above, his self-created Divine Protection Skill still mixes with the Earth Demon Skill Dao’s resonance.

In his sea of consciousness, the Earth Evil Silver Lotus spun, with the dense golden light of law in the Celestial Gang Skill above surging powerfully.

Indeed, the law power obtained from slaying the Reincarnation Three Monsters, apart from exporting Primordial Yang, he hasn’t rushed to learn other Celestial Gang Skills.

Celestial Gang Skill requires a complete law, which means slaying an immortal level is required, so he dares not use it recklessly.

It’s not that he doesn’t know what to choose, but because there’s too much to learn!

Six Jia Qimen must be learned. This comprehensive magic technique encompasses talismans, divine ghost skills, medical, divination and astrology, array, alchemy... it’s many auxiliary knowledges from the Seventy-two Skills’ immortal grade magic technique; learning it will qualitatively enhance the entire Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty’s strength.

He must also learn Dividing River into Land, Whip Mountain and Move Stone.

The Celestial Essence Star’s reincarnation has been irretrievably broken, and he plans to reforge the entire star referencing the Celestial Craft Immortal Realm, altering the heavens and earth, moving the sea to create land, only mastering these immortal skills will suffice.

Even Soaring Clouds and Mist must be learned.

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui looked at the distant Moon Palace, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

No wonder starships are needed, even as an immortal, in the vast star sea, the distances are too great, either there must be starships, or speed-increasing immortal skills, otherwise, it’s impossible to travel between stars.

Of course, to reforge the Celestial Essence Star into an ideal world not only requires immortal skills but also a severe shortage of materials.

The starship wrecks in the Underworld are insufficient to meet the starship fleet’s needs, turning the two star beasts into National Guardian Divine Ships requires a vast amount of Cave Heaven Divine Crystal.

Cave Heaven Divine Crystal is manageable, harvesting from Fallen Immortal Mountain’s immortal ships will suffice, that place must be completely dealt with anyway.

As for starship wrecks...

Zhang Kui’s eyes revolved with the Tai Chi Wheel, divine light shooting straight at the Moon Palace.

Now that he’s achieved an Immortal Body, the Tongyou Skill also transformed into an Immortal Skill, plus positioned in the exposed starry sky, many things are clearer to see.

The Moon Palace, at the center of the Moon Sea, has long turned into vast ruins, previously only contours could be seen, now, many places are enveloped by eerie radiance.

Zhang Kui wasn’t surprised, ancient war remnants abound, seemingly the Moon Palace is no different; the only curiosity was where the path sound that inspired the Demon Race to cultivate came from?

Yet more importantly, those little black spots on the Moon Palace orbit indeed are gigantic starships, eerily silent as ghost ships, unknown what happened before.

Even if they can’t be used, the wrecks suffice for the starship plan.

All beginnings are difficult, exploring immortal ships and the Moon Palace, more and more things add up, making it difficult to deal with everything at once.

Thankfully, the reincarnation could last a few decades, so what’s needed most now is a multitude of helpers.

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui’s form flickered, the scenery on both sides rapidly changing, and soon returned to the summit of Kunlun Mountain.

Clang!

The melodious toll of the bell echoed, instantly reaching across the Divine Continent.

Countless people throughout the land looked up toward Kunlun Mountain.

After the Reincarnation Battle, Sect Leader Zhang closed for practice for several months; now that he finally emerged, what significant matter will be announced?

However, soon enough, the voice coming from Kunlun Mountain immediately ignited the Divine Continent.

"All Mahayana cultivators come to the top of Kunlun Mountain within three days, I shall impart the Path to Immortality!"