Longevity Chronicles

Chapter 904 - 580: Butterfly Dream Skill, All Heavens Crave

If not for the request from the ancestors, he might have been too lazy to come and oversee.

The punishment concluded, and he immediately moved to the next matter.

That ethereal Dao sound emerged again from the depths of the misty sea: "All Demon Children, take care of yourselves. I shall reveal my true form and invite the projection of the Secret Demon Ancestors from All Heavens."

This resounded!

No one could afford to be distracted, as everyone employed their methods, Tao Qian included.

A cultivator achieving Daoist Transformation Perfection who has guarded the inferior demon world for countless millennia is about to reveal their true form, and it’s certainly not to be trifled with.

If not cautious, one’s life would be at risk.

In an unprotected state, suddenly viewing such an existence’s "Dao-transformed" true form, even if not fatal, would also shed a layer of skin.

Once all Demon Children finished their casting, the misty sea immediately began to roil.

One first hears ethereal, eerie chanting, mixed in with dialogues containing profound truth, yet only indistinctly audible.

Then follows countless luminous arms and tentacles.

Next, comes a sound resembling a "whale’s song" Dao sound.

To call it whale’s song is inaccurate, but Tao Qian couldn’t think of how else to describe it.

He felt that after hearing it, a massive creature had appeared between heaven and earth, able to roam endlessly and disregard all obstacle barriers.

When Tao Qian and the Demon Children awoke, their bodies had already landed.

"We are standing on parts of Master Xu Yu Zi’s body, perhaps the spine?"

"Do not look down, absolutely do not, looking will immediately lead to madness, the breaking of Dao, becoming Master Xu Yu Zi’s Dao slave, never to escape..."

The same thoughts surged within everyone’s hearts.

They compelled themselves to look forward, to look up.

Above, terrifying shadows cast from All Heavens and pairs of unfathomable God Demon’s eyes appeared.

Ancestors of All Realms?

When did they arrive?

Was it an illusion?

When Tao Qian looked at the ancestors of All Realms, he felt they glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally several times.

He didn’t have time to think it over, joining the Demon Children in looking forward, each finding an object before them.

There stood a door unsupported, directly upright.

Appearing to be wrought from ancient stone and iron, rugged and pitch black, covered with Secret Demon patterns of All Heavens, seemingly awakened to life. Though cold and eerie, one could faintly see veins pulsating beneath the black skin, flowing with black blood.

The stone door handle was a dark black opening, allowing only a hand to reach in.

An inexpressible allure exuded from this bizarre portal.

While the Demon Children were bewildered, the Black Stone door flickered with Demon Light, each dropping a visibly living stone shell book.

On the cover, scarlet demonic script etched "Records of Remnant Realm of All Heavens".

Because of Jiang Luan, Yuan Gong, and others’ prior explanations, Tao Qian immediately guessed upon seeing the book’s name.

Soon, it was verified.

"You are likely aware, this selection of Sect Master has no other requirements or rules."

"Just one, which is to gather spiritual materials for refining the [All Heavens Secret Demon Nest]."

"To reforge this treasure, you must venture into each world on the brink of breaking and vanishing, while its spiritual materials are yet to be entirely depleted and wither away, preemptively gather them... Whoever collects the most shall become the next Secret Demon Sect Master."

"For your convenience in action, each of you shall have two treasures assisting."

"This Hidden Demons Nest contains the Breaking Realm power left by the unscattered Demon Nest, aiding you in evading world surveillance and backlash, breaking into the realm."

"And this stone book records copious worlds in All Heavens that are near breaking and vanishing, with Secret Demon Ancestors responsible for writing, recording, and editing, all collected by them, allowing each of you to choose one by one."

"Once chosen, enter the world from the Secret Nest, return after obtaining."

"A century to complete!"

"Cyclic repetition, the victor ascends."

Once this was spoken, it seemed to exhaust Master Xu Yu Zi’s desire to talk.

No further words, leaving the Demon Children to explore by themselves.

But there was no need for more, as the Demon Children, tinged with excitement, reached out to flip open the "Records of Remnant Realm of All Heavens".

World Selection!

Enter the realm... Gather spiritual materials before the world breaks... The assessment is simple, but it already encompasses everything.

Just afraid there won’t be another Sect Master under the heavens who would go to such lengths during the selection.

Even Spirit Treasure Sect wouldn’t do this.

Which worlds among All Heavens are on the brink of breaking?

Where do the surviving lives in All Realms go?

What is the reason for the break?

With these thoughts surfacing in his heart, Tao Qian opened the first page.

Before he could see the words above, a crimson blood light exploded, rushing towards him, transforming into wisps of bloody mist that drilled into his eye sockets.

In an instant, he knew the general information of another world in All Heavens, moreover, it was personally narrated by a Second Generation Ancestor from Secret Demon Sect:

"I, Xuansu Demon Lord, travel the Great Abyss this day, and I chance upon a realm, finding it quite interesting, recorded here."

"This realm is called [Hidden Realm]."

"With Dharma Eye I observed, knowing this realm was once a great realm, able to accommodate billions of lives, able to give rise to three thousand Daoist lineages, allowing the main bodies of Daoist Transformed lives to reside, yet unfortunately, one day this realm’s origin met a change, breeding disaster, causing the Great Dao of this realm to wither and gradually break."

"As the origin changed, within the realm, ten thousand spirits could not escape unscathed."

"I observe whether it’s the Human Clan of this realm or other races, all are tainted with ’addiction’."

"On the surface, it seems nothing is amiss, but once addiction is triggered, all become grotesque and insane."

"As in this realm, there is a Human Clan kingdom, its King appears wise and powerful on the surface, yet secretly he craves the flesh and blood of infants, needing to consume it daily, if there is a day he doesn’t, he will go mad. Once he eats, he immediately returns to his wise and divine warrior state."

"Then there is a commoner, who appears a humble city-dweller outwardly, but secretly his addiction is to go to the wild grave mound and mass grave every few nights, committing obscene acts on some leftover corpses... If he fails, he will go mad on the spot, harming others and self-mutilating."

"Then there is a cultivator, who appears to have the demeanor of an immortal and is a divine person outwardly, but his addiction is to venture to the Mortal World every night, hiding under a mortal’s bed, eavesdropping on couples’ intimacies... If he doesn’t succeed, he too will go mad, tearing off his guise, forcibly seizing mortal couples to enact the act in person."

"Such instances are not isolated."

"In this realm, regardless of who it is, male or female, old or young, mortal or immortal, all are tainted with different peculiarities."

"One person, one peculiarity, the count is not just hundreds of thousands or millions?"

"I found it interesting while observing, initially wanting to enter the realm for exploration, but beforehand I divined a hexagram, and Spiritual Response pointed out the realm’s origin is bizarre, if I rashly enter, it would hinder my Dao Path, thus I ceased the idea."

...

"What rubbish Hidden Realm, this is clearly the Addiction Realm."

Tao Qian didn’t expect that the world recorded on the first page was already so mysterious, grotesque, insane, and perilous.

The "Master Xuansu" indeed was curious about this world, and the recorded information observed with Dharma Eye was extremely detailed.

Therefore, after it drilled into Tao Qian’s mind and was digested by him, it made him feel somewhat nauseous.

Face pale, mouth about to vomit.

There wasn’t a single shred of error in the book’s words, inside Hidden Realm, there is not a single normal lifeform.

Not even the Human Clan!

In that world, even a random encounter with a dog would also have bizarre addictions.

Tao Qian could hardly imagine what it would be like living in such a world?

"Clearly, this is the source of the realm’s impending breakdown and illusionary extinction?"

"But can spiritual materials extracted from such a world still be used?"

Tao Qian questioned as he continued to digest.

At the end of the page, there was also other information left by Master Xuansu:

"All Heavens All Realms have barriers and do not allow external evils to invade."

"Even with the help of [Hidden Demons Nest], entering this realm still requires meeting several conditions."

"Those who enter this realm must also have some kind of ’addiction’."

"And addiction, must match the cultivation."

"If one is just a mortal, a weak insect-like being, having some common addiction can enter the realm."

"If one is a Secret Demon Child of Ultimate Happiness Realm, wanting to enter the Hidden Realm, then a heavy and insane addiction is needed."

"If none, even if forcibly entering the realm, they will either be expelled or be tainted by the realm’s origin, immediately defeating the Dao, and sinking within."

ps: Everyone can comment on where you’d like Tao Qian to go in this Chapter.