novelraw Chapter 767 761 Meeting with Yuan, Star River Ferry_1
Chapter 767 761 Meeting with Yuan, Star River Ferry_1
Three months passed. Jia Ren finally managed to slash the Lu-surnamed Demon Monarch into two halves. The damaged Bizarre Body revived in two separate parts, unable to merge back together.
The Lu-surnamed Demon Monarch, having experienced death countless times, was utterly confused and unable to maintain a clear consciousness.
The difficulty of the second division plummeted. Within the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the remnant bizarre was slashed into four pieces.
After that, there was no more difficulty; a single strike was enough to divide the remnant bizarre.
The more the remnant bizarre was divided, the weaker the Lu-surnamed Demon Monarch's Divine Soul became. He endured more of the gray flame's burning and experienced more deaths.
Jia Ren, in one effort, cut it into 128 pieces. He scattered them across different layers of the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda to endure the burning of the gray flames.
Alternating between death and rebirth, even the Bizarre Demon Lord found it hard to bear.
The demon spirit, fused with the Bizarre Law, vanished along with the gray flames, obliterated from existence.
Upon the Lu-surnamed Demon Monarch's death, the Xuan Beast Avatar within the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl retrieved the Corpse-Eating Bizarre Pill and consumed it, digesting the flesh stored in advance.
Cultivation Techniques emerged one after another in his mind, each becoming clear and profound.
Blood Fiend Cunning Divine Scripture, Black Death God Strange Scripture...
The Lu-surnamed Demon Monarch possessed an enormous number of Cultivation Techniques, all of very high quality.
Receiving and organizing the memories of the Cultivation Techniques took a whole month.
There were 231 Cultivation Techniques from the Supreme Jade Immortal Realm.
And 1,864 from the Golden Immortal Realm.
Innumerable Cultivation Techniques from the True Immortal Realm.
Regrettably, most of the techniques were of the Bizarre Path or Demonic Path—ghastly and demonic—with few from the Immortal Path and Demon Path.
This harvest of techniques was rich. Combined with previous gains, the Power of Laws he controlled from mainstream paths reached over 2,500 types, drawing him ever closer to the requirement of 3,000 different laws.
The Bizarre Path and Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques tended towards sinister and ghostly laws. He still lacked nearly 500 types of laws, primarily those biased towards the Demon, Spirit, and bodily types, as well as obscure and niche techniques.
To acquire such techniques, he would most likely have to make a trip to the Demon Race's territory.
It's time to leave!
The Black Death Demon Realm was a domain dominated by Bizarre Immortals, hiding who knew how many powerful Bizarre Path experts.
Disguised as a Bizarre Immortal using the Detachment Transference Technique and Mimic Bizarre power, there was no guarantee he wouldn't encounter a Bizarre Immortal who could see through his disguise.
He didn't feel secure at heart.
The Donghua Immortal Domain felt much safer.
Inside the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda, the Power of Laws was gradually drawn out, reverting to the original Thousand Transformations Rule.
The quality of his Life-bound Xuantian Celestial Treasure declined, falling to an inferior grade.
Unable to find the Suppressing Mystery Law, he had no choice but to use the Thousand Transformations Rule as a substitute.
The power of the Thousand Transformations Rule alone was merely at the Golden Immortal Realm level. However, when combined with the Suppressing Mystery Law of the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda, it barely reached a Superior Grade.
His breakthrough to the Supreme Jade Immortal Realm in the Immortal Path further elevated the power of the Xuan Tian Town Immortal Demon Realm.
This was the only solution for now.
Regrettably, his Immortal Path cultivation was limited by Cultivation Techniques.
Still, it seems that a visit to the Barren Domain in the Demon World is in order.
It's crucial to address the issue of laws in Cultivation Techniques swiftly, so as to strengthen myself, for my realm is still too low.
As he neared the required number of Golden Immortal Realm Cultivation Techniques, Jia Ren wanted to further address his shortcomings in the Immortal Path.
The Fourth Mysterious Barrier in By Strength, Prove the Dao is far too difficult, and it's unrealistic to expect any quick progress...
Unlike the previous three, the Fourth Mysterious Barrier represented a new threshold. It required a deeper activation of the body's potential to carve out a human world within the flesh.
The goal was to create a total of 10,800 such microcosmic worlds within the flesh.
Once the body communicated with Heaven and Earth, it would open the Heavenly Repository between them, drawing its primordial power into oneself.
The power of the Heavenly Repository would govern these 10,800 microcosmic worlds, consolidating them into the Heavenly Treasury Assembly Power.
With every punch and kick endowed with Heavenly Treasury Assembly Power, his combat abilities would be terrifying.
Breaking through the Fourth Mysterious Barrier in By Strength, Prove the Dao was considered a step below a Dao Ancestor, a status few could match.
Beyond that lay the Dao Treasury, a realm not even the creators of the Five Luo Daozang had reached.
He believed that the power of one session (10,800 units) was not the limit and that his body still had unexcavated potential.
The ultimate form he envisioned was 129,600 microcosmic forces, amounting to the power of one Yuan.
How to unlock the Heavenly Repository and command the power of one Yuan is still a mystery.
Unlike the Third Mysterious Barrier, where shortcuts existed, the Fourth Mysterious Barrier had no equivalent techniques. It required a slow and steady accumulation of foundation, a process demanding terrifying amounts of time and effort.
Even reaching the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm might not suffice to meet the requirements...
He hoped to find a suitable Profound Path Secret Technique to shorten the time required to develop these microcosmic worlds.
Setting aside the fact that opening up the 10,800 microcosmic worlds—a "session's count"—was as difficult as ascending to the heavens, those on the path of By Strength, Prove the Dao already found breakthroughs incredibly hard to achieve.
With the heavens in turmoil and the Heavenly Repository likely corrupted, drawing such power into oneself would surely be... a death wish?
With the Great Dao in upheaval, all other paths were blocked, leaving only the Bizarre Path viable.
The Tianbao Transformation Immortal Technique is evolving as I hoped, possessing the capability to reverse the corruption of Bizarre Qi; perhaps it could solve the hidden dangers of opening the Heavenly Repository.
He hoped that the Immortal Path could resolve the troubles on the path of By Strength, Prove the Dao.
To the Demon World!
If the problem remained unsolved, he would be stuck in the early Golden Immortal Realm. Resolving this issue early would also eliminate a great worry.
The primary habitats of the Demon Race were the Barren Domain and the Heavenly Marsh Domain. Both were located in the far west, in the southwest and northwest respectively.
The Barren Domain bordered the Xihua Immortal Domain and the Abyssal Demon Realm.
Were it not for the currently tumultuous times in the Abyssal Demon Realm, passing through it to enter the Barren Domain would be the best option.
Now, the only choice was the Heavenly Marsh Domain.
The Heavenly Marsh Domain bordered the Xihua Immortal Domain and the Chaotic Immortal Realm. To reach it, one had to pass through the Donghua Immortal Domain, then either the Xihua Immortal Domain or the Chaotic Immortal Realm.
Distance meant little; safety was paramount.
Jia Ren did not mind spending more time and taking a longer route to ensure safety.
Following the rudimentary map he had acquired, he continually adjusted his direction, eventually arriving at the border between the Black Death Demon Realm and the Donghua Immortal Domain.
Before him lay not land paved with rock and earth, but a void zone where the Power of Laws from ancient battles endured eternally.
The power of the Bizarre Path had formed a contamination that seemed to have existed since time immemorial.
This place had once been the site of a great struggle between the Immortal Path and the Bizarre Path. The connecting region between the Donghua Immortal Domain and the Black Death Demon Realm had been destroyed in that battle.
Space Law Power moving through?
Ahead lay the Donghua Immortal Domain; using Space Law Power here was too dangerous.
Lord Qianyu had a master, Yu Qiong Celestial Honor, a terrifying entity at the Half-Step Dao Ancestor level.
It was unclear what place Lord Qianyu held in Yu Qiong Celestial Honor's heart, or how close their master-disciple relationship truly was.
Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance that the master would avenge his disciple, Jia Ren didn't want to take the risk.
He resolved to find another way to traverse this area.
The Dao Bizarre Level contamination was too strong. Jia Ren tried several different directions, but each time he was repelled by the Bizarre Path's contaminating power.
Even when the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda was forcefully elevated to Superior Grade, it could not counter the Dao Bizarre contamination. After advancing a few dozen miles, he was forced back each time.
"Fellow Daoist, are you trying to enter the Donghua Immortal Domain?"
Just then, a Loose Immortal in a silver Taoist robe approached on a Flying Boat, waving to Jia Ren from a distance.
Seeing Jia Ren's surprised gaze, the Loose Immortal smiled. "Although we belong to the Immortal and Demonic Paths respectively, this is merely an identity difference arising from our Cultivation Techniques."
"The Starflow Sect has been in this business for a long time. Regardless of your purpose in the Donghua Immortal Domain, Fellow Daoist, passage is possible as long as you provide ample compensation."
"The price for traversing this area is not cheap: 5,000 Immortal Jade or Demon Jade, non-negotiable."
Five thousand Immortal Jade was a huge fortune for a Loose Immortal, but it was nothing to Jia Ren. Since a feasible method was available, he naturally chose to take it.
"Fellow Daoist, please come aboard."
Jia Ren stepped onto the Flying Boat. It flashed with silver light and soon stopped near a stone house on the edge of the void.
The Starflow Sect Loose Immortal escorted Jia Ren to this place, then returned to the void zone to seek other potential passengers for the Donghua Immortal Domain.
More than ten Demon Immortals and five Immortals were gathered here.
Among them were Loose Immortals and some Demon Immortals whose auras were so obscure their Realms couldn't be determined.
Jia Ren concealed his Bizarre Qi, appearing as an ordinary, unremarkable Demon Immortal.
Jia Ren paid the 5,000 Immortal Jade fare and received a token bearing the number nineteen.
"Please wait patiently, fellow Daoist."
Jia Ren sat in the center of the stone house, his gaze lowered and focused inward as if in meditation, showing no intention of interaction.
Indifference usually marked interactions between Immortals and Demon Immortals, so the room remained quiet, with no one speaking.
The group waited in silence as new passengers continued to arrive.
"Isn't the Starflow Sect being a bit too greedy? How much longer do we have to wait?" a black-robed burly man asked, his tone revealing impatient urgency.
"Fellow Daoist, please be patient. We will depart in no more than half a day," someone from the Starflow Sect replied.
Near dusk, their numbers reached thirty. An old Daoist exuding a True Immortal Realm aura arrived steering a boat. He bowed to the assembled group and said, "Thank you all for your patience. I am Canghezi of the Starflow Sect, and I will be piloting this journey. Please, esteemed Daoists, enter the Formation."
The stone house twisted for a moment, and a Teleportation Array appeared out of nowhere.
Using a Teleportation Array to enter the Donghua Immortal Domain?
Jia Ren had a decent understanding of Formations. He judged this to be a mid-distance Teleportation Immortal Array with a limited range, insufficient to traverse the entire void.
With Bizarre Path-level contamination and remnants of powerful entities' attacks scattered everywhere, a suboptimal teleportation point could lead to a catastrophic midway failure.
If one were to fall into an area contaminated by Dao Bizarre and Dao Ancestor remnants, it would be a truly hopeless situation.
Among the thirty Demon Immortals and Immortals, those who understood Formations couldn't help but show puzzled expressions. "Fellow Daoist, what is the meaning of this?" one asked.
"Aren't we traveling by boat?"
Canghezi maintained his smile. "This Formation connects to the Starstream Divine Vessel. Please rest assured, everyone; I will teleport with you."
"Please hold on to your Tokens to avoid any errors during the teleportation."
Although the crowd was suspicious, seeing the Starflow Sect Immortal, Canghezi, also standing within the Formation, they set aside their doubts and stepped in one by one.
Jia Ren used his Linghuan True Heart and the Heavenly Mystery Divine Omen (acquired from Lord Qianyu) to carefully confirm there were no issues before he too stepped into the Formation.
"Activate the Formation!" Canghezi declared.
No one dared to be careless; they all held their Tokens firmly.
Silver light emanated from the Formation runes beneath their feet, illuminating its intricate pathways one by one.
As the light intensified, the space around them twisted, and the nearly forty cultivators vanished without a trace.
「Several thousand miles away.」
On a hundred-zhang-long silver Divine Vessel, a receiving Teleportation Array was set up.
The Teleportation Array flashed, and some forty figures materialized out of thin air.
Jia Ren looked around. The Divine Vessel was situated upon a flowing Silver Star River.
Beyond the Silver Star River, various types of rule-based contamination permeated the void. However, these contaminants were all blocked by the Silver Star River, unable to invade in the slightest.
"Depart!" Canghezi ordered.
The Divine Vessel surged forward, creating waves on the Silver Star River as it sailed southwest.