From Mortal Body to Immortality

Soon, Lu Sheng's attention was drawn to a mission.

[Intermediate Support Mission: White Dawn Star, within the territory of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, is under invasion by Void Insectoids, giving rise to two Tyrant Broodmothers.]

[Mission Requirements: Fifth-Order combat power, slay the Tyrant Broodmothers, and clear the White Dawn Star of Void Insectoids.]

[Mission Reward: 3500 credits!]

Looking at the mission description before him, Lu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It's actually a request for assistance issued by the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect!"

Lu Sheng was slightly surprised.

Within this region of the universe, the Human Federation has more than a dozen allies, large and small, among which the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect is one of the Human Federation's allies, possessing a Galactic lifeform as its leader.

Although there are many allies, the Human Federation has even more hostile forces.

The lifeforms of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect are actually humanoid lifeforms, not very different from humans in appearance. The only difference is that the lifeforms of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect possess so-called spiritual roots from birth.

And these spiritual roots are the foundation upon which the lifeforms of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect rely to cultivate.

It is precisely because of this that the lifeforms of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect often call themselves "Immortals"!

"White Dawn Star—should be within the domain of the Myriad Sword Sect, under the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, right?"

Lu Sheng looked at the mission information and couldn't help but recall information about the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect in his mind.

Although the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect is called a sect, it is actually a large force formed by the convergence of sects of various sizes.

In this regard, it is actually somewhat similar to Star River University.

It's just that the latter is a galaxy-level force under a university system formed by the convergence of schools of various sizes.

The former is simply formed by the convergence of sects.

And the Myriad Sword Sect is one of the large and small sect forces within the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect.

The strength of the Myriad Sword Sect can be considered a mid-sized sect force among the sect forces of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect.

When it comes to competing for benefits, the friction between the two sides will not be small.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the situation between the two sides is still relatively stable.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Sheng still accepted the mission.

Subsequently, the School of Life Sciences sent the coordinates.

After obtaining the location, Lu Sheng directly teleported to the galaxy where the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect was located through the star system teleportation space station, and then arrived at the White Dawn Star within the Myriad Sword Sect's range through the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect's teleportation array.

As soon as he entered White Dawn Star, what came into view were towering mountain peaks, like sharp swords.

Among those sword-like mountain peaks, magnificent classical palaces were built, somewhat resembling the immortal realms in old-era novels.

"Who goes there!"

The moment Lu Sheng drove Skysplitter to arrive at White Dawn Star, a deep voice suddenly exploded.

Within the voice, there was an aura of pressure, pressing straight towards Lu Sheng.

This aura of pressure could only be released by a fifth-order powerhouse.

Lu Sheng frowned slightly, but he didn't react much. With Skysplitter's amplification, the fifth-order pressure was nothing to Lu Sheng.

Immediately afterwards, in front of Lu Sheng, a middle-aged man in a white robe, carrying an ancient long sword on his back, flew through the air and appeared in Lu Sheng's view.

And behind the middle-aged man, there were also cultivators carrying long swords, exuding Golden Core cultivation, gazing warily at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng didn't hesitate, took out the mission certificate, and handed it to the other party.

"Human Federation, Star River University student Lu Sheng, here to complete the support mission!"

Lu Sheng said calmly.

The visitor glanced at Lu Sheng's mission certificate, then turned his gaze to Lu Sheng, with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.

"If Zheng is not mistaken, the support mission I sent should be a fifth-order support mission. You are so young—"

Although the middle-aged man didn't finish his words, Lu Sheng understood the meaning of his words.

"What do you want?"

Lu Sheng said lightly, gazing at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man smiled faintly and said, "Such a young fifth-order combat power—even in my Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, it can be considered a gifted talent. Your Excellency—why don't you show your strength!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man's eyes showed a touch of disdain.

The cultivation methods of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect and the Human Federation's cultivators are somewhat similar, but at their origin,

there is a big difference.

The cultivation methods of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect pay attention to the foundation, so every realm is very solid, but precisely because of this, the progress of cultivation is relatively slow.

The Human Federation's cultivation methods, however, take a shortcut, focusing on quickly improving cultivation, but the foundation is not as good as that of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect.

In terms of combat power, they are even less able to compete with the powerhouses of the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect in the same realm.

As a result, the middle-aged man is more or less contemptuous of the cultivators of the Human Federation.

Although Lu Sheng is a martial artist, in the middle-aged man's opinion, he cannot possibly be a fifth-order combat power at such a young age.

Even if he is, he is definitely a person with a weak foundation. "Show—"

Lu Sheng's gaze fell on the middle-aged man.

In the next moment, an extremely terrifying aura instantly roared out from Skysplitter, and the vast vitality seemed to turn into a vast ocean, rolling towards the middle-aged man.

Bang!!

Lu Sheng threw a punch horizontally, and the power erupted by the three Undying Marks caused ripples in the surrounding space.

Along with the muffled sound, a long sword blocked Lu Sheng's fist.

The middle-aged man stood quietly in place, and under his control, the long sword blocked Lu Sheng's attack, and the middle-aged man's eyes also showed a hint of solemnity.

"Is that enough?"

Lu Sheng said indifferently.

A touch of fighting intent also appeared on the middle-aged man's face: "The strength is not bad, but I don't know how your other aspects compare to a Nascent Soul!"

The middle-aged man laughed loudly, and a mysterious aura condensed from the center of the middle-aged man's eyebrows, and then an invisible sharp sword shot out from the center of the middle-aged man's eyebrows, killing Lu Sheng.

"Soul Extinguishing Sword!"

‘Senior Brother Zheng actually used the Soul Extinguishing Sword. This is a divine soul killing move that only a Nascent Soul powerhouse can resist!’

Behind him, a fourth-order disciple of the Myriad Sword Sect couldn't help but exclaim.

"Divine Soul!"

Lu Sheng looked at the Soul Extinguishing Sword that was shooting towards him, and the alarm bell rang in his heart. After all, he is still a fourth-order Golden Body, and his divine soul cannot compare to a fifth-order Immortal powerhouse.

However, Lu Sheng also noticed that the other party did not use his full strength, but just wanted to test him and could stop at any time.

It's just—even if Lu Sheng wanted to resist, the speed of the Soul Extinguishing Sword was too fast, and it instantly entered Lu Sheng's mind.

Lu Sheng's heart sank slightly, but soon a strange look appeared on his face.

"Why is the power of this Soul Extinguishing Sword so weak?"

Lu Sheng said with a strange expression.

It turned out that after the invisible Soul Extinguishing Sword fell into Lu Sheng's sea of consciousness, it only caused waves in Lu Sheng's sea of consciousness, but there was no movement at all.

"Is the other party's method too weak, or—is my divine soul already comparable to the fifth order?"

Lu Sheng was a little puzzled, but after pondering for a moment, Lu Sheng understood.

"Is it because of the third-level Life and Death artistic conception domain?"

Lu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

The ways for martial artists to strengthen their divine souls are either to rely on divine soul treasures, or to comprehend artistic conceptions, or artistic conception domains.

Lu Sheng's Life and Death artistic conception domain is a full third level, so the improvement of Lu Sheng's divine soul is naturally terrifying.

In addition, with Skysplitter's comprehensive amplification, Lu Sheng's divine soul is no different from a fifth-order mid-stage transcendent!

"So my divine soul has become so powerful!

"The reason why Senior Brother Du Bai's divine soul was injured before was mainly because Senior Brother Du Bai's artistic conception comprehension was too weak. If Senior Brother Du Bai had also comprehended the artistic conception domain, it would not have been like this."

Lu Sheng understood this, and then slowly looked at the middle-aged man.

At this moment, a strange color also appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes. He did not expect that Lu Sheng could resist his Soul Extinguishing Sword without any problems.

"Your Excellency's strength—is not bad!"

The middle-aged man smiled slightly: "I am Zheng Shiyuan, a Sword Child of the Myriad Sword Sect!"

However, facing Zheng Shiyuan's words, Lu Sheng smiled indifferently: "It's not easy to meet a fifth-order powerhouse, so it's a bit too unfulfilling to stop like this."

Since the other party wants to test me, then let them test to their heart's content. It just so happens that Lu Sheng also wants to test his own combat power.

“Brother Zheng, care for a battle!”

Lu Sheng didn't say much. His boundless life force surged out again, pressing towards Zheng Shiyuan.

“Hahahaha, come!”

Looking at Lu Sheng's appearance, a hint of fighting intent also surged in Zheng Shiyuan's eyes. He laughed loudly and controlled his sword, fiercely attacking Lu Sheng.

Rumble!

The battle between two fifth-order powerhouses instantly set off bursts of energy storms, causing ripples to spread through the surrounding space.

The disciples of the Myriad Swords Sect nearby couldn't withstand this pressure and retreated tens of miles away.

However, their eyes were filled with shock.

“Senior Brother Zheng is one of the top 100 sword disciples of our Myriad Swords Sect. This guy from the Human Federation can actually fight Senior Brother Zheng to a standstill.”

“Yes, this guy… is a bit terrifying!”

“That's right, even among all the mid-Nascent Soul sword disciples of the Myriad Swords Sect, Senior Brother Zheng can be considered a top-tier existence. I didn't expect this guy to be able to fight Senior Brother Zheng.”

“It seems that this time, those two Tyrant Insect Nests can be easily dealt with!”

The way the Myriad Swords Sect disciples looked at Lu Sheng was filled with more respect.

After about an incense stick's worth of time, the energy in the sky gradually subsided, and Zheng Shiyuan and Lu Sheng slowly landed on a mountain peak.

“Brother Lu's strength is so powerful. It seems that this time, those two Tyrant Insect Nests will have no chance of escaping with our combined efforts!”

Zheng Shiyuan said with a loud laugh.

Before, he might have disdained Lu Sheng, but that was also because he felt that Lu Sheng was too young and unlikely to be a fifth-order powerhouse.

However, after fighting Lu Sheng, Zheng Shiyuan changed his mind.

Lu Sheng… was evenly matched with him!

Coupled with his young appearance, Zheng Shiyuan admired Lu Sheng even more.

“Brother Zheng is not bad either!”

Lu Sheng smiled slightly, and a faint look of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Zheng Shiyuan could be considered one of the top mid-fifth-order transcendents. It was almost Lu Sheng's limit to be able to match him with the help of Sky Pillar.

However…

This was still because he hadn't broken through the peak of the fourth order. Otherwise, Lu Sheng was confident that he could defeat the other party.

“As long as I break through the peak of the fourth order, I will definitely have a place among the top 100 in the school competition!”

Lu Sheng said secretly in his heart, and a surge of heroic spirit welled up in his heart.

“Brother Lu is truly young and promising. To have fifth-order combat power at such a young age, it seems that you will definitely be able to enter the sixth order in the future!”

“The martial arts path of the Human Federation is indeed well-deserved, making Zheng envious!”

Zheng Shiyuan looked at Lu Sheng with some envy.

Lu Sheng smiled slightly: “Brother Zheng's talent is also good. I think you shouldn't be too old.”

Unexpectedly, Zheng Shiyuan shook his head and said: “What not too old? I am already over a thousand years old!”

Lu Sheng was surprised, and even had some confusion.

Lu Sheng didn't know much about the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, but Lu Sheng knew more about the cultivators of the Human Federation. In the Human Federation, the average age of Nascent Soul cultivators is around five hundred years old.

Zheng Shiyuan, a thousand-year-old Nascent Soul, made Lu Sheng feel a little strange.

“Brother Lu, you are walking the path of martial arts, which is naturally different from those half-baked cultivators in your Human Federation, but don't treat me as one of those half-baked people in your Human Federation.”

Perhaps seeing Lu Sheng's thoughts, Zheng Shiyuan said with some displeasure.

Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment and asked: “Brother Zheng, are you looking down on our Human Federation's cultivation system?”

Zheng Shiyuan was not subtle and said bluntly: “If it were your Human Federation's martial arts system, perhaps Zheng would admire it, but unfortunately, our Myriad Dharma Dao Sect creatures are different from your Human Federation and cannot walk this path of martial arts.”

“But your Human Federation's cultivation system… hehe, it's just a group of hastily made half-baked people!”

“Don't look at the progress of your cultivation system, which is much faster than ours, but this will also lead to unstable foundations. There may not be any problems in the front, but once you reach the seventh order, the hidden dangers will be great.”

“After all… in the eyes of our Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, your Human Federation's cultivation system is no different from the demonic cultivation method!”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Sheng was immediately surprised. Demonic cultivation method?

How is that possible?

Perhaps seeing the disbelief in Lu Sheng's heart, Zheng Shiyuan then smiled and said: “As far as I know, the cultivation method of your Human Federation was taught by Immortal Buwei, but have you ever known how Immortal Buwei obtained the cultivation method from our Myriad Dharma Dao Sect?”

Lu Sheng shook his head. Lu Sheng only knew that Immortal Buwei obtained the cultivation method from the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, preached to the Human Federation, and created the cultivation system.

But he didn't know the secrets behind it.

“Hehe, this matter is not a big secret in our Myriad Dharma Dao Sect.”

Zheng Shiyuan said with a smile.

“The Myriad Dharma Dao Sect has countless sects, including the existence of the Seven Great Demon Sects, of which the head of the Seven Great Demon Sects is called the Primordial Demon Sect.”

“The cultivation method under your Human Federation's system was transformed from the Primordial Demon Sect's cultivation method after being improved.”

“As for your Human Federation's Immortal Buwei, he is a great demon of the Primordial Demon Sect. No one knows how Immortal Buwei sneaked into our Myriad Dharma Dao Sect from the Human Federation, but when Immortal Buwei left the Primordial Demon Sect and returned to the Human Federation, all the people in nearly a hundred planets within the ruling range of the Primordial Demon Sect disappeared.”

“It was also at that time that Immortal Buwei crossed the Great Ascension and attained the Immortal Dao, which is to become your Human Federation's Galaxy Lifeform!”

“We naturally look down on this kind of cultivation method that has been improved from demonic methods.”

Listening to Zheng Shiyuan's words, Lu Sheng couldn't help but be shocked. He didn't expect that there was such a close connection between Immortal Buwei and the Myriad Dharma Dao Sect.

However, after pondering for a moment, Lu Sheng finally shook his head and didn't plan to continue exploring these messages.

He was just a transcendent with fifth-order combat power after all. Without Sky Pillar, he wasn't even a fifth-order.

The water here was too deep. Lu Sheng couldn't manage it, let alone have the ability to manage it.

Afterwards, Lu Sheng changed the topic and said: “I don't know much about these things, after all… I'm just an ordinary martial artist!”

Lu Sheng winked at Zheng Shiyuan.

Zheng Shiyuan smiled: “Martial artist is good. Although the martial arts of the Human Federation cannot be cultivated for our Myriad Dharma Dao Sect, there are many advantages to it.”

“Anyway, in my opinion, the Hundred Emperors of your Human Federation are figures, at least much better than people like Immortal Buwei.”

“Hahahaha!”

Zheng Shiyuan laughed loudly.

Lu Sheng was helpless and could only forcibly change the topic: “By the way, Brother Zheng, where are those two Tyrant Insect Nests? It's better to hurry up and complete the task. The longer the time, the more the Void Zerg breed, which is also a trouble for us.”

“That's right, but these Tyrant Insect Nests have sneaked deep into White Morning Star. I don't have any treasures with rich life force here, so I can't attract them out. I can only force my way in.”

Zheng Shiyuan said solemnly.

Faced with Zheng Shiyuan's words, Lu Sheng smiled slightly, but didn't say anything, just silently stepped into the air from the mountain peak.

The fourth-level Immortal Method instantly operated, and the surging life force roared out of Lu Sheng's body at this moment.

“Brother Zheng, you also said that you admire the martial arts of our Human Federation. Now, how is my life force… compared to those life treasures?”

Lu Sheng's voice came from mid-air, and the rich life force made Lu Sheng seem like the sun in the eyes of the Void Zerg.

In just an instant, it could be seen that from all directions of White Morning Star, there were purple Void Zerg quickly rushing towards Lu Sheng.

Wanting to devour Lu Sheng.

Zheng Shiyuan was stunned, and then laughed loudly.

“Brother Lu is not comparable to those treasures. Let me help Brother Lu!”