The Ascension of the Evil Path: Starting from Refining Gu

Liu Feng and the others fled, and the water waves, less than ten feet wide, were dyed purple and gold by the shadows of the trees.

A group of people a thousand feet away, including Zhuang Yan and the other three immortal clones, their pupils contracted and they instantly looked away the moment they saw the purple-gold tree shadow.

Among the four King Blood Nine Realm early stage ones, one was just a little slow in dodging and looked at the purple gold tree for a second longer. His body suddenly froze in place, turning purple gold in color, and in the blink of an eye he was as motionless as a statue.

The rest of the people immediately abandoned the Ninth Realm of the Long Po clan, turned their backs to the purple-gold tree shadow, and fled in the direction they came from, not daring to chase after Taoist Xuan Du and Liu Feng anymore.

The reason is simple: Liu Feng and the old Taoist in front are still moving deeper.

Without a treasure like the Xuandu Heavenly Book, if you lose your mind after going deep into it, you will be exhausted to death inside.

Less than ten miles ahead, the space visible to the naked eye was no longer ripples, but became like layers of folds, and the scene ahead could not be seen clearly even at a distance of hundreds of feet.

Taoist Xuandu took Liu Feng on a flight and landed above a pit. The Second Heavenly King, Elder Zuoqiu, Yunmeng and Baiji arrived shortly after.

I saw that the pit in front of me was surrounded by space folds, and the visible range was only a corner of several hundred feet. Looking along both sides, based on the terrain, it was estimated that the pit here was four or five miles wide.

"You go down there to practice. For some of the things there, just refine them. Don't delve into them too deeply and don't learn their methods." Taoist Xuandu pointed at the pit and spoke in a tired tone. Time passed quickly here and he couldn't stay for long.

Liu Feng knew that he had to walk the rest of the way by himself. After entering the pit, he could practice for a while, and Xuan Du would not be able to get through.

His eyes swept over the Xuandu Heavenly Book, but he did not ask to borrow the book, and walked forward into the pit.

But when he turned around, the heavenly book followed him, with the first page slightly opened, allowing him to enter at any time.

Liu Feng turned around, bowed, thanked the old Taoist priest, and walked towards the pit with Fashi and Elder Zuoqiu.

"Xuan Du, could the plaster before not be the opportunity you mentioned? Is there any magic left behind by some evil monk here?" Yun Meng stared at the old Taoist, wanting to ask some secrets.

However, the old Taoist's eyes were dazed, he was muttering to himself, and he became confused again, howling as he fled a thousand feet away.

"Let's go in and take a look, and send some Gu Masters out to clear the way."

Yunmeng snorted lightly and did not embarrass the old Taoist Xuandu. She called Baiji and walked into the pit.

As the world inside Baiji opened up, more than thirty Gu Masters were thrown out, all of them were human, and none of them were from his Bai Ze demon clan.

Xing Ziping and other Tuxian Sect Gu Masters and Yuan Caihe were among the more than 30 Human Gu Masters.

A group of people were thrown to the front to clear the way. The moment they passed through the folds of space, they could clearly feel the vitality in their bodies disappearing, and their cultivation was running much faster.

A Gu Master like Yuan Caihe, who had average qualifications and comprehension, didn't feel anything, but Old Xing's comprehension of Gu techniques was accelerating, and the Gu worms in his body were becoming extremely active.

Actually, Old Xing only looked old in the small world of the past. With his realm in the big world, he would definitely be considered a first-class genius.

"This old fellow has completed his seventh life, and with a little more opportunity, he should be able to be reborn into an eighth life. And that Liu guy's Buddha power just increased greatly, could he have cultivated all the way to the ninth Buddha root here?" Yuan Caihe glanced at Liu Feng.

When she was feeling envious and jealous, the scene in the pit in front of her came into view, causing her eyes to widen immediately.

A hundred feet ahead, Liu Feng and the other three were in front, standing in front of a ruin that looked like the remains of a sect.

With the identities and experiences of the Second Heavenly King Fashi and Yuanyou Palace's Grand Elder Zuo Qiubai, they couldn't help but hold their breath when their sight came into contact with the broken walls that looked like rotten meat and the scenes inside the broken walls.

"Nirvana." The Second Heavenly King's eyes fell on a stone tablet in the ruins and he whispered the three words on it.

"Don't learn their methods! Are you referring to this Nirvana sect monk?"

Liu Feng's face twitched. There were no spatial folds to block his eyes here. Within his field of vision, there were over a hundred corpses of "monks" of all sizes in the four miles of ruins.

The nearest monk had a body like a tree stump with dense roots extending outward. Embedded in the stump was a cut open head, and inside the head was no red or white substance, but wood.

A monk a little further away looked like a person bent into a circle, his entire body like a ring of flesh and blood.

Further away, there are half-human, half-tree, skeletons as thin as black lines, the bodies of a man and a woman merged together, wooden snakes with human faces, half-human, half-grass... all kinds of strange shapes and forms, most of which have merged into the grass and trees.

Each body was over a hundred feet tall, without a trace of spiritual energy emanating from it, let alone a spirit or the soul of an immortal or Buddha.

In the center of all the "monks" is an altar, shaped like a big black ball. It is called an altar because the top of the ball is full of mummies.

Liu Feng glanced around and fixed his eyes on a large black ball. There were densely packed small characters on it, which mentioned plants and evil spirits. He recognized them because he had these ancient characters in his memory.

"The essence of plants and trees is the condensation of the vitality of heaven and earth. The spirit of evil spirits is the gathering of resentment caused by the imbalance of yin and yang. The two are different paths, but in fact they have the same origin, and are both a part of reincarnation... We should understand the truth and seek the way to eternal life..."

Judging from what is described in the scriptures alone, the monks of a certain religion who may seem evil to others do not seem to realize that they are evil. They seem to be pure seekers of the truth at all costs.

After reading it, Liu Feng said in a deep voice: "Nirvana Cult, they are seeking eternal life. Plants and evil spirits live long, so they cultivate into this kind of body!"

“Fellow Daoist Xuandu said that they are the ones that can be refined. The essence gained from their practice is still there in their bodies. Only empty shells that have lost their spirituality remain, but their vitality is not yet extinguished!”

Fashi and Elder Zuoqiu shook their heads and sighed. They had lived for thousands of years and had seen countless evil spirits, but these monsters were the first time they had ever seen them.

If you really go to the virtual world, there will be many more ways of practicing various sects and schools than in the big world. In order to reach a higher level of practice, there may be many monsters like the Nirvana Sect.

"It's not only plants and evil spirits that can live long. There should be many strange things in the virtual world." Fashi said as he released more than ten demon cultivators from the inner world and ordered these demons to go up and refine the Nirvana Sect monks.

At the same time, many followers of the Wheel of Reincarnation who were above the Six Buddha Roots also came out. These were from the Two Heavenly Kings and they did not follow the Three Heavenly Kings to participate in the war between humans and demons.

A pair of eyes looked forward, staring at the dozen or so demons who were going to refine the Nirvana Sect monks.

When these demon cultivators in the fifth and sixth realms saw the horrifying sight here, needless to say, they were terrified. If they were asked to go up and cultivate, they would only be able to improve the basics.

Liu Feng also opened the inner world, and many figures including Dongxu Divine Soldiers, more than ten demon monks, Cao Tianshi, Ji Qiu, Qiao Bei, etc. walked out one after another.

Then, he sat cross-legged on the shoulder of the Dongxu Divine Soldier, took out half of the Guxian medicinal mud that he had obtained from Yunmeng, put it into the first page of the Xuandu Heavenly Book, and handed it to the huge millstone for refining.

This trip was fruitful. The greatest benefit was that he had been exposed to the mysterious plaster. His aptitude and understanding were improving, and his flesh and blood were still undergoing transformation.

This is also a place where time flows faster. In order to avoid wasting your lifespan, you should practice hard. In addition to Buddhism, you can also improve your skills in Gu.

As for refining the spirit, he can wait for Elder Zuoqiu to call other supreme elders and bring the Yuanyou sacred tree to help him practice.

Elder Zuoqiu came here alone with the intention of testing us. If there is a real opportunity, the other supreme elders will come too.

A black shadow flashed behind him, and Yun Meng landed on the shoulder of Dongxu Divine Soldier, looking at Xuandu Heavenly Book and Liu Feng.

"I advise you not to touch this book. You can't take it away." Liu Feng said without turning his head.

"Fellow Daoist Xuandu helped me come here, so I got the treasure that can help change my qualifications. How could I covet his magic weapon? I came here to ask you which of those Nirvana monks can refine and which can't refine?" Yun Meng smiled faintly, completely forgetting that she had just tricked Liu Feng. Her ninth-grade "Mirror Flower" pupil technique could not see the strangeness of those monsters, and she couldn't use her body to cross the boundary to perform the Gu Xian pupil technique here, so she had to ask Liu Feng for help.

Liu Feng was not willing to help her, so he reached out with his Dongxu Divine Weapon and drove her aside with a vortex of void.

Yun Meng fell back to the ground with a gloomy face and looked at the black altar in the center of the ruins. She also recognized the words on it.

After reviewing it, she pointed at the thirty or so human Gu Masters who were leading the way and said in a cold voice, "Bring all the Gu Masters of the Tuxian Sect and that pockmarked face to the altar and teach them to practice the Nirvana Sect techniques on the altar."

As she spoke, the woman sent a message to Baiji, the ancestor of Bai Ze, and told him the "Eternal Life Sutra" of the Nirvana Religion that she had recognized.

Xing Ziping was not surprised when he heard this, but the other Gu Masters of Tuxian Sect and the pockmarked Yuan Caihe were all terrified.

A cloud of gas came, and Yuan Caihe, Xing Lao and others had no choice but to fly past the terrifying figures and towards the big black ball.

"Liu Feng...you can't just stand by and watch me die. I have ended up in such a miserable situation, and not only have you dragged me down, but also forced me to practice evil techniques by this vicious old woman!" Yuan Caihe said in a mournful voice, staring at Liu Feng with her eyes.

She wanted to die. Why would she practice the Nirvana Rebirth technique? The monster below was a precedent, so how could she dare to practice it? But she had to practice it.

On the shoulder of the Dongxu Divine Weapon, Liu Feng raised his eyes and looked at Yunmeng, and saw the sneer on the woman's face. It was obvious that this was done for him to see, and it was also intended to let people test the law with themselves to see what mystery the Nirvana Sect's skills had.

Yuan Caihe was still chattering in his ear, Liu Feng withdrew his gaze and responded faintly.

"Practicing with peace of mind may not be a bad opportunity for you. The Nirvana Sect is dedicated to the pursuit of truth and is not an evil sect... If something unfortunate happens, I will seek revenge for Yunmeng in the future. It can also be regarded as avenging you."

"Her real body is in the virtual world. How can I see you seeking revenge on her real body? You might as well figure out a way to kill her clone first."

Yuan Caihe walked away, begging Liu Feng to kill Yunmeng's clone first through voice transmission, but unfortunately she never heard a second response.

Liu Feng on this side has closed his eyes and released the group of Gu in the inner world, driving the group of Gu to devour the essence of plants and trees in the body of the Nirvana Sect monk.

He has also memorized the skills on the altar. Except for the Gu Master, the other skills can be practiced by everyone. The Spirit Refining Skill can be practiced with spiritual power.

And he noticed that most of the thirty-odd human Gu Masters, including Elder Xing and Yuan Caihe, also practiced the art of spiritual cultivation.

If he needs it in the future, he will try to practice this method. As he said, he does not think that Nirvana is an evil sect. No matter what the body looks like, it is just a shell.

Yuan Caihe, this girl, had the good fortune to practice the Nirvana Rebirth Sect's skills. It was unpredictable whether it would be a blessing or a curse. Originally, it was impossible for her to go to the virtual world. But after practicing this method, maybe one day she would be able to complete the ninth realm and even become an immortal, and she would meet him again in the virtual world.

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The fifteenth continent, Qintian Continent.

In a desert not too far from the forbidden Soul-Lishan Mountain, which is also the place where the fragments of the Samsara Land fell.

There is a cave residence left behind by the incarnation of an immortal Buddha here. In the nearly two years since Qintianzhou was born, many monks from other continents have come here one after another.

The sun is high in the sky, but one does not feel the slightest warmth.

Outside the entrance of the cave that looks like a mountain top, there is a stone platform a thousand feet away. A young woman wearing a light green robe, with a melon-seed face and dark eyes is sitting cross-legged. She is Zhuang Yan, the half-immortal from the virtual world of the Zhuang family.

"A year and a half has passed outside, and time has sped up over there. It has been nearly a hundred years. We can't delay any longer. Even if other people are not able to come, we need to gather everyone to go in and kill Liu Feng."

"There are also rumors in the virtual world that several great leaders have gathered the vitality of all living beings and ascended to heaven. The war between the human and demon races in the world has slowed down. The higher-ups may have already reached a result. If the leader of the sect dies..."

Zhuang Yan was thinking in her mind and didn't pay much attention to the cultivators from all sides coming in and out of the entrance of the cave. She had no interest in what opportunities were inside, so she only sent some descendants of the Zhuang family in.

In her opinion, as the war between the two tribes slowed down, the collection of sacrifices also slowed down, which showed that the leaders behind them had received enough sacrifices.

As for the legendary ascension to heaven, she had never known anyone to have succeeded. Those who had done so either went insane or died. This might involve the secrets of heaven and earth, which were beyond the comprehension of ordinary immortals and Buddhas.

However, if several leaders really died, the virtual world would certainly be shaken, and the major forces would inevitably fight and redivide their territories.

After such a fight, many immortals and Buddhas would send their clones to seek refuge and leave a way out for themselves. Among them, there would definitely be immortals and Buddhas from the Imperial Daughter Palace where she belongs.

If they could unite these incarnations of immortals and Buddhas and kill Liu Feng, even if all the supreme elders of Yuanyou Palace gathered around this boy, they would all die together.

Zhuang Yan thought about it, flicked her sleeves and threw out an altar. She was about to contact the virtual world through blood sacrifice to learn about the virtual world, but suddenly she stopped and glanced at a beam of light flying from the south.

To the south is the direction to the Soul-Separation Mountain. Before she left, she left people to guard the edge of the forbidden area's exit. Now that the Zhuang clan elder came here in person, something big must have happened.

The light of escape landed on the ground, and nine clan elders walked down from the spiritual treasure. The one leading them was Zhuang Pei, who had broken through to the early ninth realm with the help of sacrifice in recent years.

"Mother, something happened at the Soul-Separating Mountain! It seems that something from the virtual world has fallen. I can't tell the depth of it, so I only grabbed a few pieces that look like fragments of magic weapons. Please take a look, Mother."

This old-looking man in the early ninth realm opened up his inner world, in which five fragments of different sizes could be seen, which indeed looked like fragments of magic weapons.

Five fragments of different colors and auras moved out of the inner world and flew towards the stone platform.

Zhuang Yan's face changed immediately. She flicked her sleeves and a burst of green light swept away the five fragments. After reaching the Great World, she was rarely angry and said, "Don't take out these virtual world things easily. The danger is that the seal you set up may be useless."

Now it is very likely that something has happened in the virtual world, so many fragments of magic weapons have fallen into the world. Even if many things of immortals and Buddhas are suppressed by the world, the creatures below the immortals and Buddhas cannot bear it.

Five pieces of debris flew thousands of feet away, one of which was sixty feet in size and scarlet in color.

Most of the monks passing by who came out of the cave and were below the seventh realm were like being possessed by an evil spirit, and they pounced madly on the fragments of the scarlet magic weapon.

The elders of the Zhuang family were shocked, as nothing happened on the way back when they got the item.

Before they could take a closer look, the nine elders, including Zhuang Yan, all looked at each other with the same gaze.

In the sight, sixty-foot scarlet fragments rose into the air without warning, and the seal set by Zhuang Pei dissipated on its own.

"Someone is collecting the fragments of this magic weapon."

"No, this fragment is being summoned and moving on its own."

Moving their eyes upwards, they saw a blood cloud flying from the end of the sky. The blood cloud was filled with murderous aura, and was somewhat similar to the Nine-Realm Blood Demon, but its aura was much stronger.

Zhuang Yan's clone had the cultivation level of a semi-immortal, and could see more clearly than the elders. He caught a glimpse of the blood-colored altar in the blood cloud, on which sat three immortals.

All three of them had long blood-red hair. She recognized the young Gu Master in the lead as Liu Feng, the ninth generation Gu Master!

(End of this chapter)