Immortal Martial Arts: Marry a Wife and Live a Long Life

Chapter 36: Ancient Cataclysm

Zhenyi Prefecture.

Among the twenty-three prefectures in Leizhou, there are nine that are the most prosperous, and Zhenyi Prefecture is one of them.

Qingzhou's terrain is shaped like a key, separating Leizhou from Huozhou, and Lu Prefecture is not adjacent to Huozhou either, but in another direction in Qingzhou.

Zhenyi Prefecture is adjacent to Qingzhou and is one of the three prefectures that connect Leizhou to Qingzhou. From Zhenyi Prefecture, one can continue forward, cross Qingzhou, and go to Lu Prefecture.

Inside Zhenyi City, on the sixth floor of a high-class restaurant, Han Li, dressed in a moon-white silk robe, stood with his hands behind his back, looking out the window at the bustling scene of the city. After a long while, he let out a sigh.

Stepping onto the path of cultivation is the beginning of transcendence. Breaking through to the Innate realm doubles one's lifespan, which can be said to be a clear distinction between immortals and mortals.

Foundation Building cultivators in the first three realms still need to mingle in the mundane world and have a great need for worldly wealth. However, after reaching the Innate realm, all of these are no longer necessary.

Once one reaches the Innate realm, they automatically enter seclusion and can survive by absorbing spiritual energy daily. They interact with the cultivation world and use resources such as spirit stones for cultivation, rarely having any contact with the mundane world.

At the Sea Opening Realm and above, they truly separate themselves and no longer pay attention to the mundane world. Their gaze only focuses on the situation in the cultivation world.

"Striving for two hundred years in this life, looking back at the mortal world, one becomes an immortal!" Han Li whispered.

Now he is already a peak Vital Spirit Realm cultivator, with a lifespan close to eight hundred years. For mortals, this is already considered an immortal.

"I wonder if there really are immortals in this world?"

Han Li suddenly looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with longing.

In his previous life, he had read many cultivation fantasy novels. Generally, immortals resided in the immortal realm, which was a higher realm than the one he was in. Most of them needed to transcend tribulation to become immortals and ascend to the immortal realm.

Those cultivation fantasy novels were just fantasies of mortals. Han Li wouldn't really use them as a reference for this world, as blindly following them would lead to great losses, and there is no basis for this "book" either.

Over the years, Han Li has gained a deeper understanding of this world, but he still doesn't know if there are truly immortals in the world. Occasionally, there are miscellaneous books that record the existence of immortals before ancient times.

Legend has it that countless ages ago, the cultivation world was glorious and prosperous. Immortals would occasionally descend, and powerful experts emerged one after another. Talented individuals were everywhere, and there were hundreds of blessed lands and immortal caves occupied by those powerful experts above the Divine Origin Realm.

One day, a divine sword descended from the sky, causing a great catastrophe with countless casualties, marking the end of the ancient era and the decline of the cultivation world.

After ancient times, the Qian Primordial Spirit Province experienced ten thousand years of turmoil, forming the pattern of eight domains and two seas. It was only after another thirty thousand years that the current era came into being.

The cultivation world today seems to be in a severe decline. Not to mention immortals and powerful experts above the Divine Origin Realm, even True Martial Realm Martial Kings and Divine Origin Realm Martial Emperors are nowhere to be seen. They might be hiding in seclusion.

"Hoo~"

Han Li exhaled and shifted his gaze to another direction in Zhenyi City, where there was a grand and magnificent mansion that occupied a large area. It was the Cui Clan's mansion.

Recalling the information he had purchased in recent days, a faint smile appeared on Han Li's face.

There are a total of twenty-four Vital Spirit Realm cultivators in Zhenyi Prefecture, fourteen of whom belong to the five major sects of Zhenyi Prefecture. One is in seclusion in a county, and the remaining nine are all in Zhenyi City.

Among them, four are affiliated with the Great Qian Dynasty, and two have a closer relationship with the Great Qian Dynasty.

Once they make a move, the Great Qian Dynasty will definitely turn a blind eye, and other powerful cultivators are wary of the Great Qian Dynasty and may not lend a helping hand.

Cui Ping, who wants to rise in the Hehuan Sect, is currently a core disciple of the Hehuan Sect. He came to Zhenyi City fifty years ago, most likely on the orders of the Hehuan Sect.

Hehuan Sect is one of the four major sects in Leizhou, and it is also a branch of the Yin Yang Dao, one of the eight major forces in the Xuan Realm. For cultivators above the Sea Opening Realm, this is almost an open secret.

The Yin Yang Dao has always coveted the Daqian Dynasty, and there have been constant hidden frictions, but no one has officially torn their faces apart.

The Yin Yang Dao wants the Da Jing Dynasty and the Kurong Temple to act as pioneers, while they benefit from behind the scenes. The Daqian Dynasty is constantly at war with the Da Jing Dynasty and faces pressure from the Kurong Temple. They don't want to easily break ties with the Yin Yang Dao.

Otherwise, the Hehuan Sect would never have been able to develop in Leizhou and would have been eliminated by the Daqian Dynasty long ago.

Even so, the Daqian Dynasty has always been restricting the infiltration of the Yin Yang Dao and has various restraints on the Hehuan Sect. The most important one is not allowing the Yin Yang Dao's tentacles to leave Leizhou.

The Hehuan Sect's headquarters is located in Qingyun Prefecture, which is adjacent to the Yin Yang Dao's territory. The Leizhou Garrison Commander keeps a close eye on it, making it difficult for the Hehuan Sect to develop. Therefore, they want to start anew.

Han Li withdrew his gaze, his smile on his face deepening. He muttered to himself, "No deviation, the plan can be implemented."

He had been in Zhenyi City for two days already, disguising himself and observing, ensuring that there were no additional obstacles to the plan.

At night, at the Cui Residence.

Under the brilliant lights, Cui Pingyu drank cup after cup of wine, feeling somewhat restless.

"Bang!"

He casually threw a wine cup to the ground, grabbed the two beautiful maidservants serving him, and walked into the bedroom.

The two maidservants looked terrified but dared not resist. Soon, a seductive sound came from inside.

Half an hour later, Cui Pingyu walked out, sitting at the wine table. However, the two beautiful maidservants did not reappear.

"When will this day end?" After venting, Cui Pingyu's restlessness subsided a bit, unable to help but complain.

He was once a renowned genius within the Hehuan Sect, breaking through to the Vital Spirit Realm before reaching two hundred years old. He was full of ambition and had a promising future.

When the sect decided to start anew, Cui Pingyu confidently took on the task and came to Zhenyi City alone to develop.

He needed to establish a force in Zhenyi City and then infiltrate Qingzhou with all his might. This task was heavy and faced great resistance, but the rewards were also generous. Once completed, his chances of advancing to the Soul Refining Realm would greatly increase.

However, after coming to Zhenyi City, Cui Pingyu realized that he had been too naive. After ten years, he felt that the probability of completing the task was very low.

The restrictions on him here were more than ten times greater than in Qingyun Prefecture, both overtly and covertly. After fifty years, he had made little progress and only had a few subordinates. He was unable to fulfill the task assigned to him by the sect.

For the past forty years, Cui Pingyu had been persisting, feeling unwilling in his heart. He had wasted so much time without much achievement.

When he first arrived in Zhenyi City, he was already at the fourth level of the Vital Spirit Realm. But after fifty years, he had only reached the seventh level. If he had stayed in the sect, he would have already cultivated to the ninth level of the Vital Spirit Realm.

If he didn't complete the task and returned to the sect, he would likely face punishment. Naturally, Cui Pingyu was in a bad mood, but he also didn't want to continue wasting time. Staying in Zhenyi City was just a waste of time.

A few days ago, he went out to relax and happened to encounter Lin Yiyin, seeing through her disguise and being amazed. He immediately captured her.

Cui Pingyu didn't care about those beautiful women anymore. He had already had countless of them over the years. But Lin Yiyin was different. Her appearance and temperament were top-notch, the most stunning he had seen in fifty years.

So he planned to formally take Lin Yiyin as his concubine and enjoy her for a while before finding another one.

"I wonder when her Sea Opening Realm sister will come to rescue her?" Cui Pingyu thought boredly.

(End of this chapter)