The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing felt a slight headache.

The world within his stomach lacked a reincarnation system, so the number of wandering souls would only continue to increase, and thirty million was by no means the limit.

The Corpse Vein possessed countless wandering souls, but only selected about a hundred each year to teach them techniques.

It wasn't that they didn't want to use the wandering souls to increase their strength, but the souls' cultivation required absorbing Yin energy.

Without even needing ten million souls, a mere million would be enough to drain the Yin energy of the underworld, and even the Yellow Springs might completely disappear.

The current underworld had emerged with the Divine Path, and the astonishing number of wandering souls could provide incense offerings, which could be considered the most reasonable use of them.

The underworld's transformation had temporarily alleviated the trouble brought by the wandering souls. After all, the area was more expansive, and the population it could accommodate would greatly increase, so there was no need to consider where to place the souls for the time being.

Ren Qing scanned the underworld, and most of the first layer was occupied by the Yellow Springs.

Countless corpses floated in the Yellow Springs, mixed with a massive number of mindless wandering souls, and currently, there were over a thousand ferrymen retrieving them.

Daoist Mu She also propped up a canoe, not even thinking about vying for a Celestial position, and lived a secluded life on the Yellow Springs.

The ferrymen would pick out completely zombified corpses, as well as wandering souls with sentience.

Then they would be sent to the second layer, which was the main gathering place of the Corpse Vein, with hundreds of towns and millions of zombies gathered there.

However, the towns in the underworld were not lively. Besides taking on tasks, zombies mostly liked to lie in coffins to cultivate.

The streets were filled with densely packed coffins, and the towns themselves were Yin-gathering formations.

Ren Qing shook his head and once again separated a large number of fungal souls, responsible for searching for traces of Celestial positions among the undead with the help of Shi Fengdu.

As long as the Celestial position involved Yin energy or dead objects, Shi Fengdu would be able to sense it.

He hoped to use the Celestial position to perfect the heavenly laws of the underworld. After all, Black and White Impermanence had already been born as incense deities who captured evil spirits, and the role of other Celestial positions would definitely be even greater.

Ren Qing then went into seclusion, and the Heavenly Demon Tribulation unconsciously circulated in a Great Cycle.

As the cracks in the Heavenly Dao healed, the Heavenly Demon Tribulation's advancement to Earth Immortal was also put on the agenda, and he had done his best to make the necessary preparations.

Ren Qing inevitably had to circulate the Heavenly Demon Tribulation's cycle, so naturally, there was an aura of techniques revealed.

In the eyes of the rogue cultivators, an unimaginable scene appeared with this Celestial Venerable of the Heavenly Court, even making them a little suspicious of life.

They saw Ren Qing sitting cross-legged, his body gradually swelling up, and fresh blood turned into mist, seeping out of his skin and flesh, causing his surroundings to be shrouded in mist.

As the Heavenly Demon aura filled his meridians, the blood mist immediately turned into Heavenly Demon energy, and countless pupils grew on Ren Qing's face.

Each pupil had subtle differences, as if one could see the living beings of the world from the eyes, deeply feeling one's own insignificance.

The Free and Unfettered Heavenly Demon and the Supreme Heavenly Demon had obvious differences.

The Supreme Heavenly Demon was chaotic and disordered, taking devouring all living beings as its mission; the Free and Unfettered Heavenly Demon was sinister and difficult to deal with, able to seize and replace all living beings.

Previously, when Ren Qing cultivated the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, they thought he was suppressing the Heavenly Demon aura in his body, but now they felt a little strange.

Because the Heavenly Demon aura emitted by Ren Qing constantly gathered and dispersed, as if it had life.

Most importantly, Ren Qing's third hand under his ribs was still releasing Buddhist energy, and the two opposing auras were actually safe and sound.

Could it be that the Heavenly Court really had a way to simultaneously master the Heavenly Demon aura and Buddhist energy?

Most ridiculously, counting the techniques he had shown before, Ren Qing had already cultivated Immortality, Buddhism, and Demon simultaneously, and could also use them flexibly and skillfully.

The rogue cultivators had asked the Heavenly Court cultivators, but the latter did not answer at all.

The Imprisonment Hall had strong confidence in Ren Qing. After all, even the Gluttonous Art that everyone cultivated could form a world within the stomach.

The world within the stomach constructed a path to immortality and enlightenment, which was something that mortals could not do.

Li Tiangang stood at the entrance of the Void Fortress, staring blankly at Ren Qing's body, the terrifying Heavenly Demon aura soaring into the sky.

He had always had a feeling that Ren Qing was playing with fire, after all, the latter was blindly practicing multiple techniques.

In Ren Qing's body, it seemed that the drawbacks of the techniques could not be seen. Even the Heavenly Dao Art that destroyed the Non-Action Daoist Temple had been perfected by Ren Qing into a Netherworld Heavenly Insect Art.

It should be known that when Ren Qing created the Netherworld Heavenly Insect Art, his cultivation was only at the Yang God realm.

The Void Fortress suddenly stirred, but soon the Imprisonment Hall cultivators came out to maintain order, while the rogue cultivators hid in the center of the solid fortress.

Elephant Master noticed Li Tiangang and walked over with steady steps. His appearance no longer showed any signs of distortion, but instead had been reborn under the tempering of the lightning tribulation.

His cultivation had returned to the Heavenly Guile realm, and his Celestial position had also been promoted to Human Immortal position.

With Elephant Master's strong physical body, the path to immortality in the world within the stomach was indeed very suitable, after all, he was born with thick skin and flesh.

"Elder Li, Celestial Venerable is… cultivating Heavenly Demon aura?"

Elephant Master's attitude was respectful. After Madam White Bone's assassination, and having walked on the edge of death again, he had now bound his personal position to the Imprisonment Hall.

Li Tiangang's expression softened, and his tone replied uncertainly: "He should be exploring the Heavenly Demon aura. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the only way to win every battle."

"The situation outside is unknown. It is possible that the Supreme Heavenly Demon is still alive. Being familiar with the Heavenly Demon aura can allow us to leave the restricted area in hundreds of years…"

Before Li Tiangang could finish speaking, a sharp sound rang out, and the air waves swept through the restricted area, causing all the cultivators in the fortress to cover their ears.

Elephant Master gasped, staring at Ren Qing with self-doubt.

"…"

Li Tiangang stopped talking. He had just found a reason for Ren Qing and was slapped in the face. This was obviously the aftermath of practicing techniques.

He remembered the ancient books he had read, which recorded the content of the Beast Pen Art.

The Beast Pen Art involved the Heavenly Demon aura. As the realm increased, the body and soul would gradually become part of the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

"What kind of moth is he making?"

Li Tiangang cursed a few times in his heart. Ren Qing had already become an immortal with dual techniques. As long as he cultivated steadily, breaking through above the Earth Immortal in the future was promising.

Why was he interested in the Beast Pen Art? Could he control that Supreme Heavenly Demon?

Li Tiangang ignored Elephant Master and quickly contacted the two Ancestor Masters. Only the two of them knew more about the Supreme Heavenly Demon. Soon, Li Changsheng and Heavenly Daozi came to the Void Fortress.

Only a few minutes had passed, and the Heavenly Demon aura that Ren Qing leaked became more and more intense.

However, the Heavenly Demon aura remained within a thousand meters of his body and did not come into contact with the Void Fortress, which prevented casualties among the cultivators.

The Celestial Position cultivators did not wake up either, and were still immersed in cultivation, unaware that if Ren Qing was not careful, no one in the restricted area would survive.

After a while, the Heavenly Demon aura formed a vortex, and Ren Qing began to become illusory.

Heavenly Daozi and Chen Changsheng could not help but look at each other. They had once gone to the Beast Pen together and encountered a large number of Black Goats at that time.

They were very clear about how terrifying the Heavenly Demon aura was.

The Entry into Divinity Art was also found in the Black Goat's fur, engraved between the flesh and bones, which seemed extremely deliberate.

Chen Changsheng was not interested, while Heavenly Daozi put away the Entry into Divinity Art, wanting to find a way to crack the Heavenly Dao Insect from it, but he died and disappeared.

Heavenly Daozi hesitated again and again, and said uncertainly: "There is no abnormality in the world within the stomach, which means that the Heavenly Demon transformation has not yet eroded the soul, Ren Qing should be able to cope with it."

Li Tiangang looked at Chen Changsheng, and the latter nodded with a wry smile.

Boom!!!

Ren Qing completely disappeared, and a human-shaped phantom covered with pupils appeared in place, which was the Free and Unfettered Heavenly Demon's Immortal Body "Formless World".

All the cultivators stared at Ren Qing intently, and memories of their lives flooded into their minds like a revolving lantern, and their memories became more and more profound.

"Something's wrong…"

Chen Changsheng and Heavenly Daozi said in unison, and then fell into a brief silence.

"What's wrong?"

Li Tiangang grabbed the shoulders of the two Ancestor Masters and couldn't help but ask.

The Void Fortress was in chaos, but with the Imprisonment Hall suppressing it, the rogue cultivators did not dare to act rashly before there were any casualties.

Heavenly Daozi swallowed and muttered to himself: "Ren Qing actually cultivated the Beast Pen Art, and…"

Chen Changsheng continued: "And Ren Qing is going to use the Beast Pen Art to become an immortal."

Li Tiangang's eyelids twitched wildly, and his forehead was covered with sweat: "Becoming an immortal with the third technique? Or the Beast Pen Art of the Supreme Heavenly Demon?"

"What a joke, does he think becoming an immortal and attaining the Dao is as simple as eating and sleeping?!"

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Heavenly Daozi regained some composure and said, "It may be a technique he created himself, it may not be the Beast Pen Art. After all, no one can escape the attention of the Supreme Heavenly Demon."

Li Tiangang wanted to do something, but soon realized that there was no way out in the closed Celestial Position restricted area.

Even if he went to the world within the stomach, if something happened to Ren Qing, the outcome would not change.

They were silent and disordered, watching Ren Qing break through the Heavenly Demon Tribulation. Whether the road ahead was an abyss or a straight avenue to the sky would be revealed soon.

The rogue cultivators were no longer panicked, and realized that there was no way to avoid it.

Tens of thousands of cultivators in the Void Fortress put down what they were doing and nervously watched Ren Qing, fearing that they would die in the restricted area.

When Ren Qing was breaking through the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, he was actually paying attention to the Celestial Position restricted area, ready to use the Toe Leaving Art at any time to make all the cultivators fall into a dream that seemed real and unreal.

But seeing that the situation did not continue to deteriorate, he was relieved.

Ren Qing wanted to restrain the leaked Heavenly Demon aura, but the process of promotion was too painful, and the body and soul seemed to be subjected to torture.

The heaven-born Immortal Body "Myriad Forms Return to One" and Shi Fengdu's Immortal Body "Unyielding Emperor Corpse" had not yet produced results after fusion, and a Heavenly Demon Tribulation Immortal Body "Formless World" was forcibly added.

The pain was even ten times more exaggerated than when Shi Fengdu was promoted.

At least Shi Fengdu's promotion left a whole corpse. Although the Fengdu Yin Qi was constantly eroding the flesh and bones at that time, the body was still there.

Now, Ren Qing's body and soul no longer existed, and were forcibly turned into nothingness by the information stream.

The Heavenly Demon aura seemed to want to assimilate the Myriad Forms Return to One and the Unyielding Emperor Corpse, so that Ren Qing's Immortal Body was completely dominated by the Formless World.

Ren Qing felt helpless, as expected of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation.

The primary and secondary techniques that made up the Heavenly Demon Tribulation complemented each other, and only the Heaven-born could compare with it, so it was inevitable that it would challenge the status of the Heaven-born.

Ren Qing did not want the Heavenly Demon Tribulation to dominate himself, the Heaven-born was more reliable.

He knew that he had to find a carrier for the Formless World, just like the Unyielding Emperor Corpse merged into the five internal organs, and attach the Immortal Body to the Myriad Forms Return to One.

However, the ownership of the Heavenly Demon aura was another headache.

The five Immortal Bodies could not interfere with each other, otherwise there would inevitably be a decrease in strength, just like when Ren Qing constructed the primary and secondary techniques.

Ren Qing had already planned to integrate the Derivation Ancestral Vein into the flesh and blood, and the Toe Leaving Art into the brain. There were not many body organs that the Heavenly Demon Tribulation could choose.

The Heavenly Demon aura began to riot, and the center of the Celestial Position restricted area seemed to have a black hole.

Ren Qing tried his best to suppress the Heavenly Demon aura. At this time, the Heaven-born also showed an abnormality, seeming to want to forcibly suppress the Heavenly Demon Tribulation.

The information stream was acting as a peacemaker in the middle, but Ren Qing understood that the breakthrough of the bottleneck could not continue forever.

Ren Qing thought for a few breaths, and then made a choice, using the Heavenly Demon Tribulation to the extreme.

When the Heavenly Demon aura was all poured into the restricted area, the surroundings immediately turned into a Jedi, but fortunately it still did not affect the Void Fortress.

After Ren Qing no longer possessed the Heavenly Demon aura, he returned to his human form.

He pointed to his chest and said in an unquestionable tone: "The Heavenly Demon aura belongs to the skin, collect!!!"

The Heavenly Demon aura seemed to have intelligence and rushed towards Ren Qing in an instant, but it did not interfere with the flesh and blood, and merged with the skin.

Ren Qing had refined the Black Goat Dharma Robe and knew the nature of the Heavenly Demon aura very well.

The Heavenly Demon aura sitting in the flesh and blood would erode the body, sitting in the brain would erode the soul, and the skin could isolate the outside aura.

The chaos caused by Ren Qing's promotion lasted for most of the day, but it ended in an instant.

He returned to his normal appearance again, but his body soared by 30%, and there were dense and mysterious patterns on the surface of his skin.

When the cultivators stared at Ren Qing, they still felt uncomfortable.

They lowered their heads subconsciously, and their hearts beat wildly uncontrollably, as if they were facing the incarnation of the Three Dao Ancestors.

It was not until Ren Qing restrained the Heavenly Demon Tribulation that the cultivators did not feel the strange feeling of sitting on pins and needles.

Elephant Master frowned and gasped violently: "Did Celestial Venerable… become an immortal with the help of the Heavenly Demon aura?"

Heavenly Daozi stroked his beard and replied: "He should have succeeded."

Chen Changsheng showed joy: "He really succeeded. It seems that no matter what the disasters outside are, at least there is no need to worry about the Supreme Heavenly Demon."

Heavenly Daozi did not know what to say. Ren Qing's posture was probably to directly replace the Supreme Heavenly Demon, and even the Heavenly Demon aura could be controlled.

Elephant Master said goodbye respectfully and turned to continue cultivating in the world within the stomach.

He now felt that the so-called Investiture of the Gods was not about investing the cultivators who seized the Celestial Positions, but about witnessing Ren Qing's process of becoming an immortal.

After Ren Qing stabilized the cultivation of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, he immediately prepared for the promotion of the Derivation Ancestral Vein.

The cultivators noticed that the aura emitted by Ren Qing had changed again, and they were now accustomed to his actions.

Even if Ren Qing showed techniques different from before, the cultivators were no longer surprised by this, but rumors were inevitable.

"The world's luck is ten, and Ren Qing occupies eight."

There was even a saying that the Three Dao Ancestors were reincarnated, after all, they did not believe that Ren Qing could create the path of immortality and the path of divinity without any basis.

Ren Qing's reputation reached its peak.

He even suspected that if he was an incense deity, he could use this to collect a lot of incense, and he always felt that the cultivators' attitude was too attentive.

Ren Qing did not take this opportunity to bring the rogue cultivators under the command of the Imprisonment Hall.

There were too many troubles in cultivation. The Derivation Ancestral Vein and Toe Leaving Art were not far from becoming immortals, and he concentrated all his energy on seclusion.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred years was just a fleeting moment.

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