Chapter 478: 263, Dongdong is very understanding_2
Thus, she wanted to find the demon cultivator to send her back. However, at this moment, clouds of black qi suddenly rose from the woods in front. The black qi appeared very quickly; in an instant, it enveloped Dongdong completely.
"Such cultivation is not weak, but unfortunately, being here, if you want to advance further, it would be hopeless," a figure slowly materialized within the black qi.
Half of its body was human, and the other half was ghostly; not divided as top and bottom, but right and left. Thus, half of this figure's face was that of a handsome man, while the other half bore the fierce visage of a ghost.
Not only was his face like this, but his body, arms, and legs were the same.
Once this half-human half-ghost figure manifested, it placed three Ghost Suppressing Techniques before the girl, "Miss, would you like to cultivate these three Ghost Suppressing Techniques? Whichever you master, you can use it to achieve an Immeasurable Body and, with my help, take a further step to reach an unprecedented realm!"
This place might have a lower cultivation ceiling due to its worldly nature, only capable of achieving a One Testament Immortal. However, it's not that higher levels of cultivation are unachievable, just like Shenxu Heaven once known as Jia Wu Realm, where cultivation up to One Testament Immortal is the maximum.
However, although there is a limit on how high one can go, advancing to the stage of a One Testament Immortal here has become much easier.
Otherwise, those from before who ambushed Tan Shuchang's "old acquaintances" would not have shown thousands upon thousands of One Testament Immortals. Although the One Testament Immortals here only lived for a few thousand years, with few lasting ten thousand years, a few thousand years were still extremely long. Even if a place birthed one such individual every hundred years, over several thousands of years, that would still result in several dozen more such individuals.
With this data, the number of One Testament Immortals reached tens of thousands worldwide.
Now, looking at the three Ghost Suppressing Techniques that appeared before her, Dongdong immediately realized that whatever the demon cultivator was coveting must be related to the person before her.
Then, a grain of wheat twinkled, suddenly enhancing her with ten thousand years of cultivation, making the girl somewhat perplexed during which her Sword of Heaven slashed down, faster than ever before by countless times.
The might of the Immortal Treasure, of course, was beyond doubt.
Moreover, this was an Immortal Treasure personally forged by the Ancestor of the Dao, Shi Xin.
In just an instant, the half-human half-ghost figure was utterly obliterated. Not only that, but its origin was also struck by the sword, forcing it to reveal itself.
A torrent of Time's power surged continuously in this world. For a moment, it made the rich spiritual energy here even denser. However, this was not a good thing, as it came at the cost of damaging the fundamental Yuan Qi of the world.
But fortunately, this fluctuation was quickly suppressed.
As a palm descended from the sky, it gathered all the surging Time's power into its grasp.
At this moment, the transformation from Earthly Fiend to Heavenly Gang took only ten breaths instead of ten years.
After ten breaths, Earthly Fiend naturally transcended, and Heavenly Gang began to emerge.
Tan Shuchang immediately sensed information from the deepest parts of this world about the significant changes that were about to happen, one after another, revealing themselves before his eyes.
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Having achieved the status of Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortal, he naturally grasped the Calamity-Avoiding Ability in an instant.
Were he in the Ten Desolation Realm, Tan Shuchang would have needed some time to fully adapt to this ability, but in this somewhat special mortal world, he didn't even need time to adjust.
"This world is indeed a mortal realm, even less significant than Shenxu Heaven. It shouldn't attract the power of Ghost Dao to appear here..."
Tan Shuchang was somewhat surprised because, in the great changes he saw coming to this world, powers of Ghost Dao kept appearing, most of which he had never heard of before.
The degree of Ghost Dao's "fondness" for this world was unimaginably high.
The initially strange game world only attracted two branches of Ghost Dao, but this world seemed to attract at least a hundred types of Ghost Dao powers.
That was the power of hundreds of Ghost Dais!
Tan Shuchang even wondered if the powers of Ghost Dao had all come to this world.
But in that case, what was so special about this world?
Originally, after becoming a Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortal, Tan Shuchang planned to leave this world since it was just a minor world among the mortals.
But now, this world undoubtedly piqued his interest.
So, he began to explore.
In the mundane world, the concept of "human heart energy" was something that Tan Shuchang dreaded. However, even though he had become a Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortal, Tan Shuchang still did not understand why he dreaded this "human heart energy."
Because from beginning to end, he had never felt the existence of "human heart energy!"
And without even sensing it, the rumored terrifying impact of "human heart energy" on True Immortals was naturally completely imperceptible to Tan Shuchang.
However, since other True Immortals were wary of "human heart energy," he figured he might as well be cautious too.
It wasn't about fitting in, it was simply a necessary caution.
However, a month later, Tan Shuchang gave up the exploration because this mundane world had nothing particularly special. Common people, dynasties, desolate lands, Mountain Sea Beasts, cultivation practitioners—apart from the power of ghostly celestial ways, there seemed to be nothing out of place.
But searching for a month wasn't entirely without gains.
Tan Shuchang had discovered a path.
A path invisible to cultivators, existing only within an ideological realm. The cultivators of this world revered a concept of a "Path of Immortals" and "Path of Demons," believing that there were paths in the universe particularly for immortals and demons, and that finding these paths would lead to becoming an immortal.
Initially, it was merely a figment of imagination, but Tan Shuchang actually saw them.
One was pristine white and the other drenched in blood.
On that pristine white "path," shadows were densely packed. In contrast, on the blood-stained "path," shadows were scarce and cold.
As expected, these two "paths" were the "Path of Immortals" and "Path of Demons" described in the cultivation ideology.
Thus, Tan Shuchang walked the "Path of Demons."
After all, he was a disciple of the Sacred Gate.
However, as he walked the "Path of Demons," Tan Shuchang realized, not knowing when, that he had somehow arrived outside this universe!
And then, he was immediately stunned.
Tan Shuchang had originally thought that the term "mundane" was a general term, implying countless small worlds floating in a space like an ocean.
This made it quite challenging for even a True Immortal to find a specific unknown mundane small world.
However, what Tan Shuchang saw outside this universe was not as he imagined; he saw nine worlds strung together like candied haws,
With two of these worlds existing in a phantom state of becoming immortals.
Located respectively in the first and fifth positions among the nine worlds.
Beyond these nine worlds was a boundless void, colorless and possibly non-existent, intertwined with various Qi fortunes—white, blue, green, purple—all fluttering in this void.
"Where was the universe I was in before?"
Tan Shuchang tried to return.
He returned easily, and the Tan Shuchang who came back looked at this universe with eyes that couldn't quite believe the reality.
Outside this universe, was there really no trace of its existence?
In fact, not only was there no trace of this universe, but beyond the nine worlds, he could see no other worlds.
"Could it be because of the path of cultivation ideology?"
Thus, Tan Shuchang walked that "Path of Immortals" to seek the truth.