The First Immortal of Destiny

"When the four fellow daoists left one after the other, I, the old man, knew that death was inevitable. By clinging to the last shred of clarity in my mind, I abandoned my Dao body and all my cultivation. It was the divine might of the Five Dragon Divine Chariot that forcibly carried my soul out of the bitter sea, granting me the opportunity to reincarnate and cultivate again!"

"The method to handle this evil spirit was also told to me by those two fellow daoists who had escaped its influence while my consciousness was still intact in my previous life. Unfortunately, it was too late. No matter how much I ’forgot’ the tattle and prate, I could not escape the bitter sea..."

The silver-haired child was tirelessly comprehensive in dispelling everyone’s doubts, adding details wherever necessary.

Yet, due to his previous secretive behavior, Shen Mo, Qin Zhen, and Kang Haoxiu did not fully believe his words, which made the silver-haired child so angry that his face flushed red, stomping his feet continuously!

Subsequently, the three of them, Shen Mo and the others, each took their escaping light, flying along the sides of the path, trying to bypass the evil spirit ahead.

The result was just as the silver-haired child had said; no matter which direction they chose, as long as they continued deep into the Immortal Mansion, they would inevitably encounter the scene of "Immortal Preaching";

To avoid getting separated, the three ultimately had to return to the original place to meet up with the waiting silver-haired child!

"Now you must believe what I said, right?" the silver-haired child grumbled with displeasure.

Shen Mo and the others smiled awkwardly, brushing off his words.

It was the silver-haired child’s fault for his evasive actions before entering the Immortal Mansion Dungeon. Without personal testing, Shen Mo and the others found it difficult to confirm the truth of his words.

After another brief discussion beyond the bitter sea, all of them initiated their escaping light, passing beneath the feet of the thirteen "Immortals."

"Just keep your Path Heart firm and ignore the Dao Methods spoken by the ’Immortals,’ and your life will be safe! Not long after Ciji and others left, the old man’s previous body perished, and his remains, the Five Dragon Divine Chariot, and numerous spiritual item resources all floated in the bitter sea, requiring good searching to retrieve!" As they sped above the bitter sea, the silver-haired child reminded the three to search for his body’s remains.

Then, the four each chose a direction and began to look for Fulong Immortal Master’s body separately.

Shen Mo could feel that the thirteen "Immortals" seated high in the Ninth Heaven, though their faces were indistinct, were all glaring at them, making his back feel somewhat chilled; fortunately, as the silver-haired child said, they made no moves and did not ask them any questions regarding the Great Path or cultivation.

The disciples seated beneath their auspicious clouds were more overt, looking down with varied expressions—sneers, curiosity, envy, anger, or praise—like truly living beings, yet they remained silent, appearing extremely eerie!

If it weren’t for Fulong Immortal Master’s remains, as well as the numerous treasures of the fallen cultivators within the bitter sea, Shen Mo wouldn’t have stayed a moment longer. He would have already used the Sword Escape to leave this place of evil spirit.

According to the silver-haired child, his previous life’s Lifebound Magical Artifact, the Five Dragon Divine Chariot, was not affected by this evil spirit;

If so, the Dao sounds of "Immortal Preaching" that echo through heavens should have no effect on magic artifact spirits, unable to distort or corrupt their understanding of the Great Path... At this point, he could fully wield his magic to strike out with the Demon Slaying Sword, activating the Sword Escape skill to leave instantly.

"The creatures struggling and floating in the bitter sea aren’t living beings, yet they don’t appear to be projections cast by the evil spirit. Many still have magic artifacts and Universe Bags. Could they be the unfortunate ones who, through the ages, after hearing the ’Immortal’ preach and being questioned by them, fell into the bitter sea?"

"But their number is simply too vast! Perhaps this evil spirit brought them here from somewhere else into the Immortal Mansion Dungeon."

Thinking this, Shen Mo donned the [Method Eye Candle Wisp].

In the Immortal Mansion, it’s rare to find a place to gather resource treasures; only searching for Fulong Immortal Master’s remains would waste this great opportunity, wouldn’t it?

Under the effect of Destiny, his perspective underwent some slight changes...

Shen Mo saw the lights continually floating and sinking in the bitter sea, possessing different colors, shapes, and other characteristics;

Immediately, he selected the closest and most mystical light and used the Demonic Grabbing Hand to snatch it!

"Splash!"

The turbid seawater of the bitter sea, for some unknown reason, began to roll violently. Although the colorful demonic qi hand grasped that light, it seemed like it clutched a mountain weighing ten thousand tons, unable to pull it out of the bitter sea.

Shen Mo focused his gaze, and it turned out that he had also caught the owner of this item, a thin, haggard old man with lackluster eyes and tattered clothes.

The "treasure" he selected was exactly at the chest of the thin old man.

"It’s indeed incredibly heavy; with my cultivation, it’s difficult to pull it out of the bitter sea!"

Shen Mo tried to stir his mana, finding that while the thin old man’s weight underwater did not increase, he became incredibly heavy the moment his feet were about to leave the surface; his power, though suppressed, was sufficient to lift an entire mountain range in a normal world.

Yet now, he still couldn’t pull the thin old man away from the bitter sea, as if the entire vast weight of the bitter sea was bearing down on him.

This further confirmed what the silver-haired child had said...

Once you fall into the bitter sea, you can never escape!

"Fellow daoist, save me!"

"Save me!"

"Save me..."

The thin old man, like a drowning person grabbing a lifeline, emitted a lifeless wave of mana, tightly clinging to the Demonic Grabbing Hand with his magic.

Even as he called for help, his expression didn’t change a bit, staring blankly at Shen Mo;

Suddenly, he formed seals with both hands, spawning two murky water dragons from the bitter sea, entangling towards Shen Mo, as if intending to drag him down!

This contradiction between words and actions further highlighted the strangeness of this evil spirit and the creatures of the bitter sea.

Shen Mo was momentarily stunned, a trace of cold murderous intent appearing on his face: "Die, you demon!"

Before his words had fallen, he had already slotted Destiny [Uncommon Victory] into the Destiny Disc, and with a focused gaze, activated the Pure Yang Pupil skill.

The Pure Yang true flame, infused with the power of Buddhism, surged with Shen Mo’s gaze onto the two murky water dragons and the thin old man’s body; in a flash, it burned the murky water dragons into two clouds of vapor, and the thin old master was incinerated entirely, turning into a wisp of black smoke that, rather than drifting upwards, sank eerily into the depths of the bitter sea!

When Shen Mo incinerated the thin old man with his skill, he intentionally protected the treasure located at his chest, without burning it to ash, and subsequently retrieved it with the demonic qi hand.

The item was a Jade Vase filled with a decaying aura, yet with an undamaged seal on its mouth.

Upon opening it, Shen Mo found inside several Grade six Elixirs for recovering mana, from which a small part of the elixir’s power had dissipated due to the long storage time.

For others, it might be considered quite the find.

But to Shen Mo, it seemed rather superfluous, so he casually tossed it into the Sword Zone!