The First Immortal of Destiny

Shen Mo and Chen Mengze snapped back to their senses, realizing they were now inside a simple grass hut, with an exceptionally beautiful woman of celestial grace and smiling brows standing before them.

Almost instantly, they understood that although there was still not a trace of nature’s spiritual energy here, their Immortal Dao cultivation could be utilized, as if they had already left the cultivation world...

"Buzz!"

Shen Mo immediately opened the Sword Zone space, took out several bottles of High-grade Spirit Pill, and stuffed a few into his and Chen Mengze’s mouths. He then began to operate the cultivation method, refining the medicinal properties to gradually recover the injuries on his Daoist body and mind.

Relatively speaking, Chen Mengze’s injuries were lighter. With the assistance of the Seven Emperors Marrow Pill and other high-grade elixirs, his shattered muscles and flesh quickly healed.

As for Shen Mo, although he possessed such profound magic as the Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique, it couldn’t compensate for losing half his body, so it took him a little longer to regrow his Dao Body;

He then took out his personal clothes and a spare magic robe to change into!

Chen Mengze’s original magic robe was also in tatters, but she had now opened her Storage Treasure and changed into brand new clothing, so Shen Mo placed the tattered robe into the Sword Zone space, intending to repair it later and return it to her.

After tidying up, Shen Mo and Chen Mengze both regained their former elegance, with no trace of the misery after the bloody battle with the Deity.

Next thought.

Their gazes simultaneously fell upon the exceptional beauty inside the hut!

"How have you found the Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique and the Pure Jade Mantra?" The exceptional beauty spoke with a smiling tone.

"Death Jaw?"

"My true form has many different names; Death Jaw is one of them. You can call me that if you wish. If you find it difficult to pronounce, you may call me fellow Daoist Guan. During my master’s lifetime, he named me Guan Ling!" the Artifact Spirit of Death Jaw said, gently waving her sleeve, making a table appear inside the hut, laden with delicacies, fruits, and spiritual wine.

"Guan Ling..."

Shen Mo and Chen Mengze exchanged a glance, each seeing a hint of peculiarity in the other’s eyes.

Though it sounded elegant, it was clearly an act of laziness by the owner of Death Jaw;

Much like how Shen Mo would refer to the Sword Spirits of the Taiyi Sword and Demon Slaying Sword as Sword Spirits, the Artifact Spirit of the Qingyun Umbrella as Umbrella Spirit, and the Artifact Spirit of the Drunken Immortal Pot as Pot Spirit!

"Fellow Daoist Guan, we have slain a Deity. May we request your aid in returning us to the Five Dragons Mountain of the Immortal Realm?" Shen Mo clasped his hands, bowing slightly to the Artifact Spirit known as "Guan Ling", and asked.

"I will send you back in due time; there is no need to rush."

Guan Ling spoke leisurely, inviting the two to sit and enjoy the delicacies and spiritual wine on the table.

Unable to refuse her, and having dropped much in cultivation level due to the lack of spiritual items in the cultivation world, Shen Mo and Chen Mengze decided to indulge in the fruits, spiritual wine, and other items.

The beverages and delicacies arranged by the top celestial artifact, Death Jaw, were not only rare worldly delicacies; each Spirit Fruit and drop of spiritual wine contained extremely pure, rich, divine Mana, like imbibing Clear Spirit Qi!

There wasn’t even a need to refine them laboriously; they replenished the deficits incurred in the cultivation world swiftly and gently.

After all the delicacies and spiritual wine were consumed, Shen Mo and Chen Mengze were delighted to find that not only had their lost cultivation level been restored, but their cultivation had progressed even further than before entering the cultivation world!

"Thank you, fellow Daoist Guan, for your generous hospitality."

"No need! You two helped me retrieve a relic piece of my master, which deserves a reward." Guan Ling smiled sweetly, turning her palm over to reveal a crystal-clear vertebra bone exuding a faint immortal aura, clearly left by a stalwart of Immortal Dao.

"The owner of Death Jaw?"

Shen Mo and Chen Mengze were both stunned, faces full of surprise and bewilderment, thousands of questions swirling in their minds, not knowing where to begin!

Guan Ling seemed to see through their thoughts, putting away the vertebra bone with a trace of nostalgic expression. With a sigh, she said, "As you have seen, the so-called Deities of this world, be they Righteous Gods or Evil Gods, are the miraculous born from my master’s Immortal Corpse Fragments..."

As Guan Ling slowly revealed the origins and connections, the two’s expressions changed dramatically, their emotions in turmoil!

Their previous conjectures were not entirely groundless, yet they hadn’t completely guessed correctly either...

Back in the Corpse Mountain Range, Death Jaw was indeed summoned by the Hallow Venerable;

Guan Ling had struck a deal with this Demon True Immortal, not only reaping enormous benefits from the Hallow Venerable but also obtaining his Dao oath promise to slay ten thousand Deities in the cultivation world!

Thus, Guan Ling spared no expense to send the Hallow Venerable and Jade Spring Fairy into this absent-Immortal-Dao world.

The Hallow Venerable’s intention wasn’t hard to guess. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t kill the Jade Spring Fairy, this formidable enemy, and was nearly slain himself. So, he had no choice but to take a desperate gamble, using the mystical characteristics of Death Jaw to enter the cultivation world with Jade Spring Fairy!

This world’s Heavenly Dao anomaly sufficiently leveled the cultivation disparities between them, and the Hallow Venerable planned to take advantage of this opportunity to thoroughly eliminate Jade Spring Fairy.

However, he had vowed to help Guan Ling slay ten thousand Deities;

Given the difficulty Shen Mo and Chen Mengze faced in battling the Martial Might God, it was evident that the Demon True Immortal’s situation was even more perilous than Jade Spring Fairy’s and might not even survive!

Death Jaw’s purpose in plotting to annihilate the Deities in the cultivation world was that these Deities were the transformed fragments of its owner’s corpse.

More accurately...

After being killed by her enemies, the master of Death Jaw had her corpse divided into millions of pieces;

To prevent the revival through various means of this Immortal Dao stalwart, her foes split her corpse into millions of parts, interring them in this Immortal-Dao void world!

After countless years, the Immortal Corpse Fragments of the master of Death Jaw eventually manifested miracles, giving birth to the so-called millions of "Deities."

In this deficient-Immortal-Dao cultivation world, Death Jaw’s true form dared not set foot easily, for once it entered, it would instantly become an unremarkable pass; hence Guan Ling relied on external forces to clear these "Deities," and each slain deity allowed retrieval of its primal Essence, sending forth power, and reclaiming a relic piece of her master!

Shen Mo and Chen Mengze once speculated that their "capture" into this world by Death Jaw might be a trial, arranged to find suitable masters for the artifact; as it turns out, Guan Ling set up everything for the master of the magic treasure, but the core intent was to retrieve her master’s entire corpse, and subsequently attempt her revival.

As for why they were chosen, their guess was mostly correct...

In the Ghost Nation Ruins of the Red Flame Zone, Shen Mo, Chen Mengze, Jiang Yingying, and others traversed Death Jaw and gained benefits from Guan Ling.

Through this layer of selection, Guan Ling chose a group of suitable candidates.

The benefits granted were, on one hand, to enhance their strength, enabling them to slay Deities smoothly after entering the cultivation world;

On the other hand, they were advance rewards; once benefits were received, they would inevitably enter the cultivation world one day!