The First Immortal of Destiny

"Buzz!"

With the sudden activation of the Reverse Yin and Yang Skill, the spirit light on Shen Mo’s body flashed slightly, and within the spirit light, the intertwining of Yin and Yang formed a Tai Chi Diagram.

In the next moment, his figure became illusory, and his aura weakened significantly. He had already switched his real body to the Gecko False Body...

The Longevity Demon Lord was about to make a move when Shen Mo’s false body smiled faintly at him. Flames ignited out of nowhere inside and outside his body, and in the blink of an eye, he burned into a wisp of smoke, drifting away with the wind without a trace!

The Gecko False Body was formed from part of Shen Mo’s flesh, mana, and soul. If it fell into the hands of the Longevity Demon Lord, he could use the connection between the false body and the true self to cast spells to harm him; burning it clean eliminated potential future troubles!

"This junior truly has impressive skills!"

The mass of flesh in the guise of Longevity Flesh twisted and wriggled, transforming into a young cultivator, with an expression of tranquility tinged with a hint of admiration. "Sword Path, Formation, Skill, courage, all are exceptional; it’s no wonder he could snatch so many treasures from my hands."

As he spoke, he began to calculate Shen Mo’s position through the connection of his own flesh, but no matter how he calculated, he gained nothing.

"Forget it, it’s not something important anyway!"

"That Immortal Pill hides a universe within, even I dare not casually consume it. As for that golden page, it’s been with me for ten thousand years, yet I’ve never deciphered the celestial script on it. I’ll wait until I become a True Immortal and then calculate carefully before retrieving it."

For the Longevity Demon Lord, the most critical task was to refine another batch of Longevity Pills and then attempt to break through to the Seventh Dao Realm’s True Immortal Realm; everything else was trivial.

Afterward, he sat back on the Dark Cloud Throne and continued to watch the magic duels between his subordinates and the outsiders.

For tens of thousands of years, when the Immortal Mansion Dungeon appeared, the Longevity Demon Lord had accumulated a significant number of capable subordinates. Most of the outsiders in the Celestial Palace were either killed or forced to consume Longevity Pills and transformed into Longevity Flesh; only a few, like the Ghost-faced Great Monster, were valued enough to keep their lives, avoiding the fate of being refined into pills!

However, during Shen Mo’s fierce confrontation with the Longevity Demon Lord using the God Slaying Array, several outsider experts seized the opportunity to forcibly escape the Celestial Palace using various methods.

Among them was the young master of Luofu Mountain, who used a celestial talisman to turn himself and two other surviving Divine Bridge Realm cultivators from Luofu Mountain into escaping light, not even the immortal palace array could stop it; they directly broke through the dark cloud prohibition, escaping the Immortal Mansion Dungeon, suddenly appearing above Luofu Mountain, startling the cultivators in the mountain into a chaotic panic!

The Longevity Demon Lord was similarly unconcerned about this.

Obviously, he had accumulated enough. Once the newly acquired batch of Longevity Flesh was refined into pills, he would attempt to break through to the True Immortal Realm.

If he could successfully become immortal, when he appeared before the world again, he would be a True Immortal figure, no longer needing these ghostly tricks to lure outer realm experts inside to serve as alchemy ingredients. If his attempt failed, he would likely face soul extinction and path dissipation, thus no longer needing more Longevity Flesh for pill refining!

As such, whether the truth about the Immortal Mansion Dungeon and Moon Palace will be exposed no longer mattered.

...

Jade Spring Mountain, Heaven Patrolling Boat.

The prepared false body had parked the boat beside a relatively safe human city, and the boat’s protective formation and prohibitions were activated.

Once Shen Mo’s true body triggered the Reverse Yin and Yang Skill, his figure suddenly became incredibly real, revealing the deep aura entirely different from that of the false body, only to quickly become feeble!

After exerting the sacrificial method in succession, resisting the might of the bronze halberd, gathering hundreds of thousands of Soul Generals to set up the Creation Array, and utilizing skills to move his true body from millions of miles away from the Immortal Mansion... although he was uninjured, his Essence and Qi were greatly depleted, and his internal mana was less than thirty percent.

After a brief adjustment, he opened the Sword Zone space to release Lady Scarlet, Silver-haired Child, and Qin Zhen.

Since a short interval passed, Lady Scarlet and Qin Zhen only suppressed their injuries without full recovery.

The Silver-haired Child reverted to normal, no longer guided by the Accompanying Demon Soul’s will, yet his consumption was considerable. After surveying the surroundings and confirming safety, he began swallowing elixirs and operating cultivation methods to restore his state!

Meanwhile, the Spirit Storage Rat, which had been tucked away by Shen Mo since the celestial treasure’s appearance, also bounced out of the Sword Zone space, shaking itself to transform into a delicate little taoist boy, soon surrounded by the likes of Qian Xiaofeng, Lu Taorui, and Flower Fairy Ami.

Seeing Shen Mo, whose aura was frail upon switching to his true body, Zhao Lingyin’s face was initially full of concern, but as Lady Scarlet walked out of the Sword Zone space, her brows furrowed, a complex expression flashed in her eyes.

Everyone remained focused on healing and recovering, so she didn’t step forward to disturb them.

A few shichen later, Shen Mo and the other three sequentially exited their meditation states. After introducing Zhao Lingyin to everyone, he let Lu Taorui and other maid and disciple members arrange a celestial banquet.

"I hadn’t expected that the True Immortal cave mansion was actually a trap set by the Longevity race’s great demon to collect high-grade Longevity Flesh, which not only killed Kang’s boy but also almost caused both of you to fall inside. It’s my fault! I apologize to you two fellow daoists..."

The Silver-haired Child showed an expression of regret, raised a cup to Shen Mo and Qin Zhen, and then drank the spiritual wine in it.

It was also his first time seeing Qin Zhen’s Nine-tailed Fox Demon real body, only slightly surprised before letting it go. After all, hiding within his spirit was a remnant soul of a Big Heavenly Demon, not much superior to Qin Zhen’s great demon identity.

"That great demon will likely soon become a True Immortal!" Qin Zhen, slightly uneasy, wrapped her magic robe tighter, expressing concern.

The Longevity Demon Lord, being a sixth-order peak great demon, equivalent to the Formless Realm Peak, with the strength of "clairvoyant consciousness, adaptable form; adapting to circumstance, manifesting as necessary," meant everyone refrained from calling him by name, lest they be sensed, breeding future troubles!

"Becoming immortal is not so simple. Even if he is just a step away from the True Immortal Realm, it doesn’t mean he can easily survive the Immortal Tribulation."

"Moreover, even if that great demon does not perish in the Immortal Tribulation, breaking through the realm and consolidating cultivation requires many years. By then, he might not be able to find us. Even if he could, he would not dare come to this Jade Spring Mountain with a true immortal in residence! No need to worry excessively." Shen Mo comforted.

Aside from the Longevity Demon Lord, Shen Mo had even provoked a genuine immortal, like the master of the Dragon Rearing Pool and the Hollow Venerable. The Longevity Demon Lord only ranked third by comparison.

It’s truly, the more lice, the less fear of itching!

Additionally, his Basic Destiny and Luck had elevated to the Orange quality Heavenly Machine Protection...even a True Immortal figure cannot calculate, sense, or attack him from billions of miles away!