The First Immortal of Destiny

Shen Mo had his own speculations regarding the origin of the Demonic Killing Field!

After falling into the Demonic Killing Field, he discovered a relatively ”familiar” figure: Gu Song, the founding patriarch of the Taiyi Sword Alliance. Subsequently, Shen Mo engaged this demonic shadow in combat, witnessed the swordplay it employed, and after confirmation from the Taiyi Sword Spirit, became certain that this figure was indeed Heavenly Monarch Gu Song.

Of course, this Demon God shadow was not the resurrected real body of Gu Song, but a tribulation body perfectly replicated by the will of heaven and earth using the Dao Marks he had left behind before his death!

The other Demon God shadows were similar entities, manifestations of Dao Marks left by Heavenly Monarchs who had achieved enlightenment in the Primordial Realm. Each possessed profound Dao Methods and unparalleled techniques, nearly beating Shen Mo to death!

Fortunately, most of these Heavenly Monarch Tribulation Bodies only possessed cultivation levels at the Initial Divine Bridge Realm, not their peak strength from when they were alive. Moreover, they couldn’t unleash their full power like living Heavenly Monarchs, possessing only form but no true spirit. Only because of this was Shen Mo able to destroy them one by one and finally break free from the tribulation!

Even so, Shen Mo was severely injured; the dozens of foreign energies rampaging within his body were remnants left by these Heavenly Monarch Tribulation Bodies.

This advancement and tribulation have yielded immense gains!

While recovering from my injuries, this is a perfect opportunity to re-examine and organize everything, striving to convert all I’ve comprehended and gained into sustenance for my journey on the path of immortality...

With these thoughts, Shen Mo slowly closed his right eye.

「Four months later.」

The Riverside Sect held a grand celebration for Shen Mo, serving both as a congratulatory event and a proclamation to the world!

Throughout the history of the Red Flame Zone, Heavenly Monarch-level existences had undoubtedly emerged. However, traces of Heavenly Monarchs were scarce in existing ancient records. This implied that for at least the past three thousand years, no cultivator native to the Red Flame Zone had attained the esteemed rank of Heavenly Monarch.

Thus, this was not merely a momentous occasion for the Riverside Sect, but for the entire Red Flame Zone!

Everyone in the Riverside Sect, aside from those restoring the landscape and repairing the Mountain Protection Array, dedicated nearly all available manpower and resources to organizing this celebration.

The Four Great Sects—the Heaven Sword Sect, Seven Stars Altar, Profound Moon School, and Ghost Corpse School—along with minor immortal sects from various states, Cultivating Families, renowned rogue cultivators, and both new and old Demon Kings from the Marine Race, such as Ming Cang, Spirit Turtle, and Flood Dragon, were all on the invitation list. Additionally, even Outer Zone creatures from benign and neutral factions received invitations stamped with Shen Mo’s Dao Mark, delivered to their respective forbidden lands.

However, apart from Big Moro Yao, who attended with Mi and a contingent of Flower Fairies, the Protectors from other forbidden lands did not come. They only sent Class IV experts from their clans, bearing unique spiritual items from their respective forbidden lands, to participate in the celebration!

It could be said that aside from heretical cultivators and Outer Zone Demons, most who could be invited had come.

At that time, Chong’a Mountain was radiant with splendor, auspicious clouds stretching across the sky. The sheer number of attendees and the magnificence of the scene were enough to be recorded in the annals of the Red Flame Zone!

Two days before the celebration, Shen Mo’s real body personally appeared to warmly receive Big Moro Yao, the upper echelons of The Four Great Sects, and some of the Outer Zone creature guests. These were individuals and factions that had, overtly or covertly, assisted him during his tribulation.

Afterward, he no longer attended the banquet with his real body. Instead, he activated the Gecko Divine Skill and created a Gecko False Body to entertain the guests from all quarters.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Mengze had also successfully formed her Golden Core not long ago. However, the sect had been too preoccupied to organize a grand celebration for her at the time. Consequently, her investiture ceremony as a Supreme Elder was relatively simple. To compensate, Shen Mo specially refined a top-tier, custom-fitted magic robe for her.

The celebration continued, but Shen Mo’s real body remained in the secret chamber of GuanYun Mansion, not having emerged for many days.

Suddenly, he opened his half-closed eyes, gripped the Taiyi Sword, and unleashed a brilliant Sword Light before him. As the Sword Light gradually dimmed, his figure vanished from the secret chamber.

After several decades, I’ve finally cultivated this Fairyland Sword Style to the point where I can create my own cave paradise!

Shen Mo’s figure slowly materialized from the void.

This peculiar small world was a true cave paradise in every sense, not a ”Sword Zone,” but an existence akin to the Golden Flowery Realm.

After becoming a Heavenly Monarch, his comprehension of Dao Methods grew increasingly profound. He now possessed sufficient foundation to integrate the profundities of swordplay, the mysteries of space, and the Heavenly Dao Ultimate Truth. Using the Fairyland Sword Style as his method, he carved out a cave paradise unique to himself, which Shen Mo named Green Cloud Cave!

Here, much like the Outer Realm, the sun, moon, and stars rose and set. The four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—unfolded, accompanied by myriad weather phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. However, the land consisted only of an endless, barren rock crust; no other mountains or rivers existed yet. Shen Mo would have to transport them from the Outer Realm himself.

The nature’s spiritual energy within Green Cloud Cave, influenced by Shen Mo’s [Flawless] and [Blessed Land] Skills, contained minimal Demonic Qi and Turbid Qi. It was exceptionally dense and pure, only slightly inferior to the sect’s Vacuous Realm.

However, the internal space of the Vacuous Realm was far smaller than that of a Mountain River Realm, whereas Green Cloud Cave was as vast as five Mountain River Realms combined. Moreover, the nature’s spiritual energy here was not easily corrupted by living beings or inanimate objects from the Outer Realm, unlike in the Vacuous Realm, allowing it to constantly maintain its purity and clarity!

When creating this cave paradise, Shen Mo vaguely sensed that he could, according to his own will, establish a small world with an environment entirely different from the Outer Realm, one perfectly suited to his cultivation. For instance, if Shen Mo possessed a Thunder Body, he could fill it with endless thunder and lightning. If he had an Ice Spirit Body, he could transform it into a world of ice and snow. If he wished to cultivate the Imperial Soul methods, he could shape it into a Nether Realm.

However, Shen Mo did not deliberately alter his cave paradise’s environment, opting instead for its most primordial and natural state.

Furthermore, within this Green Cloud Cave, his very thoughts constituted the ”will of heaven and earth” for this small world, granting him the power to dominate all things within the cave paradise. With a mere thought, the creatures inside would face ”Heavenly Punishment” or ”Heavenly Tribulation,” making it somewhat akin to a miniature Primordial Realm!

Later, I’ll transport some mountains and rivers from the Outer Realm. Then this place will be no different from the outside world. At that time, I can cultivate Spirit Veins and mineral deposits, and also plant exotic flowers and rare herbs...

That’s right. The sect’s three major Dungeons are all fallen cave paradises, sharing the same origin as Green Cloud Cave.

I wonder if I can refine them into this cave paradise?

At this thought, Shen Mo could no longer contain his eagerness. He directly exited Green Cloud Cave and then appeared in the Mountain River Valley via the sect’s Teleportation Array.

The Vacuous Realm was one thing; refining it into Green Cloud Cave would make it inconvenient for the sect’s Golden Core Realm cultivators to enter and exit.

However, the Mountain River Realm had been left abandoned and unused due to the Soaring Serpent and the Bizarre Dragon. Furthermore, the entrance to the Jade Pool Realm was not far from an Evil Spirit, making it unsafe.

If he could refine the Mountain River Dungeon and the Jade Pool Dungeon into Green Cloud Cave, Shen Mo would no longer need to expend vast energy transporting mountains and rivers to create the cave paradise’s environment. He could also better protect these two Dungeons.