The First Immortal of Destiny

BUZZ!

BUZZ! BUZZ!

With the full operation of the ”Mixed Yuan Qi Technique,” the Immortal Realm’s Spiritual Qi, spread all around Blood Snake Ridge, above and below the earth, was drawn upon and continuously converged within the stronghold’s big array.

Thus, an unusual cultivation force field formed, akin to an enormous vortex composed of copious invisible eddies, pervading the area around Shen Mo.

Within a one-zhang radius around him, an even more incomparably pure breath of Primal Spirit lingered. With his breathing, the breath of Primal Spirit, containing a trace of Clear Spirit Qi, poured like a spring into his body. Shen Mo refined it into the power of chaotic Yuan, inch by inch pushing his cultivation level towards a higher realm!

SIZZLE...

Beyond that aura, strands of Demonic Qi and Turbid Qi, permeated with a mottled, variegated, and ominous coloration, were constantly expelled like impurities from the Spiritual Liquid of refined metals.

Shen Mo was already an Immortal Master at the Divine Bridge Realm. The Immortal Realm’s Spiritual Qi was extraordinarily dense, containing numerous varieties of Turbid Qi far exceeding those in the Primordial Realm. Therefore, as he breathed and expelled impurities, these myriad strands of Demonic Qi and Turbid Qi did not have the chance to dissipate back into the Immortal Realm’s heavens and earth. Instead, they ceaselessly accumulated, merged, and transformed. Eventually, they evolved into all sorts of illusions that filled the area around the Primal Spirit’s aura.

Because the various Turbid Qi within the Immortal Realm’s Spiritual Qi were all-encompassing, the illusions they evolved into were also bizarre and myriad.

They even ”birthed” various sprites, fiends, human ghosts, Immortals, and Devils that appeared to be living beings. However, they were not true creatures, devoid of soul and gnosis; they were manifestations of infinite Turbid Qi.

These peculiar ”creatures,” in the short time since their birth, experienced life, aging, sickness, death, predation and growth, mating and reproduction, establishing homes and nations, and waging wars. They gradually developed into a treacherous and bizarre world. Those with an unsteady Path Heart might lose their minds amidst this, lingering until their Daoist body and mind were corrupted by the infinite Demonic Qi, thereby ruining their cultivation!

HAAH!

Shen Mo exhaled a long, turbid breath, then with a flick of his finger, a dazzling Sword Light shot out, shattering all the illusions evolved from the myriad Turbid Qi.

Based on this progression of my cultivation, to make up for the ten years of cultivation level I lost, I’ll need at least seven or eight more years. After some contemplation, a hint of helplessness flickered in his eyes.

The Hallow Venerable had casually extended a finger. Even before it landed on Shen Mo, it triggered wind, fire, and divine bewilderment—three major calamities of the Three Disasters and Six Tribulations. Although he eventually managed to quell these disasters, his Dao Body was severely damaged, leaving only a bare skeleton.

Forced into a corner, Shen Mo had no choice but to activate the [Rebirth from the Residual Body] ability, thoroughly repairing his grievously damaged Dao Body!

Simultaneously, he paid a steep price: ten years of his cultivation level were erased, nearly returning him to the state he was in when he had first constructed the Divine Bridge.

Although his mastery of the ”Mixed Yuan Qi Technique” was considerably more profound than ten years prior, and his cultivation speed had increased, he still needed seven or eight years of arduous training to recover the lost cultivation level.

As for reaching the middle-stage of the Divine Bridge Realm, that’s a distant prospect...

After contemplating for a long while, a Sword Light flashed in Shen Mo’s palm as he retrieved a jade box from the Sword Zone.

To this day, he still couldn’t be certain if the female immortal who had saved his life from the Hallow Venerable’s finger was indeed the Jade Spring Fairy.

And after severing the Hallow Venerable’s index finger, that female immortal had left it for Shen Mo!

Out of apprehension, Shen Mo had never meticulously examined this True Immortal’s Finger. Now that my cultivation progress is slow, I should take it out to study, hoping to comprehend its mysteries and gain some insight!

The finger lay quietly in the jade box, exuding the faint aura of a True Immortal, like a priceless treasure carved from top-grade jade.

The unknown female immortal who saved Shen Mo, suspected to be the Jade Spring Fairy, had cast a spell to disrupt the Hallow Venerable’s connection to his severed finger. Thus, Shen Mo didn’t have to worry about being tracked. From this, it can be deduced that the unknown female immortal’s realm and cultivation level must be significantly stronger than the Hallow Venerable’s.

Shen Mo then reached out his hand, retrieved the Immortal’s finger from the jade box, and began to probe, sense, and analyze it using various methods.

Under the observation of his Special Destiny, [Dharma Eyes], the crystal-clear index finger showed no change whatsoever, appearing like an ordinary mortal’s finger. Attacking it with sword Qi, burning it with true flame, or striking it with Immortal Law and magic artifacts left not a single mark on its surface. It was like a frail old man, utterly powerless before immortal iron and spirit gold.

The True Immortal Realm is too lofty and profound for me. Even a mere finger is far beyond what a Divine Bridge Realm cultivator like myself can easily fathom... Shen Mo retracted the Taiyi Spirit Sword he had used to strike the True Immortal’s Finger, a pensive look on his face.

Extraordinary creatures and cultivators integrate their Essence and Qi upon reaching the Divine Bridge Realm (Fifth Stage).

This True Immortal’s Finger appeared ordinary, yet it contained portions of the Hallow Venerable’s flesh and blood, tendons and bones, True Immortal’s mana, and Spirit Soul Will. If not suppressed by the magic of the more powerful, unknown female immortal, it would likely have ”come alive” by now, crushed Shen Mo, and flown back to the Hallow Venerable.

It could be said that this finger was one of the highest-level and most difficult-to-comprehend items Shen Mo had ever encountered. Aside from the Destiny Panel, it was certainly more enigmatic than the Dragon Rearing Pool and might even be on par with the mysterious magic treasure, ”Death Jaw.”

After much fruitless contemplation, a bold idea sparked in Shen Mo’s mind!

Even if this finger is incredibly tough and wondrous, it is fundamentally the remnant of a creature, an extraordinary spiritual item.

And I possess an immortal art cultivation method that can extract the essence of Bloody Fiend from the flesh and blood left by cultivators, Demons, and ghouls. I even have a Skill that can absorb Mana from all things in the world!

With this thought, Shen Mo promptly activated the ”Dragon Elephant Blood Fiend Body.” The Bloody Fiend Pearl, long dormant within his Dantian, began to spin furiously.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Strands of blood-red silk gushed from his Dantian, wrapping tightly around the True Immortal’s Finger like a spider ensnaring prey, enveloping it in a blood-red cocoon.

However, no matter how hard Shen Mo pushed his cultivation method, its terrifyingly potent devouring power reached its zenith. This caused horrific phenomena: the lifeblood of Red Flame Sect Members at the Blood Snake Ridge stronghold constantly drained, and small, blood-red snakes within a radius of several hundred *li* suddenly exploded and perished. Their primal Essence and Qi surged into Shen Mo like myriad rivers flowing into the sea. Yet, he still couldn’t budge the True Immortal’s Finger in the slightest!

In the next moment, Shen Mo activated the [Spirit Devouring] Skill.

This Skill, derived from the Extremely Perfection cultivation of the ”Heavenly Origin Technique,” allowed Shen Mo to draw out the extraordinary power contained within all things and refine it into his own Mana. He could even extract Spiritual Qi from Spirit Stones, mineral deposits, or even soil to increase his cultivation level!

Because its overall effectiveness was inferior to absorbing nature’s spiritual energy or consuming elixirs and herbs, Shen Mo did not primarily rely on [Spirit Devouring] for his cultivation.

However, when Shen Mo consumed High-grade Elixirs or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, he would also activate this Skill to accelerate the absorption of their medicinal energies and their refinement into the power of chaotic Yuan.

The ability to extract essence even from mud and stones demonstrated just how domineering the [Spirit Devouring] Skill was.

Under the influence of this Skill, the devouring power of the Bloody Fiend Pearl suddenly surged to a new level. The True Immortal’s Finger, encased by the blood-red threads, underwent a mysterious change for the first time!