The First Immortal of Destiny

”CLANG!”

True Master Bian’s True Yuan surged within him, striking the Ocher Demon-dispelling Bell.

With the grand bell sound echoing, an invisible ripple carrying destructive force surged towards the Silver-haired Child!

”BOOM!”

”BOOM!”

The hard mountain rock under the Silver-haired Child’s feet shattered like tofu curd under a heavy hammer, exploding into fragments.

However, a layer of Protective Spirit Energy enveloped him. As the spirit light flickered, it dissolved the attack. He was not only unharmed, but his body also did not move back even half a step.

Attacked by the Ocher Demon-dispelling Bell, not only was there no anger on the Silver-haired Child’s face, but his eyes lit up. He immediately began to move his hands, his lips moving slightly, starting to form hand seals and chant incantations.

In the next instant, a profound aura surged between his hands. The Ocher Demon-dispelling Bell, as if pulled by an immense force, abruptly left True Master Bian’s control and fell directly into the Silver-haired Child’s hands. Then, he opened his mouth and spat out a greyish spirit light, which enveloped the Demon-dispelling Bell and drew it into his body!

”This...”

True Master Bian, Yuan Heming, and all the disciples from the Fulong Sect had expressions of astonishment.

True Master Bian asked, ”Child, are you truly the Dragon-suppressing Ancestor of our Fulong Sect?”

The Ocher Demon-dispelling Bell was personally refined by Fulong Immortal Master. Thousands of years ago, after Fulong Immortal Master’s demise, this magic treasure became ownerless. However, this artifact had long since birthed an Artifact Spirit. It would look after Fulong Immortal Master’s disciples according to his instructions, and successive Law Masters of the Fulong Sect could also request the Demon-dispelling Bell’s Artifact Spirit to help defend against enemies!

Unless one’s cultivation level was extremely high, it would be very difficult to snatch this precious bell from True Master Bian’s hands. Even if it were forcibly taken, it would be impossible to so casually make the Artifact Spirit acknowledge a new master and absorb it into one’s body.

Therefore, upon witnessing this scene, True Master Bian was first overcome with shock. Then, endless anticipation and excitement surged within his heart!

”Could this still be false?”

The Silver-haired Child maintained his venerable, old-fashioned demeanor. He opened his right hand. Amidst a flash of light, the Ocher Demon-dispelling Bell, shrunk tens of thousands of times, leaped onto his fingertips. It constantly rotated and bobbed within his Protective Spirit Energy, emitting crisp, pleasant chimes filled with joy!

Seeing True Master Bian’s face still etched with disbelief, the Silver-haired Child continued, ”This is my reincarnated body. Only after cultivating to the Divine Bridge did I awaken my past-life Wisdom and realize that I am Fulong Immortal Master!”

Subsequently, he used his sense to transmit information to True Master Bian, recounting the names of high-ranking members and various secret anecdotes of the sect from thousands of years ago.

Some of this information was recorded in ancient texts and had been passed down without the slightest deviation. Other details were incredibly secret matters, not even recorded in the sect’s ancient books!

At this point, True Master Bian was already seventy percent convinced.

He then communicated with the Artifact Spirit of the Ocher Demon-dispelling Bell through his sense.

”Senior Bell Spirit, this child used a technique to directly draw you away. He even stored your main body in his Dantian without refining it. Did he use some profound magic? Did you notice anything amiss?”

After a short while, True Master Bian received an incredibly certain reply from the Demon-dispelling Bell’s Artifact Spirit.

Judging from the fluctuations of this Silver-haired Child’s soul and the aura of his Dao marks, he was undoubtedly the reincarnated body of Fulong Immortal Master!

”Unworthy disciple Bian Liang pays his respects to the Dragon-suppressing Ancestor! Welcome back, Ancestor, your tribulations are over!”

Confirming the Silver-haired Child’s identity, True Master Bian immediately led the group of Fulong Sect disciples to kneel and kowtow repeatedly. As he kowtowed, old tears streamed down True Master Bian’s face, a complex emotion only he could truly comprehend.

The only one present who did not kowtow was Yuan Heming, an outsider. He stood where he was, feeling somewhat awkward, and gave a slight bow and salute to the Silver-haired Child.

After some thought, Yuan Heming secretly took out his Communication Talisman.

This was a communication method developed and refined by cultivators skilled in Forge and talisman crafting from the Hundred Arts Hall after the Green Cloud Cave’s descent into the Immortal Realm. It was part talisman, part magic treasure, a sort of improved version of the Sound Transmission Talisman!

While the Dragon-suppressing Sect was welcoming the Silver-haired Child into their mountain gate, Yuan Heming relayed the news of ”Fulong Immortal Master’s reincarnated body has returned” to Shen Mo.

After all, the Crimson Flame Sect Mountain Gate and the Green Cloud Cave’s location occupied the original site of the Dragon-suppressing Sect’s mountain gate. The Silver-haired Child was clearly not weak, possessing cultivation at the Divine Bridge Realm. Who knew what trouble he might stir up in the future!

「Blood Snake Ridge stronghold.」

Receiving Yuan Heming’s message, a look of surprised doubt appeared on Shen Mo’s face!

The so-called ”Reincarnation” was a concept rumored in both the Primordial Realm and the Universal Realm.

However, in all his years of cultivation, Shen Mo himself, aside from his own unique circumstances, had never personally witnessed or heard of anyone else encountering a genuine reincarnated individual!

After all, a single world housed billions upon billions of creatures, and the leaves on the Universe Tree, representing different worlds, were countless. Who knew which world a cultivator would reincarnate into after their demise, or what kind of creature they would become.

Adding to this the mystery of the womb, the chances of a reincarnated person re-embarking on the Immortal Path were minuscule, let alone cultivating to the point of awakening their past-life Wisdom.

However, judging by Yuan Heming’s description, the Silver-haired Child’s identity had been acknowledged by both the Artifact Spirit of the magic treasure personally refined by the Dragon-suppressing Ancestor and by True Master Bian. The probability of this person being the reincarnation of Fulong Immortal Master was extremely high!

A sense of wonder couldn’t help but fill Shen Mo’s heart.

As for Yuan Heming’s concerns, they were quite unnecessary...

The purchase of the Dragon-suppressing Sect’s original mountain gate site had been a normal transaction, willingly agreed upon by both parties; it wasn’t obtained through overt robbery or covert seizure.

Even if the Silver-haired Child, Fulong Immortal Master’s reincarnated self, wanted to take it back, he would have no grounds to do so!

If he harbored ill intentions and decided to cause trouble for the Red Flame Sect, Shen Mo was not afraid either.

This person appeared to have cultivated back to the Divine Bridge Realm. If he had truly awakened his past-life Wisdom, he would undoubtedly have mastered some of the magic and martial arts, as well as Skills, from his previous life. His actual combat strength would far exceed that of his peers.

But Shen Mo was no ordinary person either.

By refining the True Immortal’s Finger, his cultivation had steadily advanced to the middle-stage of the Divine Bridge Realm.

The Hallow Venerable’s severed finger had also shrunk a bit more as a result. However, before it completely disappeared, it should be enough to support his breakthrough to the late-stage Realm!

Furthermore, the Evil-eating Centipede continuously devoured the True Immortal’s Evil Qi, which was harmful and useless to Shen Mo. Its strength was skyrocketing, and it was not far from reaching the middle-stage of Class V. Its demonic body was so incredibly tough that even when Shen Mo struck it with his Taiyi Sword, a top-grade Spiritual Artifact unleashing Starfall Sword Qi, it only left a shallow wound.

He alone, along with the Evil-eating Centipede, was enough to engage in a head-on battle with a late-stage Divine Bridge Realm Immortal Master!

Moreover, Shen Mo possessed tens of thousands of powerful Demon Soul Generals. As they hunted and devoured blood food on Blood Snake Ridge, their overall strength was still rapidly increasing. Using them to set up the God Slaying Array, anyone below the Formless Realm who dared to enter would undoubtedly perish.

”The reincarnated body of Fulong Immortal Master, blessed by fortune, managed to re-embark on the Immortal Path with great difficulty and cultivate back to the Divine Bridge Realm. He shouldn’t be so foolish as to insist on fighting me to the death merely for the former site of the sect’s mountain gate...”

Thinking this, Shen Mo slowly closed his eyes and continued refining the True Immortal’s Finger!