The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 998: Chapter 998: Secrets of the Heavenly Demon

”Indeed, I have come to eradicate demons and protect the Dao, and earn some achievements along the way, to lessen the hindrances when proving the God Immortal Dao Fruit.” Jade Spring Fairy said with a smile.

”Hmm?”

”Young friend Qingyun has yet to achieve True Immortality, so it’s understandable not to grasp the profound intricacies involved...”

As Jade Spring Fairy elaborated, Shen Mo gained a deeper understanding of cultivation in the True Immortal Realm.

Even if one initially cultivates to become a Ghost Immortal, which is considered inferior, one can gradually increase their cultivation level and strive for a higher Dao Fruit, though this process is exceedingly difficult... Transitioning from a Ghost Immortal to a Human Immortal is far more challenging than ascending from mortal status to becoming a Ghost Immortal; similarly, the difficulty of advancing from Human Immortal to Earth Immortal surpasses that from mortal to Human Immortal, and so forth.

However, there are shortcuts available.

If one achieves accomplishments in Dao and deeds in the world, and establishes significant achievements for this realm, it can somewhat reduce the difficulty of cultivation. Not only does cultivation proceed more effectively, but the probability of encountering various tribulations is greatly reduced.

Moreover, to enter higher realms, aside from having sufficient cultivation, one must fulfill a hidden condition of achieving ’satisfactory accomplishments.’

If not, regardless of how high the cultivation level or how strong the power, one will be heavily hindered, unable to break through the original realm!

Jade Spring Fairy now an Earth Immortal, aims to prove the God Immortal Dao Fruit; accomplishments in heaven and earth are indispensable.

And what constitutes accomplishments in Dao and deeds in the world? The will of heaven and earth within the universe has its own mysterious criteria. The simplest method is to guard the heavenly gateway and slay leftover evil from bygone eras.

Additionally, one may cultivate the Selfless Sutra to merge the body with Dao, scatter their cave paradise into the outer realm, cleanse residual resentment forming evil spirits in the corrupt world, establish a Dao tradition to nurture more True Immortal figures, etc., all these can earn considerable accomplishments in heaven and earth!

The righteous path cultivators’ view of ’eradicate demons and protect Dao,’ such as combating evil cultivators and demons or saving countless immortals and mortals, does not earn a single achievement.

Because to the universe’s will, all creatures are but straw dogs, with no essential difference between humans, evil cultivators, demonic beasts, soul ghosts, spiritual monsters, True Dragons, Flower Fairies, the Gold Man race, Thousand-eyed, Smoke Demons, Human-faced Willows, Error Monsters, Single-footed Yakshas, Sound Ghosts, Longevity race, Thousands Insects Evil Corpse, and other beings.

Even demons and monsters who achieve True Immortality and cultivate to Divine Immortal Realm must guard the heavenly gateway to fend off leftover evil from bygone eras.

On the contrary, the battling two Earth Immortals in northern Dongjie Continent caused great harm to the Immortal Realm. Regardless of their origin, they’re seen by the universe’s will as ’evil demon’; if these two Earth Immortals cannot earn enough accomplishments, their future days are likely dire, with cascading tribulations set by the universe’s will!

”Slaying Heavenly Demons can earn accomplishments, could it be...” Shen Mo’s expression changed, contemplating a certain possibility.

”Correct! Heavenly Demons are not native creatures self-evolved in this universe. It is said, that during the ancient era, neither the Immortal Realm nor the Lower Realm had Heavenly Demons or similar races!”

Jade Spring Fairy extracted a Class II Native Heaven Demon using the Taihua Mirror, refined it into a strand of Demonic Qi, and let it disperse into the heaven and earth, ”Heavenly Demons can corrupt, devour all beings, and their residual primal demon intent post-mortem has highly corruptive properties, defiling nature’s spiritual energy, spirit veins, and earth meridians as well as the entirety. Like festering poison, akin to contagious causes, endlessly self-regenerating, and unstoppable!”

”Some senior True Immortal speculated the first Heavenly Demon might originate from a leftover evil of the bygone era. However, no one knows the true name of this king of myriad demons, Heavenly Demon Ancestor. Nor does anyone know whether Heavenly Demons are an embodiment of this person’s primal power or a creature born through exploiting loopholes in the Immortal Path using certain means.”

”Regardless, Heavenly Demons, evil spirits, and leftover evil of the bygone era are all entities the universe’s will aims to eradicate.”

”Careful investigation should reveal the presence of numerous True Immortals. They all have come to eradicate demons and protect Dao and earn accomplishments. If you wish to cultivate smoothly after entering the True Immortal Realm, you can try slaying more Heavenly Demons!”

Shen Mo’s five senses swept out, exploring the Western Dongjie Continent overshadowed by thick Demonic Qi. He indeed vaguely sensed more than ten True Immortal auras, there were Ghost Immortals, Human Immortals, Earth Immortals, some seemed hesitant and thus low-key, others were completely unafraid of Seventh-Order Great Demons, acting with conspicuous brilliance.

”As expected!”

Shen Mo’s heart was stirred, thoughts flickering like lightning.

He had previously inquired from Guan Ling about several matters regarding the Immortal Path, will of the universe, and leftover evils of bygone eras, although Guan Ling never discussed the secrets of Heavenly Demons;

Probably because her master, Empyrean Fairy Yang Jingmu, upon achieving True Immortal, immediately realized the God Immortal Dao Fruit, proceeding directly to guard the heavenly gateway, so that Guan Ling herself was not familiar with other means beyond ’guarding heavenly gateway, fending off leftover evils,’ not knowing ’slaying Heavenly Demons’ as another method to earn accomplishments.

”My True Immortal Dao Fruit has been blocked, no matter how great the merits I establish for this realm, impossible to instantly achieve Divine Immortal, Heavenly Immortal!”

Because when Shen Mo built the Divine Bridge, he chose the method ’He proves my Dao,’ thus seen as one with rebellious thoughts in the eyes of the universe’s may, therefore before officially ’joining the court,’ slaying countless adversaries and establishing copious merits will be ineffective, making it impossible to prove Divine Immortal and Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruits in the universe!

However, the accomplishments earned won’t disappear. So long as enough achievements in heaven and earth are amassed and personal cultivation level is sufficiently high, upon achieving Earth Immortal without needing to guard the heavenly gateway, one may rapidly breakthrough to cultivate the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

When Shen Mo consulted on this matter, Jade Spring Fairy became perplexed: ”Accomplishments in heaven and earth are not as visually observable as Mana, even we True Immortals only vaguely perceive, unaware of precisely how many accomplishments one possesses. Hence, I cannot accurately estimate how many Heavenly Demons you must slay before amassing enough accomplishments to prove Heavenly Immortal! But if you can clear out Dongjie Continent’s Heavenly Demons, calming this Demon Tide, proving the God Immortal Dao Fruit should not be difficult.”

”Fairy places too high a regard on me! In this Demon Tide, the number of Seventh-Order Great Demons is no less than fivefold, and they hold advantageous terrain, even numerous True Immortals gathered here cannot easily prevail. How is it possible for me, merely a humble Formless Realm cultivator, to obliterate them all? I can only do my best.”

Despite saying this, Shen Mo inwardly began calculating.

If within bearable limits, refining enough Demon Soul Generals to deploy the God Slaying Array, could it possibly slay a Seventh-Order Great Demon?

Since already decided to linger in Dongjie Continent for some time, Shen Mo straightforwardly took lodgings on Yinsu Mountain and commenced setting up Formations, preparing to transform this mountain into a temporary base.