Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

"Click——"

The crack in the sky was like the claws of some invisible giant beast suddenly tearing open, making a harsh and sharp shattering sound.

The entire sky seemed to be peeling off piece by piece like fragile glass, and the fragments flew like snow, but turned into black mist and dissipated before hitting the ground. What shone through the clouds was not sunlight, but a strange green halo, like the pupils of some creature reflected on the sky.

The figure of Yu Lin Immortal Emperor stood in the void. His originally majestic and dignified face was now distorted into an indescribable hideous appearance. His eyes were sunken, with dark green liquid surging in his pupils. His body began to tremble violently, as if something inside was trying to break free.

With a chilling "crackling" sound, the hem of the robe suddenly split open, and countless transparent tentacles multiplied wildly like water snakes, and in the blink of an eye it expanded into a huge gray-white net that covered the sky and the sun.

Those immortal officials who were entangled let out inhuman screams, their heads exploded like ripe fruits, dense buds quickly grew on their necks, and tender green new branches penetrated their flesh and blood, swaying gently in the wind, as if mocking the fragility of life.

"The Immortal Emperor has fallen, run!"

The chief elder of the Tianfeng Imperial Palace screamed in fear, and she burned her blood to sacrifice her life weapon, the Red Gold Umbrella. The umbrella exploded into thousands of fire feathers in the air, and the blazing flames illuminated half of the sky.

However, before these sparks could touch the Jade Lin Immortal Emperor, they were all swallowed up by tree roots that suddenly emerged from the void. Those were not the roots of ordinary trees at all. The surface of each root was covered with blinking eyes, and sticky brain-like liquid flowed in the cross-section, emitting a rotten smell.

The ground suddenly rose into a mound dozens of feet high, accompanied by a teeth-grinding sound of bones shifting. The spine of the Jade Lin Immortal Emperor pierced through the luxurious imperial robe, rising higher and higher to become a pale tree trunk. His limbs drooped like melted wax, taking root and sprouting the moment they touched the ground. What burst out from his fingertips were not tender branches, but vascular vines densely entwined with nerve bundles!
"ho"

A bloody crack appeared in the middle of the trunk, running vertically up and down. The inner wall of the slowly opening bark was actually lined with seven rows of sharp teeth. Amid the chewing sounds, three seriously injured Phoenix elders were dragged into the tree mouth by the suddenly growing aerial roots. The moment the sharp teeth closed, sticky blood plasma gushed out from between the teeth, corroding the ground within a radius of a hundred feet into honeycomb-like holes.

The air was filled with a suffocating stench. This sudden disaster seemed to have alarmed the will of the world. Above the imperial palace, the sky and the earth changed color, and countless thunderclouds gathered.

However, before the thunderclouds could condense into shape, they were dispersed by an invisible wave. Yulin Immortal Emperor emerged from the tree again and cast his Extreme Water Domain, instantly covering the entire imperial palace and concealing the aura of the strange tree.

"You, you, you are not Yu Lin, who are you?"

Seeing this scene, the voice of the second elder of the Phoenix clan, who had suffered severe damage, trembled.

"Quack!" The Jade Lin Immortal Emperor gave him a cold look, his gray and strange eyes instantly severely injured him.

The exclamation of the second elder of the Wind Clan came to an abrupt end—his shadow suddenly stood up like a living thing, a gray-white tree root broke out of his body, and his body quickly shriveled up.

His life and the origin of the Tao were completely devoured and transported along the roots of the tree. A new branch grew out of the trunk at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, the new branch was soon covered with bell-shaped tumors, and each tumor seemed to be nurturing a white robe.

Under the gray giant tree, deep in the countless roots, thousands of monks' bodies gradually merged with the trunk. They were still alive, their eyes full of despair, struggling in pain. The giant tree not only absorbed their physical pain, but also absorbed their negative emotions generated in the process of being tortured, as if this was the source of its strength.

The entire imperial palace was transforming into a living forest. The columns twisted into vines that entangled the intestines, the glazed tiles transformed into layers of mushroom caps, and the polluted immortal soldiers merged with the ground. Their heads squeezed out from the gaps between the tree roots, and their wide-open mouths continuously spit out spores with barbs. Every spore took root and sprouted as soon as it landed, spreading rapidly, as if it was going to swallow up the entire world.

"Swish—"

Countless wriggling sounds came from all directions, as if millions of insects and ants were gnawing at the heart of the earth. The Nirvana fire of the remains of the Tianfeng Immortal Emperor was suddenly pulled by some force, turning into thousands of streams of fire that were cast towards the center of the tree trunk.

The moment it sank into the tree, red lines appeared on the surface of the entire strange tree, and a white fruit in the shape of a phoenix slowly grew on the top of the tree crown. The fruit was crystal clear, and the outline of a curled up gray-white baby bird could be vaguely seen inside.

"Perfect... so perfect..."

The blood seams on the tree trunks squirmed and exclaimed in admiration, mixed with the wailing of the Jade Scale Immortal Emperor and thousands of strange souls. The hanging tumors suddenly burst at the same time, and the blood mist condensed in the air into a group of gray-white moths that covered the sky. Their wings glowed with a metallic luster, and their flight paths were irregular, as if controlled by some unknown will.

The most terrifying thing was that where the roots spread, strange wrinkles began to appear in the space; the third elder tried to perform a space escape technique, but found himself crashing into the inside of the tree trunk - his skin quickly turned into wood grain, and his terrified face was forever frozen on the surface of the bark, becoming one of the thousands of human face reliefs. His consciousness could not dissipate, and he could only helplessly watch as his soul was absorbed by the tree trunk, tortured, and turned into part of the nutrients.

"The Dao... has been polluted..."

With his remaining consciousness, he saw that the gray-white moths were gnawing at the laws of heaven and earth. The scales and powder they dropped when their wings flapped caused a corrupted blood vessel network to emerge in the void. The sacred Wutong tree, stained by the scales and powder, began to grow in reverse. The branches that should have been bright and shining faded into white bones. A low whimper came from the branches and leaves, like the cry of the whole world.

"boom!"

The Phoenix Fruit on the tree crown suddenly exploded, and the splashing juice turned into chains in the air, dragging the remains of the Phoenix Emperor to the tree trunk. Her left leg merged with the bark as soon as it touched it, and the crystal-clear Emperor bone grew coral-like crystals at the fusion point. Her consciousness was still struggling, but she could not stop the complete alienation of her body.

When the last elder was pierced through the crown of his head by an aerial root, the entire strange tree suddenly trembled violently, and all its roots penetrated deep into the earth veins at the same time. The purest spiritual veins in the fairy world were actually dyed a dirty grayish white. The complete facial features of the Jade Lin Immortal Emperor appeared on the surface of the strange tree's branches, but his eyes had turned into a terrifying strange white, like a portal to hell.

At the original site of the Tianfeng Imperial Palace, a giant tree several dozen feet high grew rapidly, covering the entire Imperial Palace. At the same time, endless mist was released, gathering and covering up the strange aura that was spreading. Occasionally, scarlet light flashed in the mist, as if countless pairs of eyes were spying on the outside world.

"not enough……"

The mouth on the tree trunk opened into an exaggerated arc, and the breath it exhaled caused the clouds within a thousand miles to condense into a solid mass resembling rotten meat. It murmured greedily, "I need more..."

Following this whisper, the tumors hanging on the tree branches fell one after another, and gray-white strange soldiers with faces similar to those of the Jade Lin Immortal Emperor crawled out of each exploded tumor. They quickly changed their shapes, and the strange white in their pupils quickly dissipated, and in the blink of an eye they turned into vivid immortal monarchs and immortal soldiers, spreading towards the immortal city surrounding the Tianfeng Imperial Palace.

……

When the Tianfeng Immortal Emperor fell and the Imperial Palace fell, Taixuan Sword Master, who was far away in the Taixuan Sword Sect, recuperating in seclusion in a secret room, suddenly felt something and his face changed drastically.

Taixuan Sword Master suddenly opened his eyes, and a broken sky was reflected in the depths of his pupils, as if he saw a gray-white mist covering it. The outline of a giant tree that reached from the sky to the earth could be vaguely seen, with branches twisted like a dying dragon, and countless wriggling human-shaped fruits hanging from the crown of the tree.

"Damn it! What on earth happened!"

Taixuan Sword Master's knuckles suddenly made a crisp sound, and the jade table was crushed into powder by the sword's vibration. Dozens of bulges suddenly appeared on his right arm meridians, and gray-white lines like tree roots appeared under his skin - the old wounds he got from suppressing the will of the strange world in the Demon Abyss fifty years ago recurred at this moment, and the power was doubled. "Puff——"

A mouthful of black blood spurted out, and it made a corrosive sound when it fell on the ground. The Sword Master's face changed drastically, and the sword energy in his body instinctively surged out, forming a three-foot sword aura around his body. But the gray-white lines were like living things, and they actually climbed up along the sword aura, and the sword energy dissipated wherever it passed.

"Taixuan Sword Domain, open!"

Taixuan Sword Master shouted, and nine sword beams suddenly lit up between his brows. Nine ancient swords of different shapes appeared out of thin air in the secret room, with the sword tips facing inwards and surrounding him in the center. Each sword was wrapped with sword energy of different colors, red like flames, green like water, and dark like the abyss.
The nine swords rang out simultaneously, and the clear sound of the swords resounded through the secret room. The gray and white lines seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, twisting wildly and shrinking towards the left arm of the Sword Master.

Taixuan Sword Master knew that this was only temporary suppression - after the great battle fifty years ago, it took him ten years to regenerate his left arm and seal this strange power in his arm. Now it was erupting without any warning.

"Tian Feng has fallen?" Tai Xuan Jian Zun suddenly looked up, with sword light flashing in his eyes. He had already sensed the disappearance of Tian Feng Immortal Emperor's aura and was shocked.

"It must have happened!"

Taixuan Sword Master hesitated whether to go to Tianfeng Immortal Emperor's palace to investigate, however, the strange poison in his body had not been eliminated...

"Somebody come!"

Taixuan Sword Master shouted in a low voice, and the sword servants outside the secret room sensed the call and immediately pushed the door open and entered. The leading sword servant knelt on one knee, his voice trembling slightly: "Master Sword Master, you..."

Before he could finish his words, the Sword Servant saw the hideously wriggling gray-white lines on Taixuan Sword Master's left arm and his face turned pale.

"Go and invite Elder Xiaochen." Taixuan Sword Master spoke in a low voice, the sleeve of his left arm fluttering without wind, and a tree root-like object could be vaguely seen moving under the skin: "I want to see him within half a minute."

The sword servant took the order and retreated. Not long after, an old man in a white robe came over with a sword.

The old man had white hair and beard, a sword-like vertical line between his eyebrows, and a condensed aura around him like an abyss - it was none other than Xiao Chenzi, the head of the three great elders of Taixuan Sword Sect.

"Brother, your injury..." Xiao Chenzi's pupils suddenly shrank as he stepped into the secret room. The ancient sword "Frost" on his waist automatically unsheathed three inches, and the cold sword energy froze the ground into a layer of white frost.

Taixuan Sword Master raised his hand to stop him from getting closer: "I'm fine. Tianfeng Immortal Emperor has fallen."

The short eight characters were like thunder. Xiao Chenzi's figure flashed, and the bluestone bricks under his feet turned into powder silently: "How is this possible? With her strength, who can kill her!"

Taixuan Sword Master was silent for a moment, then slowly reached into his arms with his right hand and took out a radiant golden phoenix feather. As soon as the phoenix feather appeared, the entire secret room was suddenly filled with red-hot light, and the clear cry of a phoenix could be heard faintly.

"Brother, how come you know that the Immortal Emperor Tianfeng is Zhenyu!" Xiao Chenzi asked in surprise.

Before he finished speaking, the light on the phoenix feather suddenly flickered violently. Taixuan Jianzun's face darkened, and a spider-web-like gray pattern appeared at the root of the feather, spreading to the entire feather in an instant. With a crisp sound like breaking porcelain, this real feather containing the original power of the Heavenly Phoenix Immortal Emperor actually shattered in front of the two of them, and finally turned into a handful of ashes that flowed down from his fingers.

Xiao Chenzi staggered back two steps and said absentmindedly: "The true feather has turned into ashes. This is a sign of the annihilation of both body and soul!"

Taixuan Sword Master stared at the embers in his palm. The gray lines on his left arm suddenly surged violently. He groaned, and his nine natal flying swords made sharp clanging sounds at the same time. The same gray and white lines as the phoenix feather appeared on the swords.

Taixuan Sword Master suddenly raised his head, with a terrifying sword light bursting out of his eyes. He looked at Xiao Chenzi and ordered: "You should leave immediately for the Tianfeng Imperial Palace and find out the truth. But remember - if there is any abnormal situation, flee at the first time, don't fight!"

"Yes!" Xiao Chenzi gladly responded, turned around and flew away on his sword.

In the spiritual world, in the vast starry sky, a floating fairy island shaped like a black tortoise is quietly suspended.

The ancient star-lit tree on the island moved without wind, and starlight was scattered when its leaves collided. The Starry Sky Ancestor, who was sitting cross-legged at the root of the ancient tree, suddenly groaned, and under his skin covered with star-like patterns, several gray-white root-like patterns suddenly emerged.

The wrinkled eyelids of Star Dome Patriarch twitched violently. He clasped his hands together and skillfully activated the Star Power Demon Seal. The formation composed of 99,000 star sands beneath his body immediately lit up and turned into countless starlight chains that wrapped around his entire body.

The gray and white lines twisted wildly under the restraint of the starlight, and made a harsh sound like the friction between metal and stone.

Fine beads of sweat oozed from the forehead of the Starry Sky Ancestor, and a giant star turtle carrying a star map appeared behind him. As the star turtle roared, the wandering poisons were forcibly suppressed.

"call--"

The Starry Sky Patriarch let out a long sigh, a solemn look flashed across his face, and he looked up into the depths of the sea of ​​stars.

"The destiny of heaven is in such disarray, the catastrophe is not over yet!"

The Starry Sky Ancestor muttered to himself, and his fingers covered with age spots suddenly inserted into the Star Island.

As the Starry Sky Patriarch inserted his finger, the entire floating island began to tremble. The nine ancient tortoise shells suspended in the surroundings lit up at the same time, forming the shape of a celestial sphere in the air.

"Using my life span as a guide, the star map of heaven will appear!"

In an instant, the nine tortoise shells spun wildly, projecting endless starlight, which appeared in front of the Starry Sky Ancestor, interweaving into a vast and terrifying picture.

The old ancestor's pupils suddenly shrank, and his skinny fingers moved rapidly. Every time he moved, ten years of his lifespan burned, but the image he derived was blurry and unclear. He could vaguely see the outline of a magnificent and dilapidated imperial palace, with gray and white roots crawling all over the palace walls, and a giant strange tree with human-shaped fruits hanging on it... (End of this chapter)