I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

The process of opening the 'Burial Immortal Temple' by combining the power of all the demon lords was surprisingly smooth.

However, when Wei Tu and the others pushed open the palace door, they saw only ruins filled with ashes and dimmed spiritual light.

The murals, runes, and precious spiritual materials on the walls were either destroyed or completely cut down, leaving only pits of varying sizes in the original location.

This is in stark contrast to the magnificent scene outside the palace.

The difference is enormous.

“It’s the aura of an ancient demon…” Wei Tu noticed the enduring and domineering traces of magical power left behind in these ruins.

This kind of immortal magical power, which can last for hundreds of thousands of years, can only be left unintentionally by ancient demons at the level of Demon Ancestor or above.

Clearly, the 'Temple of Burial Immortals' within this 'Rebirth Realm' had already been visited long before them.

Moreover, the ancient demons who visited this 'secret place' are very likely the ancient demon army that attacked Shengguang Realm back then.

Only a great war like this, which conquers an entire realm, could possibly gather so many demon ancestors, leaving behind these unusually chaotic auras within this hall...

However, the Illusionary Arm Venerable and the others who witnessed this scene seemed to have expected it, and did not show any excessive surprise. After entering the hall, they immediately released their vast divine sense to search inch by inch, as if they were intentionally looking for something.

At this moment, Wei Tu also pondered for a while, and then, without any concealment, opened his 'Hun'e Evil Eye' and began searching, just like the others.

Just now, the 'importance' shown to him by the Illusionary Arm Demon Lord, Firestone Venerable, and others has proven that these people no longer harbor any contempt for him.

So instead of concealing our strength and continuing to cower and play the fool, it would be better to show our strength now and seize the opportunity here as early as possible!

After fully opening the 'Hun'e Evil Eye'.

Soon, Wei Tu discovered some broken spiritual objects in the ruins that were difficult to detect and resembled ordinary objects, as well as some spiritual restrictions that were still in operation deep inside the walls of the hall.

Unfortunately, apart from the spiritual energy contained within them, these broken spiritual objects showed little to no supernatural properties.

As for those spirit seals hidden deep within...

It also seems to be merely a spiritual barrier to maintain the operation of the great array outside the hall, and has nothing to do with the 'treasures' that may exist inside the hall, or... the 'reincarnation object' that was being pursued by the Illusionary Arm Demon Lord and others.

Everything was very ordinary.

It was as if there were no treasures inside the hall at all.

Or perhaps... these treasures were already seized by the ancient demon army of yesteryear.

“No! No! Since this palace was conquered by the ancient demon army back then, why... after arriving today, have the gate to the realm of rebirth and the formation outside the palace been restored to their original state?” Suddenly, Wei Tu realized this and felt something was wrong.

Since those ancient demons have so thoroughly destroyed the interior of this 'Burial Immortal Temple,' it's impossible for them to turn back and continue repairing the array outside the temple...

Alternatively, after the ancient demon army, other cultivators may have taken over and repaired the spiritual barrier outside the palace.

Or perhaps the 'Temple of Burial Immortals' itself contains something strange...

“Red Feather Ghost Insects!” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed, and his extended divine sense immediately locked onto the sea of ​​red feather ghost insects outside the hall, which resembled a red tide and numbered in the hundreds of millions.

Unlike the ancient demons in the hall, he was a proper cultivator who had ascended from the human realm.

I had seen these strange insects when I was in the 'Crimson Sea' in the human realm.

These strange insects could not have appeared in the human world without a reason!
It is highly likely that they originated from this realm of reincarnation...

“Using spirit insects to restore the spirit restriction and the origin... While rare in the cultivation world, it is not impossible.” Wei Tu’s gaze sharpened as he pondered to himself.

He was deceived by the attack on the "Burial Immortal Temple" by the "Red Feather Ghost Insects" outside the temple, and thus did not expect that the two were very likely to be closely related.

However, at this moment, he did not openly fly out of the hall to come into contact with these 'red-feathered ghost insects' again.

After pondering for a moment, he immediately focused his divine sense on a red jade box inside the storage artifact and opened it directly with his magic power.

Inside, besides a scroll, was a new 'Red Feather Ghost Insect' that looked exactly like the insect swarm outside.

Then, Wei Tu calmly and secretly infiltrated his divine sense into the body of the 'Red Feather Ghost Insect', using his senses to once again perceive the dilapidated hall.

next moment.

A feeling different from before instantly surfaced in his mind.

The ruins are still the same ruins.

But there was a certain place inside the hall that held a strong attraction for him.

It was as if flying into this place was their mission, and that they would immediately receive some kind of 'bliss'.

It was a mural, an ordinary mural, depicting figures and scenery that were all incomplete, with only a portrait of a long-bearded old man with a "Taoist air" remaining relatively intact.

With one hand forming a hand seal, he stood amidst a sea of ​​fire depicting hellish demons...

Around this sea of ​​fire, there are murals depicting places that resemble the celestial realm and the mortal world.

There are six locations in total, which clearly represent the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the cultivation world.

However, despite noticing this anomaly, Wei Tu remained calm. As before, he looked left and right before slowly walking to the vicinity of the portrait of the 'long-bearded old man'.

However, at that very moment, just as Wei Tu was about to examine the portrait of the 'long-bearded old man' more closely, the portrait suddenly emitted a divine sense that landed on his 'magic shield'.

Wei Tuwei was taken aback.

Suddenly, a voice that was very familiar to him rang in his mind.

"Senior Brother Wei."

The voice was clear and slightly gentle, very similar to that of 'Fairy Xiao'.

“Wei Tu! You must be Wei Tu. Besides Wei Tu… no one else would care about that remnant spirit and willingly enter the illusion…” Immediately afterward, a hoarse voice appeared viciously within this consciousness.

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu's expression changed slightly, becoming somewhat cold.

As he expected, the 'Fairy Xiao' in the illusion was not an illusion, but a real remnant spirit...

Moreover, it was also the remnant spirit of 'Su Bing'er' whom he met in the human world.

Similarly, based on this 'fruit,' his deduction about the red-feathered ghost insects in the human realm is indeed closely related to the red-feathered ghost insects in the realm of rebirth.

"If the souls of cultivators devoured by the Crimson Feather Ghost Insects haven't been dead for too long, there's a certain chance they can be resurrected..."

"Keep my existence a secret! When you return to this place, I can help you revive that remnant spirit."

This divine sense spoke again.

only--

Before he could finish speaking...

The Venerable Firestone, who was also in the hall, seemed to have noticed the strangeness of the 'Red Feather Ghost Insect'. Under the watchful eyes of the demons, he flew out of the hall and directly raised his hand to capture a 'Red Feather Ghost Insect' from the sea of ​​insects, and examined it carefully.

"Damn it. How can you ancient demons be so clever and cunning?" The voice in the divine consciousness paused slightly before uttering these words of despair.

"The conditions have changed. Kill these ancient demons, and you will receive a resurrected Junior Sister Su..."

This divine consciousness spoke again.

However, upon hearing this, Wei Tu seemed to have made up his mind about something. He nodded with a slight glint in his eyes, and then shook his head.

"It's unrealistic to expect me to kill these ancient demons all by myself. Since you were able to revive my junior sister, why don't you take matters into your own hands and kill these people?"

Wei Tu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the divine sense fell silent and remained speechless for a long while.

At that moment, Wei Tu pretended not to notice anything unusual about the portrait of the 'long-bearded old man' and his figure flashed past the mural.

A quarter of an hour later.

Using the senses of the 'Red Feather Ghost Insect', Venerable Firestone, just like Wei Tu, arrived in front of the portrait of the 'Long-Bearded Old Man'.

However, he was much more brutal than Wei Tu. He grabbed forward with his right hand and tore the mural apart, revealing a spiritual barrier hidden inside the mural, which was flashing with a blue light.

With a few hand seals, the azure spiritual barrier instantly broke, revealing a thumb-sized, extremely mysterious hole leading to a deeper depth.

"Alright! There's no need for us to test each other any further. If you stand by and watch me be killed by these ancient demons... your Junior Sister Su will never see the light of day again." The next moment, a very urgent old man's voice rang in Wei Tu's ears, similar to the previous divine voice.

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu's eyes flashed, and he used his 'Hun'e Evil Eye' to peer into the hole.

Soon, the 'space' behind the hole was completely seen by his spatial spiritual eyes.

Inside, there was a magnificent hall of similar size to the ruins of this main hall, and its style and design seemed to be exactly the same as the ruins, just like it was before it was destroyed.

However, the materials used were extremely simple, with only the lowest-grade materials used for decoration.

At the same time, unlike the ruins, there was also a 'blood pool' that covered an area of ​​several tens of feet.

Within the pool, a crimson-feathered ghost insect, the size of an infant's fist and radiating a brilliant spiritual light, was suspended.

At this moment, the 'Red Feather Ghost Insect' was flying around wildly, looking extremely anxious.

"The king of the Crimson Feather Ghost Insects...?" Upon seeing this, Wei Tu's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, 'No wonder.'

At first, he thought that the divine consciousness was the work of some remnant soul in the hall. After all, it was not unimaginable that the immortals who died in battle in the Radiant Realm would leave behind a wisp or two of remnant souls...

But after hearing the insect's incoherent words, even if he still had doubts, he was certain that it was not the remnant soul of the immortal he feared.

There's no other reason than that even if the remnant soul of an immortal is severely damaged, its wisdom is unlikely to be significantly diminished in this process.

Only newly born 'spirits' like this insect would reveal their foolishness when they pretend to be old-fashioned.

However, what puzzled him was why the king of this red-feathered ghost insect had stayed in this place and had never left.

Leaving aside the possibility of escaping the Realm of Rebirth, knowing that they had arrived, blending into the sea of ​​'Red Feather Ghost Insects' outside the hall would have been a good way to escape. Why bother asking this outsider for help at this moment?

“It seems to be that pool of blood…” Wei Tu narrowed his eyes and noticed the terrifying and profound power of laws floating above the pool of blood.

These laws bound the body of the Crimson Feathered Ghost Insect King to its spot.

No matter how anxious it was, it could not escape the pool of blood.

"These laws of power seem to be... the legendary supreme laws?" Upon seeing this, Wei Tu was stunned for a moment, and then his heart began to pound violently.

The supreme spiritual energy that nurtures the 'Supreme Spirit Law' is the key to a fully-fledged being able to 'build a foundation for immortality' and break through to the Mahayana realm.

With this item, even a cultivator at the Integration Stage can transcend the mortal realm and ascend to immortality!

However, he never expected that this 'Rebirth Realm' contained not only the 'reincarnation items' coveted by the Illusionary Arm Demon Lord and others, but also this legendary 'Great Vehicle Opportunity'...

But after a moment's thought, he suddenly realized.

The Hundred Spirits Demon Realm is the core interface of the Great Realm of Victory, equivalent to the 'pseudo-immortal realm' of this realm.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the 'Supreme Spiritual Energy' within the Radiant Realm will be stored within this Realm of Rebirth.

"But why is this 'Supreme Spiritual Energy' blood-red..." Suddenly, Wei Tu, realizing this, changed his expression again, vaguely thinking of something bad.

However, what's more important to him right now isn't investigating this matter in detail, but rather his 'cooperation' with the Crimson Feather Ghost Insect King!
"Later, when I and these ancient demons enter this secret chamber, if you fly here to me first... I might have a way to save your life." Wei Tu's eyes flashed slightly, and after adjusting his sleeves, he said this in a calm voice.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, are you truly serious?"

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Feather Ghost Insect King was clearly delighted and nodded in agreement without hesitation.

……

The ancient demons present did not notice the exchange between Wei Tu and the Crimson Feather Ghost Insect King.

Only the Demon Lord Lianwu, who had been paying close attention to Wei Tu, was quite concerned about Wei Tu's previous lingering in front of the portrait of the 'long-bearded old man'.

However, no one could know that Wei Tu already possessed a 'Red Feather Ghost Insect' before he came to this Rebirth Realm.

Therefore, this suspicion flashed by and was quickly suppressed by the Demon Lord Lianwu.

"That pool of blood is..."

At this moment, Venerable Huoshi and the others, who had also glimpsed the scene in the secret chamber, had a fleeting look of surprise on the Crimson Feather Ghost Insect King before their attention was instantly drawn to the pool of blood.

"It contains pure 'Supreme Spiritual Energy'!" The cultivators were all shocked.

Surprisingly, Venerable Huoshi, who was standing at the very front, hesitated at this moment and did not show the courage that a 'Great Integration Cultivator' should have, and did not take the lead in seizing this 'Great Ascension Opportunity'.

Other cultivators might not have noticed this scene, but Wei Tu, who had been keeping a close eye on this 'secret chamber,' saw it clearly.

“Or perhaps it’s the danger hidden within the fear…” Wei Tu shook his head, not dwelling on it, and temporarily suppressed this doubt in his heart. (End of this chapter)