There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Wang Ping used the 'Heavenly Talisman' to observe this vast, interwoven web of the universe. According to past understanding, Wei Ling would most likely have perished by now, because her life force could no longer connect to this web.

However, the rules of the universe allowed her to exist in another form of rules. It was a vast world of rules that was endless and had no end in sight. Even with all his cultivation, Wang Ping could only see the tip of the iceberg. And within that tip of the iceberg, he sensed his own destiny.

Compared to the network of rules in this starry sky, his fate is insignificant in that vast world of rules, and the fates connected to him are like the moonlight compared to a firefly.

"Fellow Daoist Changqing, do not lose your way!"

Xuanqing's voice rang in Wang Ping's ears, "The Taiyan Secret Technique can allow you to see many extraordinary things, but you only need to remember that the rules of our starry sky will not collapse so easily, otherwise there would be no us."

Wang Ping snapped out of his daze, and Xinghai's voice appeared in his consciousness: "Don't overcomplicate the world outside the realm. The problems they face are far more serious than those in this starry sky. For example, the simplest destructive storm is something that even I have to avoid. You must have glimpsed it when you observed my past, right?"

"I just want to find out more."

Wang Ping's consciousness was not affected. Just as Xinghai said, when he observed Xinghai's past, he saw a more terrifying destruction of the universe than what he had just observed.

Lieyang asked, "What did you see?"

Wang Ping replied, "Wei Ling is no longer the Wei Ling of the past. She only possesses her memories. Her current state is like ours. She is one of the sources of demonic energy on the border. However, her cultivation level can only be considered as the initial stage of the fifth realm. To destroy her existence, we would probably have to clean up the entire demonic energy world on the border."

Bai Yan continued, "Fellow Daoist Changqing is right. And don't forget, the border rebels still have a Qianxi, as well as dozens of Star Gods who have obtained the Sixth Realm Star Mystic Technique. The two people next to Wei Ling right now have no information about them in my intelligence system. I suspect they don't belong to our universe either. Furthermore, there's that extraterrestrial consciousness that the demon race mentioned..."

“Wei Ling’s matter reminds me of one of our plans back then.” Xuan Qing looked at Wang Ping and said, “Back then, we planned to use the wood spirit in Hui Shan’s body to cultivate some Great Luo Realm demon cultivators so that they could directly switch to cultivating the wood spirit rules. We first used the relatively stable fourth-realm gold spirit for our experiment, but unfortunately, we didn’t succeed even once, so we gave up later.”

"Are you suggesting that Wei Ling used the method you derived back then to carry out the conversion?" Wang Ping asked seriously.

"You don't need to worry too much. According to the information Yuan Wu brought back, cultivators at the fifth realm outside the realm are extremely rare. There can't be many demonic sources that can directly switch to cultivation!" Bai Yan said coldly, then looked at Lie Yang: "She looks just like you guys when you fell from the sky back then!"

"Haha~"

Lieyang laughed it off, his gaze quickly sweeping over Wang Ping and Xuan Qing, and asked, "So? What are your thoughts? Tiangong has already made a move, shouldn't we show our support?"

“Let the demons test the waters first!” Xuan Qing quickly replied, glancing at Bai Yan. His tone was full of distrust towards the demons, not out of fear of battle.

Wang Ping's gaze swept over the three of them before he replied, "Since Fellow Daoist Diwen and Fellow Daoist Tiangong have already made their move, let's take this opportunity to meet the so-called extraterrestrial consciousness. I need to lock onto their aura in this world to define them."

Upon hearing this, Lieyang took out a specially made communication token and sent out three urgent messages in succession, saying with a smile, "The Dragon Lord must keep an eye on things back there, lest any problems arise."

Xuan Qing was contacting the other demon clan True Monarchs, and Wang Ping, seeing this, also took out his communication token to contact Zang Yi and Yue Xi of the Star God Alliance.

The bowstring at the front line was drawn taut but ultimately did not fall. Diwen and Tiangong knew very well that under such circumstances, even if they suppressed the three demonic cultivators in front of them, they could not completely eliminate them. Although the rebels spoke harshly, they knew that they could not currently confront the power of the True Monarchs head-on.

Zhu Wu, Niu Pan, Wang Xuan, and Quan Xing quickly received Xuan Qing's decree. Having been paying close attention to the front lines, they knew they could not refuse the order, so they immediately used their magic power to transform into streaks of light and fly to the front lines.

"Keep an eye on them! The demon race is an important force for us to maintain order!"

Xuanqing said to Wang Ping.

Wang Ping confidently replied, "Don't worry, as long as they don't break into the rebel heartland, under the rules of this starry sky, they won't die as long as I keep an eye on them."

As he spoke, his figure flashed, and in an instant he appeared in the orbit of the outer planet. As the emerald green light spread around him, the invisible wood spirit world rapidly unfolded. A phantom of a Jianmu tree grew wildly behind him, covering the entire outer planet in the blink of an eye, attracting the attention of the cultivators who were building defensive formations nearby, followed by devout prayers.

Lieyang, Xuanqing, and Baiyan also appeared one after another. Lieyang and Xuanqing stared at the demonic world constructed by the rebels with murderous intent, while Baiyan remained aloof.

At this moment, an array diagram appeared beneath Wang Ping's feet. Part of his consciousness was focused on the front line, while the other part was used to deduce the secrets of heaven. Meanwhile, the rules of the golden core around Xuan Qing were constantly changing, clearly indicating that he was also calculating something.

Just then, Zhu Wu, Niu Pan, Wang Xuan, and Quan Xing arrived at the front line. They exchanged a glance with Bai Xin and Hou Ji, then transformed into an arrow released from a bow, charging towards Wei Ling and the other two.

The moment they made their move, the rules of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang in the region of Earth and Heavenly Craftsmanship were suddenly strengthened. The starry sky seemed to be filled with colorful light, and sunlight pierced through the darkness beyond the realm, melting away the cold. Countless ice crystals shattered beneath the starry sky.

Just as the six True Monarchs of the Demon Clan were about to approach Wei Ling and her two companions, a strange torrent of energy suddenly burst forth from the rear of the rebel army.

This torrent possessed a pure, ethereal quality; wherever it passed, the starry sky seemed to vanish as if erased by an eraser. It was neither darkness nor light, but a force that utterly denied existence.

Even more terrifying is that the rules of the starry sky were altered wherever this energy passed. An area with a diameter of a thousand miles was completely reduced to nothingness. Any spell would automatically collapse here, and even the most basic circulation of spiritual energy was cut off, like corrosive ink splashed on a painting.

This also blocked the attack of the six demon race True Monarchs. When the rules of heaven and earth repaired this starry sky, fifteen auras of the fifth realm star gods appeared behind the rebel army. They were all wearing standard combat leather armor. Three star gods with the same ability formed a special magic array. Then, the five magic arrays were vaguely connected to form an even larger strangulation array.

These star gods looked vacant, like walking corpses, but their physical bodies and primordial spirits were fine! Just then, Zang Yi and Yue Xi arrived at the front line. Without hesitation, they followed the six demon race true lords and appeared on their flanks.

The six demon race True Monarchs intertwined their figures, their consciousness exchanging hundreds of times in an instant.

Zhu Wu's muscles bulged, his fifth-realm 'Power' talent pushed to its limit. When he unleashed his fists, even the starry sky seemed to distort. Niu Pan revealed his true form as a green ox, his massive body complementing Zhu Wu's impact.

The five magic arrays formed by the fifteen star gods opposite are categorized according to their abilities: speech, secrecy, dreams, and reproduction. Among them, there are two magic arrays for the speech ability.

The two official formations echoed each other, and the power of rule modification spread like ripples. Whenever the demon race's true lord used his supernatural powers, the formations would immediately distort the local rules, causing Zhu Wu's fist force to suddenly deviate from its trajectory, and the power of Niu Pan's impact would inevitably weaken.

The hidden magic array transformed into flowing shadows, weaving an invisible net in the starry space. Just as Bai Xin was about to unleash the Star Devouring Technique, the surrounding starry sky would suddenly fall into absolute darkness. Quan Xing's spiritual senses frantically warned them in their ocean of consciousness. Just then, Hou Ji activated the spatial jump, and his five clones simultaneously formed hand seals, dragging Bai Xin out of the darkness.

At this moment, the dream array quietly activated, and countless fragments of memory burrowed into the consciousness of the demons like venomous snakes. Fortunately, Yuexi's dream veil was deployed in time to build a defense line at the level of consciousness. Zang Yi's ability as a speech official continuously countered the rule modification, but the two speech official arrays on the other side took turns taking effect, leaving him overwhelmed.

The most bizarre thing is the magic array that enables reproduction. When a demon lord casts a spell, they suddenly activate their abilities, causing the spell's energy to expand continuously, resulting in the demon lord being devoured by his own spell.

Niu Pan and Zhu Wu tried to break through with force, but they were trapped in the huge magic array and could not get out. As a result, the battle between the two sides entered a stalemate in a short period of time.

"Did you see it?"

The blazing sun in the outer orbit of the star looked at Wang Ping.

Wang Ping nodded in agreement: "They still belong to the beings of this starry sky. Although their consciousness has some problems, this may be a side effect caused by some secret method to improve their cultivation. However, their vitality is still recorded in the rules of order."

"Suppressing consciousness, erasing a portion of humanity, and adding the aid of demonic energy can indeed rapidly increase cultivation, but what's the point if one becomes like a puppet?"

Xuanqing shook his head, clearly disagreeing with this method of cultivation.

Wang Ping said, "They are not a concern. The important thing is the people behind them." As he spoke, he looked at Lieyang and Xuanqing, who both nodded slightly to him, indicating that they were there to provide support.

The next moment, an invisible teleportation array unfolded under the boundless starry sky a thousand miles behind the six demon race True Monarchs on the front line.

Wang Ping appeared silently. As the five talismans unfolded around him, each one reflected different rules and patterns. His eyes reflected a vast network of interwoven cosmic rules, with the network of fifteen star god life forces clearly visible.

As Wang Ping's idea surfaced, the fifteen Star Gods simultaneously felt a pang of fear. They instinctively tried to cast spells, but found that they couldn't even activate the magic array. The Censor opened his mouth to change the rules, but couldn't utter a single decree. The Hidden One wanted to escape into the shadows, but couldn't find the entrance to the shadows.

To the others, what they saw was the sudden collapse of the formation of the fifteen star gods without warning. The fifteen star gods inside the formation were even more desperate, because they felt that their years of hard-earned cultivation were now like a mirage, visible but untouchable.

Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and the other eight were also taken aback, but then they realized that it was Wang Ping who made the move. They immediately seized the opportunity to try to defeat the star gods in front of them, but they found that the body of the censor star god closest to him was undergoing a terrible disintegration. His skin had a semi-transparent texture, like melting ice crystals, and they could clearly see that the internal spiritual veins were breaking apart one by one like broken strings.

Moonlit Dream Veil captured the last wisp of consciousness from a Star God. There was neither fear nor pain in that wisp, only deep confusion. It was as if, in the final moment of their demise, these Star Gods suddenly realized that they had never truly "existed".

She immediately withdrew all her magical power, landed beside Zang Yi, and whispered, "True Lord Changqing has arrived in person!"

When the fourth Fifth Realm Star God lost his life, and Wang Ping's 'Stealing Heaven Talisman' progress increased to (60/100), a surge of darkness descended, completely obscuring those Star Gods, making it impossible for Wang Ping to directly perceive their vitality.

"what a pity!"

Wang Ping glanced at the light screen panel. The two fifth-realm star gods could give him a slight boost in progress. Then he emerged from his hidden state, his emerald green light illuminating the surrounding starry sky. He pointed at Wei Ling and the other two, and said to Zhu Wu and the others, "Take them down!"

His voice was soft, yet it could penetrate the entire battlefield. As the voice spread, the illusory image of the Jianmu tree behind him expanded infinitely. The wood spirit rules of this starry sky instantly transferred to his side. Countless pure wood forest energies spread like fireflies flashing with emerald light in the endless starry sky, instantly dispelling most of the darkness.

His gaze was coldly fixed on the darkness that had just descended, the meaning of which was clear: anyone who dared to cross the border of darkness would perish.

Upon hearing Wang Ping's words, Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and the others could not muster any resistance or refusal. Even Bai Xin and Hou Ji could only clasp their fists and say "yes." Then, they charged towards Wei Ling and the other two without hesitation, with the illusory image of Jianmu constructed by the Wood Spirit following them wherever they went.

On the other side, the Xuanhuang aura behind Di Wen flowed rapidly, and the Seven Star Array Diagram appeared beneath his feet. Influenced by this array diagram, seven Saturn phantoms appeared out of thin air in the void behind him. They were connected together to form earth spirit rules that could be observed with the naked eye. Countless pure earth spirit energies intertwined with the wood spirit energies that permeated the universe, forming a network of rules that could be seen with the naked eye.

Golden lotuses bloomed beneath Tiangong's feet, triggering the golden spirit rules in the starry sky. A dazzling golden torrent surged forth from him, echoing with countless soft sounds of clashing metal. The same pure golden spirit energy spread throughout the starry sky, making the network of the five elements' rules in the starry sky even clearer.

"Your Majesty is merciful. Why don't you three benefactors let go of your attachments, lest this humble monk be tempted to kill?"

As Tiangong's voice echoed, Zhu Wu, now a hundred feet tall, rushed to Wei Ling's side. His fist pierced through layers of darkness, striking Wei Ling, who was enveloped in demonic energy. (End of Chapter)