Symbiotic panel, I am cultivating immortality in the world of immortality

Chapter 320 The dust has settled, spiritual roots and spiritual patterns

now.

Li Ye has fulfilled all the conditions for cultivating supernatural powers.

He didn't even need to tear apart the "underworld"; the commotion he created during his spellcasting had already torn countless pieces apart.

Those 70,000-plus people.

To be precise, it was 73,632 people.

They have all returned to the mortal world from the underworld through the torrent of the Life Spring, causing a disturbance in the laws of the underworld, and even causing the surrounding wind and snow to show signs of stopping for a very short time.

The fragments naturally fell down with a clatter.

Based on the fact that the number of fragments torn apart during the first use of supernatural power determines the size of the underworld to be built, Li Ye felt that the underworld he would build would probably be enormous.

This underworld is not a separate space.

It depends on the existence of the mortal world, just like light and shadow, yin and yang.

Therefore, the larger the underworld is, the more of a living world of matching size Li Ye needs to prepare to accommodate its existence.

This means that any area covered by his spiritual power will become his territory.

He sat there in the life spring that surged upwards like a magnificent, ascending light, and looked towards Daoist Dongzang.

He smiled confidently and proudly:

"It's time for you to keep your promise."

Daoist Dongzang raised an eyebrow: "Naturally, this is one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Techniques that I have learned, and its name is... 'Flowers Bloom in an Instant'."

But are you sure you want to start learning right now?

"Your demonic seed should be ready to be planted by now, right?"

Well, indeed.

Li Ye could already feel that the missing part of the demon seed had been filled. It was ridiculous that the missing part was actually the "Life Breath Transformation Scroll" that he had already learned.

That supernatural power was actually a strange method that connected life and death.

The "ink" he had collected before was actually an alternative material for constructing the underworld. Just like what he is doing now, the "shell" it creates is, in a sense, a small "underworld" where the "dead" can stay in the mortal world.

"So."

"Could it be said that the hell realm is a vast underworld?"

"That's why it's absorbing the spiritual power of the Hell Path so rapidly. Perhaps long ago, those two seniors realized that the Hell Path would undergo a drastic change that they couldn't control?"

Li Ye felt that he had probably grasped some clues.

He was just waiting for the demonic seed in his own Dao heart to be planted.

That should tell us whether it's really as he thinks.

So he closed his eyes.

The avatars that were in this place immediately returned to their original forms.

then.

The gray mist emanating from the tree vanished instantly, as if it had been exposed to sunlight.

However, some strange grasses grew on the ground.

They are no more than an inch tall, but half of them are magnificent, like a constantly flowing stream of life; the other half are gray and misty, seemingly reflecting the opposite of all things in the flowing fog.

These little grasses tenaciously grew wherever they could.

It even grows on the surface of the water.

Gradually, it covered the entire Ruoquan Island with Ruomu as its center, and continued to expand outwards, taking root in the sea, and through Weichuan, it took root in Li Ye's cave, the Lesser Thousand Worlds, and the Jianmu World.

Beneath their almost domineering growth lies a "coverage" of the surrounding spiritual energy and the structure of the world—each blade of grass is like a node in an array, fixing and merging the overflowing "fragments" into the mortal world.

finally.

They crossed the barriers of space and landed beside the ink-wash Jianmu tree far away in the Falling Star Sea.

The Jianmu tree then produced some round fruits, as if it had transformed sunlight and mist into its offspring, which hung around its branches.

The roots of the Jianmu tree formed an arched portal.

If you pass through this portal.

They could then easily cross the barrier between life and death, from birth to death, and arrive at the underworld built by Li Ye.

Seeing this scene, Chunhui Daoist, who had been watching this place closely, smiled with satisfaction and said, "It's done. I didn't expect that this child could prove his Dao to the Heavenly Dao once again. This spiritual plant... should be the Yuanling plant transformed by combining the method of bringing the dead back to life and your sect's ink-wash reflection method."

Whether the dean heard it or pretended not to, he simply gazed into the distance with a slightly envious look.

In fact, the Bitter Journey Academy is certainly not lacking in exceptionally talented cultivators.

There are even many people who are in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm at the age of twenty.

The problem is that even if they condense their Nascent Soul at the age of twenty, does the Bitter Journey Academy require Golden Core and Nascent Soul?
Presumably, every sect and school has no shortage of cultivators and disciples with this level of cultivation.

What they need is someone like Li Ye.

They can stir up trouble from time to time, and incidentally expand the sect's "encyclopedia," and even create new directions for magical research.

"It's not over yet, is it?"

The dean suddenly spoke up.

"Wait a minute, didn't you tell me that your disciple actually learned the great supernatural power of planting demons in the Dao Heart?"

A rare look of surprise appeared on her face.

Because at this moment, in the distance, amidst the clearly vibrant stream of life and the pervasive gray mist of death, another space is being slowly opened up.

The fragments of the celestial vein falling from the sky were all attracted to that space and fell into it.

Logically speaking, with so many celestial veins falling, the resulting space must be extremely sacred, perhaps even a heavenly palace in the myths and legends of mortals.

But at this moment, that space...

It was emanating a black, extremely pure demonic aura.

To be honest, if this place weren't within the Four Seasons Sect, the Dean's first reaction upon seeing it would be to seal it off immediately, kill any monsters inside, and pack them up and bring them back to the academy for research.

"..."

Chunhui Daoist gave the dean a dangerous look. In fact, the fact that Li Ye controlled the "demonic power" really couldn't be spread.

Who knew this child would suddenly cause such a commotion, even Wang Shu, who had been trying to cover it up, couldn't react in time.

However, if the dean is simply kept on "reasoning with people," the academy might cause trouble, which is clearly not a wise move.

"Hey, hey." The dean waved his hand: "I am a Confucian cultivator, and in principle, I have nothing to do with your Taoist concept of 'the Tao and the demons cannot coexist'."

Besides, you know that there is indeed research on demonic power in our academy, but the demonic power in this world is too weak to be studied seriously.

I swear to the sage Confucius that I will never reveal what has happened, but you must help me persuade Li Ye... my brother.

Our cooperation must be even closer!

After saying that, she actually swore an oath to the sage, with an extremely solemn attitude. The oath turned into characters that soared into the sky and disappeared at the end of the cloud light.

This shows that the oath has taken effect.

At the Nascent Soul stage, Confucian cultivators in the Hongdao realm possess the supernatural power of making their words come true. Once this oath is made, breaking it will not only prevent their cultivation from advancing any further, but may even lead to their death and the dissipation of their Dao!
Such seriousness indicates that this matter is extremely important to the Bitter Journey Academy, and may even require a Nascent Soul cultivator to guarantee it.

As for the claim that the academy doesn't care about the Dao and the Demon, that's just something to listen to.

Master Chunhui gave the dean a deep look.

no answer.

…… at this time.

Li Ye was looking inward at his dantian.

He saw that the demonic seed that had been struggling against the golden core in his dantian had now obediently merged into it.

Just like a seed being planted in the earth.

Even tiny sprouts quickly emerged.

The top of the sprout held up a black sphere, inside which one could see the nascent form of a dimensional world in the making.

Demon world.

It can be said like this.

[Name]: Li Ye's Demon Seed

[Mood]: Relaxed

[Status]: The demonic seed, which has been fused with all of Li Ye's divine abilities and techniques, will take root in Li Ye's dantian and form the prototype of a "demon realm".

The power from Li Ye will be able to be perfectly transformed into demonic energy, filling the demon realm it nurtures.

This demon realm can accommodate all living beings who cultivate demonic arts, but the highest level of cultivation is the same as that of the demon realm's master, Li Ye.

This demon realm is currently in its nascent stage.

After growing to the next stage, it will nurture some special magical mineral deposits through the special spiritual power of the Heavenly Vein Fragments.

Ok.

A very concise explanation.

The attempt to cultivate a demonic mind resulted in the creation of a demonic realm.

Li Ye didn't know what kind of expression to make at this moment. He was a legitimate Taoist disciple, so how did he inexplicably end up in the Demon Realm?

Moreover, it's inside the dantian.

That's what I think, and that's what I say.

But Li Ye also knew that the elders of the sect were actually happy to see this, and he even felt that the elders' moral bottom line was really very flexible. Could this be the highest realm of the Dao that can be spoken of?

If you believe something is the Way, then it must be the Way?
Ok.

Li Ye felt that he had learned something extraordinary, but his mood also became more relaxed.

"But why haven't you fully transformed yet?"

He looked at his Jianmu tree.

The Jianmu tree was growing at a visible rate, its branches casting hazy shadows, and life and death were intertwining and taking shape within its outline.

It is clear that Jianmu now has the complete ability to "connect life and death". The life that lives in it is completely taken care of by Jianmu from birth to death and even to another journey after death.

But the problem is that the Jianmu tree is still completely empty.

He planted a very small number of precious spiritual plants there, and also designated a piece of land for the beavers as a "summer retreat".

Incidentally, the beavers are now most enthusiastic about building their dens all over their territory, using them as little courtyards to live in during their leisure time.

Just as Li Ye was thinking this...

He then saw a branch suddenly extend from the Jianmu tree, which looked like... a hand snatching something away.

He grabbed the "Demon Realm" at the top of the demon seedling.

Then it dragged the demon realm towards its own canopy. The poor demon seed was completely powerless to resist and could only try to maintain the thread-like channel for transporting nutrients, watching helplessly as its demon realm was taken away.

The moment the demon seed was placed in the canopy of the Jianmu tree.

Jianmu then began its complete transformation.

Its shape and color have become increasingly deep. Originally, it resembled a brilliant bronze artifact, but now it has begun to show signs of age or "maturity".

In just a moment, it has grown to the next stage.

The interior space was further increased, directly transforming into tens of thousands of acres of land.

Furthermore, there are the barriers of life and death, and the demon realm. The three different worlds are separated by the barrier of the Jianmu tree, sharing the same space, yet remaining unconnected to each other.

Furthermore, the roots of the Jianmu tree, which had previously drawn spiritual energy from Li Ye's dantian, extended directly to a place that Li Ye could not even detect, and incidentally transferred a portion of the spiritual energy to Li Ye.

The spiritual energy there was so pure it was indescribable. If left unabsorbed, it would condense into natural spirit stones. The pure and clear spirituality of those spirit stones clearly indicated that they were top-grade spirit stones.

Judging from the rate at which it absorbs nutrients.

Producing a thousand or eight hundred yuan a day should not be difficult at all.

Even if Li Ye didn't absorb this spiritual energy, he could produce even more.

This is considered the second ability after Jianmu advances to the next level.

The third ability is... a special "Dao principle", or rather, a spiritual pattern unique to Jianmu.

This spiritual rune does not need to be engraved in the essence of living beings.

By simply branding a certain spot on one's body, one can instantly transform one's spiritual power into extremely pure demonic energy, and can also construct a second "meridian" within the body to cultivate demonic techniques.

Even ordinary people can cultivate.

"..."

Is it okay to not have spiritual roots?
wrong.

Or is it that these spirit patterns create "spiritual roots," or that demonic cultivation techniques do not require spiritual roots and can be practiced by everyone?

If it's the latter, then things are indeed a bit complicated.

Cultivating immortality requires spiritual roots, but cultivating demonic power does not.

Li Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and carefully examined the magical spiritual patterns that, despite their bronze hue and ancient grandeur, symbolized the presence of demonic cultivators.

He had never heard of Jianmu having such abilities. Could it be related to his own panel?
A thousand thoughts all boil down to one question—

"What benefits would I get in return if I handed over this spirit rune?"

The answer to this question was quickly found.

As he looked outside, he was startled to see the sect leader and the two Taoist priests, Chunhui and Dongzang, staring at him from the front, left, and right.

Somehow.

Li Ye had a strange feeling, like a lamb surrounded by hungry wolves.

The sect leader was holding up an instrument that looked like a sundial. The light projected by the sundial's needle was even more brilliant than the sun itself, and it was pointing straight in Li Ye's direction.

"This item is the Four Seasons Sundial, one of the sect's most treasured items."

"It doesn't observe time, but rather points to the future. I just noticed an anomaly in it, and the anomaly is very obvious."

The sect leader's expression at this moment was as broad as a chrysanthemum, his eyes fixed intently on Li Ye.

"Nephew, what incredible object have you obtained that could cause such a disturbance in the sundial?"

"Don't worry, I've brought some benefits."

"As long as the item you provide is extraordinary enough, the sect will certainly not treat you unfairly!"

He said this.

He pulled out a handful of jade slips for transmitting teachings and waved them in front of Li Ye.

And they are all purple-gold.

One of them possessed an exceptionally abundant spirituality, seemingly constantly generating boundless spiritual power.

(End of this chapter)