In an era where everyone is cultivating immortality, the system wants me to become a demon?

Chapter 566 The Infinite Tribulation Venerable's Persistence!
At first, Su Yuan's divine body was somewhat unsteady, but after only a moment, with the blessing of countless incense offerings, this golden divine body became more and more solid, almost turning into a tangible form.

Feeling the continuous power surging from the golden divine body, Su Yuan clenched his fist tightly.

He could clearly feel that when the spiritual power of transformation contained within his soul flowed into his divine body, a miraculous change occurred.

It seems to have transformed into a completely new level.

This can be called—divine power!
Of course, the incense-burning divine body cannot compare to a truly cultivated divine body, so the immortal power condensed using this body is not complete.

It can be described as half-step immortal power.

Even so, Su Yuan did indeed transcend the upper limit of the Nascent Soul stage and became a half-god.

"Old Deng Wuliang, it seems I'm stronger now."

Su Yuan quickly adapted to the change in strength and turned his gaze to the Boundless Tribulation Venerable, who was the same height as him.

Su Yuan saw a hint of solemnity in the other person's weathered eyes.

Su Yuan didn't waste any more words with him and threw a punch directly.

The power of incense offerings has a limited lifespan. Moreover, as time goes by, more and more worlds and people will be destroyed, causing the offerings of incense offerings to decrease.

Therefore, Su Yuan had no time to waste; he had to kill the enemy as quickly as possible, ideally ending the battle within ten minutes.

A fist gleaming with intense golden light, imbued with chaotic immortal power, slammed heavily onto the face of the Boundless Calamity Venerable.

Under the impact of that immense immortal power, the body of the Boundless Calamity Venerable swayed suddenly, and half of his head was actually blown apart by this punch.

Unfortunately, the opponent's regenerative ability was also exceptionally strong; the half of his head that had been blasted apart was restored in the blink of an eye.

Su Yuan was not surprised by this, and the solution to this near-immortal self-healing ability was quite simple.

That means keep hitting him until he has no strength left to recover from his injuries.

Fists larger than an entire galaxy rained down, striking every inch of the Boundless Calamity Venerable's body.

His physical body rapidly disintegrated and quickly recovered under Su Yuan's chaotic punches, and the power stored within him was also being rapidly depleted.

Even so, the Boundless Lord remained expressionless, as if he were not the one being beaten.

"Old Deng, you can't hold out for ten minutes at this rate."

Su Yuan spoke coldly:
"Don't you ever consider surrendering? If you're willing to surrender and stop the Great Calamity of Chaos, I might be able to give you a way out after taking away most of your cultivation."

The Boundless Lord sighed and said:

"Su Yuan, I don't understand why you have so much popularity?"

"I also have my own ancestral hall, so why is no one willing to support me in this live broadcast that is open to the entire universe?"

Su Yuan sneered:

"Isn't it obvious? You've already lost the people's hearts!"

"Your idea of ​​being stuck in the past and dragging the entire cultivation world through cycle after cycle is completely wrong."

"We cultivators strive for continuous progress and aim to become immortals! Anything that stands in our way is an enemy that obstructs our path!"

After a pause, Su Yuan's tone became more respectful:
“I know that your original intention was good. You have protected the cultivation world for so many eras and you have indeed made contributions.”

"Perhaps without you, our cultivation civilization would have perished in some chaotic invasion long ago... but none of that is a reason for you to block our way."

"Lord Boundless Calamity, the old era has passed. I will lead the surviving cultivators to strive to usher in a new era."

"There may be many difficulties ahead, but after we get through the most difficult period, everything will be reborn."

"So please, just die!"

As they spoke, Su Yuan's offensive not only did not weaken, but instead became faster and faster.

But the Boundless Calamity Venerable remained silent, seemingly pondering or hesitating about something.

Su Yuan frowned slightly, suddenly realizing that Wuliang Jiezun was not yet in dire straits... He still had a final way to turn the tide.

And this method of turning the tide is almost exactly the same as Su Yuan's method of turning the tide.

—Become an immortal!
Compared to Su Yuan, who was only at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage and mainly cultivated the Great Dao, Wuliang Jiezun had already achieved complete perfection in the Nascent Soul stage.

He is almost the person in the entire cultivation world who is closest to the realm of True Immortal.

As long as he is willing to take the final step, even during the battle with Su Yuan, he can still transform his mortal body into a divine body and ascend to immortality.

At that time, without the aid of the Great Calamity, he would absorb the vast majority of the spiritual energy of the entire universe, and Su Yuan, this pseudo-god, would be easily suppressed. When that time comes, Su Yuan will truly have no chance of defeating his opponent.

He only had two paths: either die a heroic death or abandon everything and flee into chaos in a sorry state.

But he didn't want to choose either path, and instead focused solely on intensifying his offensive.

Five minutes flew by.

At this moment, the aura of the Boundless Calamity Venerable had weakened considerably.

In such a weakened state, it seems... he is no longer able to complete the steps to ascend to immortality.

Su Yuan frowned deeply and asked in a deep voice:
"You clearly had the opportunity to break through to the True Immortal Realm, the opportunity to kill me, so why haven't you broken through yet?"

Faced with this question, the Boundless Lord calmly replied:
"If I become an immortal, what difference would there be between me and you?"

"Young man, do you think that my momentum has plummeted to rock bottom and that I have absolutely no chance of turning things around?"

"To tell you the truth, in every moment before my life comes to an end, I can directly become an immortal without any bottlenecks or obstacles."

Su Yuan's expression froze slightly.

The Boundless Lord continued:
"But what happens after I become an immortal? After I become an immortal, all the spiritual energy in the universe will be cut off."

"Unless I want the cultivation world to become a society entirely composed of mortals, I must find a way to introduce new sources of spiritual energy, which means exploring chaos, deciphering the chaotic energy, and converting it into pure energy."

“And once I do that, I will be no different from you.”

Su Yuan remained silent for several seconds before asking in surprise:

"You knew about my plans all along?"

The Boundless Lord said calmly:
"That's natural. Your previous nonsense about wanting to kill me in order to become an immortal was definitely not what you really meant."

"You are too kind, and you love your family and friends, and even every intelligent being in the universe, too much."

"If you become an immortal, you will surely bring them good fortune. With your special physique that can absorb and transform chaotic energy, you will ensure that everyone in the cultivation world has an inexhaustible supply of spiritual energy."

At this point, the Boundless Kalpa Venerable sighed again:
“If we walk this path together, then you are far more likely to succeed than I am.”

"I have to admit, I feel sad and jealous about this."

"But I also have to admit that I am really an old-time ruler who should be swept into the dustbin of history. The new era needs new leaders."

Su Yuan frowned after listening to the long discourse of the Boundless Calamity Venerable, and asked in confusion:
"So...you've figured it out?"

The Supreme Dao of Immeasurable Kalpas:
"Now that we've fought this far, I can't think of any way to defeat you except by entering the realm of True Immortals. But becoming an Immortal means that I've violated my own principles, which is also a loss."

"So from this perspective, I didn't really understand; I just lost."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and clenched it tightly.

The ever-expanding primordial calamity finally came to a halt.

Upon seeing this, Su Yuan slowly stopped his attack, his gaze towards Wuliang Jiezun filled with both wariness and a touch of admiration.

The Boundless Calamity Venerable looked up at the chaotic beings that were still pouring in.

"The conflict between you and me is causing serious internal strife in the cultivation world."

The old man, who had ruled the cultivation world with absolute power for countless millennia, murmured:
"Since you need to usher in a new era, it seems that the task of mending the sky must be entrusted to me."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze back to Su Yuan. The gray pillar of light behind him that stretched through the heavens and earth, which was the materialized Primordial Chaos Dao, rapidly shrank and turned into a gray, hazy bone disc that was about 30% missing.

The bone disc circled around the Boundless Calamity Venerable once, then directly crashed into Su Yuan's body.

At this moment, the Primordial Dao was completely complete.

"Old Deng, you..."

Su Yuan stared blankly at the other person.

The Boundless Lord calmly said:
"May you become an immortal soon, and before you do, I will help you block the power from the chaos."

As soon as he finished speaking, the enormous body of the Boundless Calamity Venerable rapidly melted, transforming into a five-colored liquid that was remarkably similar to the Heaven-Mending Stone.

The five-colored liquid rose upwards, enveloping all the rampaging chaotic creatures, and rushed to the huge crack in the boundary wall, stuffing the chaotic creatures back in and closing the crack.

(End of this chapter)