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Chapter 202: Gate to Immortality

The second version of the "God-Making Project," led by the coalition government, was secretly launched with unprecedented efficiency under the highest directives.

The world’s top scientists, engineers, theologians and historians were urgently summoned to a secret base deep underground in the Kunlun Mountains.

Their mission is singular—

Utilize all available knowledge and technology derived from abyssal technology, alien ruins, and myths of various ancient civilizations.

To create something of our own, capable of confronting, and even surpassing, all mythological systems...

Ultimate Guardian!
……

Meanwhile, in that unknown world filled with a peculiar atmosphere.

Li Zhe's survival journey has entered a new phase.

After several days of trekking, he finally emerged from the vast primeval forest and arrived at a small town full of human warmth and life.

The town is nestled against the mountains and beside the water, and its people are simple and honest.

The streets paved with bluestone slabs are lined with antique wooden buildings, wine banners flutter in the breeze, and the aroma of tea fills the air.

Most of the pedestrians coming and going were dressed in coarse linen clothes, with simple and honest smiles on their faces.

Occasionally, one might see a few people dressed in magnificent Taoist robes, with long swords at their waists, exuding an otherworldly aura...

Holy crap? A "Celestial Master"?
These immortal masters walked through the crowd, drawing awe-inspiring glances.

Li Zhe's appearance did not attract much attention.

Although he was tall and had an extraordinary presence.

But his tattered modern combat uniform and slightly bewildered eyes made him look like a…

A down-on-his-luck martial artist who, after his family's decline, ventures out into the world of martial arts.

He found the cheapest-looking inn to stay in and used the few "energy crystals" he had left, which he had picked up from the forest and which contained a faint spiritual energy, to exchange for temporary food and lodging.

Then, like a dry sponge, he began to frantically absorb all the information in the world.

Every day he would go to the busiest teahouse in town, order a pot of the cheapest coarse tea, and sit there all day.

Listening to the merchants, wandering knights, and cultivators coming and going from the north and south...

That's right, according to the local terminology, they are cultivators.

Listening to their various grand pronouncements.

Thanks to the powerful learning ability he had accumulated through multiple reincarnations, Li Zhe quickly mastered the language of this world, so he felt no pressure listening to their conversations.

From their words, Li Zhe gradually gained a preliminary understanding of this world.

This world is called "Tianyuan Continent".

The extent of the region far exceeded his imagination.

On the continent, numerous sects stand and dynasties rise and fall.

Cultivators are the absolute rulers of this world.

They could fly through the sky and disappear into the earth, move mountains and fill seas.

It possesses unimaginable power.

The realms of cultivation are also divided in a very strict manner.

From the most basic "Qi Refining", "Foundation Building", and "Golden Core" to the legendary "Nascent Soul" and "Deity Transformation"...

Each realm represents a tremendous leap in the level of life.

The town they lived in was called "Qingshi Town".

It belongs to a small-to-medium-sized cultivation sect called "Qingluan Sect".

The Azure Phoenix Sect, located atop the misty Azure Cloud Mountain behind the town, is the sole overlord within a radius of a hundred miles.

Every three years, the Qingluan Sect holds a "Celestial Affinity Conference" in Qingshi Town to recruit mortal children with spiritual roots as outer disciples.

And the next Immortal Destiny Gathering will be held in...

Three days later.

“This is my chance to get more intelligence.” Li Zhe sat in a corner of the teahouse, took a sip of tea that had long since gone cold, and his eyes gleamed with thoughtfulness.

As a mortal, how can I survive in this perilous world of cultivation, and even find my way back?

Joining a sect to systematically acquire knowledge and resources for cultivating immortality is the only way out.

Although he had absolute confidence in his body, which had been reinforced countless times.

But he also knew very well that he was no match for those true cultivators who could easily use "magical treasures flying together" or "flying swords to take people's heads from a thousand miles away."

Pure physical force still seems too weak.

He must...

Learn the rules of this world.

Then, arm yourself with the rules of this world.

……

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

Qingshi Town, a peaceful and tranquil town, has become more lively than ever before because of the arrival of the "Immortal Destiny Conference".

Ordinary people from all directions, bringing their families, crowded the streets of the town.

Every face was filled with both anticipation and trepidation for the future.

Children, especially those on whom their parents have placed high hopes, were so nervous that their faces turned red and their palms were sweaty.

Today will be the day that determines their fate.

Once someone is found to possess a "spiritual root," they can ascend to heaven in one step, escape the mundane cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and embark on the immortal path filled with infinite possibilities.

But if one has no spiritual root...

They can only continue the cycle of reincarnation in this mortal world.

Li Zhe stood out conspicuously in the crowd...

Out of place.

His height of over 1.9 meters and his tattered combat uniform full of "exotic style" made him look like a giant who had wandered into a fairy tale world, attracting countless curious glances.

The scene was particularly jarring when he stood in line with a group of children who were barely up to his waist.

"This... brave warrior."

A disciple from the outer sect of the Azure Phoenix Sect, responsible for maintaining order, couldn't help but twitch his lips as he looked at the "over-aged" fellow in front of him.

"You... are also here to participate in the Immortal Destiny Conference?"

"Yes." Li Zhe nodded, looking completely at ease.

"But... we only accept children under ten years old..."

"Rules are rules, but people are flexible," Li Zhe smiled, pulling a coin from his pocket...

The inner core of an unknown monster, found in the forest, containing pure spiritual energy.

"Hey buddy, look at this... could you make an exception?"

The outer disciple's eyes widened the moment he saw the inner core.

He could clearly sense the immense spiritual energy contained within that inner core.

This...this is at least the inner core of a sixth-tier demon!
He was just a minor cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining, and he had never seen such a high-level treasure in his life!

"This this……"

His voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"Senior! Please...please come in!"

Their attitude suddenly made a complete 180-degree turn.

And so, amidst the shocked and envious gazes of those around him, Li Zhe was "respectfully" invited into the inner arena for testing spiritual roots.

Inside the arena, rows of testing arrays filled with mysterious energy had already been set up...

(End of this chapter)