The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Chapter 469 The Dao Artifact "Track", The Strange Infant (Please Subscribe)

Compared to the "Insect World".

Although the resources in the "Ghost Realm" are relatively limited, it has an excellent foundation for in-depth development. However, the strangeness and conflicts between humans are too great, and some are too dangerous, so one wrong move could lead to disaster.

He hadn't thought anything of it before.

But after experiencing "City of Covered Moon", he felt that if he wanted to cultivate the Ghost Realm, it would be more appropriate to remain a human.

"City of Covered Moon" appears to be a place where humans and monsters coexist harmoniously.

But the saying "those who are not of our kind are bound to have different hearts" is no exaggeration. This can be seen from Bai Jingjing's case. Rather than living in harmony with the monsters, it is more like one-sided enslavement, making them do things that humans would not do.

He wanted to delve deeper into the realm of the supernatural.

Currently, operating a haunted house seems to be the best approach.

"We still need a human identity—"

Zhu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment, and decided to cast another "Divided Spirit". It just so happened that the Divided Spirit of the Monster could go to the Inner Sea to hunt monsters from time to time, while the Divided Spirit of the Human would stay in the Monster Field and contact "City of Covering the Moon".

Therefore, he thought more about it.

Monsters need blood to grow, and blood is essentially the essence and blood of the Yang element.

Today, the "Daze Lingxu" is home to millions of pufferfish people and swamp crocodiles.

Without affecting it, you can harvest a batch of essence blood every half month and send it to the "Ghost Realm" to feed the monsters. It might have a miraculous effect.

We did it right away.

Zhu Yu first entered the "Great Marsh Spirit Ruins".

Years later, the "Fish People" have swelled to more than 30 million. This is only after he intentionally censored and limited them; otherwise, their numbers would have increased several times over, and the entire "Great Swamp Spirit Ruins" would have been devoured by them.

The "Swamp Knight" unit is already taking shape.

Nowadays, once a "Tuyuren" in "Daze Lingxu" reaches adulthood, they must tame a sub-adult "Swamp Crocodile" to become a Swamp Crocodile Knight.

It has developed to this point.

The number of adult "swamp crocodile riders" has exceeded three million.

"Are they about to fight?!"

Zhu Yu's divine sense covered the entire "Great Swamp Spirit Ruins". The three swamps seemed to be full of life, but in reality, they were already struggling to support so many Tuyu people and Swamp Crocodiles.

Perhaps they knew that food was about to become scarce.

The elite mage leader of the "Tuyuren" tribe has begun drying rations and has sent out elite Tuyuren to explore the outside world.

Its purpose is self-evident.

"It's about time we used up some cannon fodder—"

After thinking it over, Zhu Yu decided that once he finished dealing with the matters of the "Ghost Realm", he would use the Dao artifact "Guide" to send out a split of his spirit to search for the "Otherworldly Spirit Ruins".

Suppressing his thoughts, he raised his hand and pressed down.

The atmosphere in "Great Swamp Spirit Ruins" seemed to freeze for a moment, and then all the magical beasts with spiritual power, whether they were training, cooking, hunting, or simply swamp crocodiles, shuddered.

Then, it opened its mouth uncontrollably and spat out a ball of bright red blood.

Tens of millions of drops of essence blood flew up from all directions and gathered in front of Zhu Yu. Under a powerful pressure, the essence blood collapsed inward and was tempered into millions of blood-red crystals the size of rice grains.

Zhu Yu remained indifferent, gathered his sleeves, turned and stepped into the bronze gate, disappearing from sight.

Meanwhile, the Tuyu people, swamp crocodiles, and other monsters, having lost some of their essence and blood, visibly weakened and returned to their lairs in panic and wailing.

In a short time.

The once thriving "Great Marsh Spirit Ruins" suddenly fell silent and quiet.

An inverted tower, two stories high.

Zhu Yu activated the altar, sending the ten thousand divine soul particles condensed into a divine spirit, along with a million crystals formed from "essence blood," into the teleportation vortex.

He chuckled lightly and muttered to himself, "Perfect opportunity to see if the leader of the 'Black Dragon Gang' is a cultivator from another realm—"

Having confirmed that the teleportation was unimpeded, he calmed his mind, turned around and went to the inner room on the third floor of the Inverted Tower. He probed the core of the "Netherworld Palace" formation with his divine sense and touched one of the marks that exuded an ancient aura.

An unfamiliar message popped into my mind.

"Four times".

"Four opportunities to place an order—"

Zhu Yu thought for a moment, then touched the "mark" with his divine sense, and said respectfully, "Disciple Zhu Yu, please help me, Ancestor, to release a shard of your spirit."

The words fell.

He seemed to hear the ticking of a mechanical clock, and then he sensed a grand will spreading from the darkness.

next moment.

A bronze-colored vortex took shape in an instant.

Zhu Yu dared not slack off. He raised his hand and lightly touched his brow. Four "Dao Foundations" composed of three thousand divine soul particles flew into the "vortex" one after another.

He only felt a sudden, exhilarating push, like a car speeding by, before his connection with the "distracted spirit" was severed. He could only vaguely sense that the "distracted spirit" was flying off into the "abyss" at a speed beyond his imagination.

"So this is the function of the Dao artifact 'track'—"

Zhu Yu instantly understood the function of the Dao artifact "Guide". Coming back to his senses, he looked at the "Guide" that had disappeared without a trace and did not flatter him at all, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

In his original understanding...

The placement of the Dao artifact "track" into the mind is extremely mysterious.

Now it seems...

There's nothing mysterious about it.

"Trajectory" simply means powerful and can be thrown far.

"I wonder what its true form is—"

The thought flashed through Zhu Yu's mind again, and he couldn't help but sigh, "The little ancestor is truly human-like—"

Suppressing his thoughts, he checked his "distracted" state and, confirming that everything was alright, returned to his meditation room. He sensed the divine particles in his mind's eye and his brow furrowed slightly.

Now, what limits his breakthrough is no longer resources.

Rather, they are soul particles.

He can condense seven thousand divine soul particles every day, which is quite a lot. The number he condenses in a day is more than most Qi Refining cultivators condense in most of their lifetimes.

However, the sheer number required to construct the "Original Spirit Ruins" was overwhelming.

He has reached the second level of Foundation Establishment and achieved perfection.

The first "Native Spirit Ruins" needs to be expanded to ten thousand zhang, and the second "Native Spirit Ruins" needs to be expanded to one thousand zhang.

Required resources.

110,000 Dao of "Spiritual Ruins Origin", 10,000 catties of "Five Elements Essence".

He has already collected most of these, and with resources provided by the "Ghost Realm" and "Insect Realm" in the future, he has nothing to worry about.

Apart from resources.

It will require another 33 million divine soul particles to construct and fill, plus the construction of the Dao landscape "Bridge of Rebirth" for the advancement of the Divine Soul.

Zhu Yu roughly estimated that to forge the third "Native Spiritual Ruins," he needed to break through to the third level of Foundation Establishment.

It will take at least fifteen years.

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a lifespan of a thousand years, fifteen years is not much, and may even be considered short.

However, other Foundation Establishment cultivators lack the resources to break through.

His reason was "divine soul particles" or talent, which is truly frustrating to think about.

"We still need to rely on the 'Insect Realm' to distract us—"

When Zhu Yu thought of improving his talent, the first thing that came to mind was the divinely bestowed fruit of the "Siren Ulva". After a moment's thought, he informed his distraction, closed his eyes, and focused his mind, immersing himself in meditation.

Time flows like water.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

"The Realm of Ghosts".

An underground cave.

A sinister middle-aged man holding a banner and with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the "altar" in front of him. A vortex was surging on it, and large handfuls of blood-red crystals poured out from it like grains of sand.

Zhu Yu ignored it, sensing the distraction, waved the long banner, and incorporated it into the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner". He slowly stood up, and with a contraction and expansion of the Ghost Domain, he took the crystals formed from the "essence blood" on the ground into the Ghost Domain.

He glanced at the "altar" again, reserved enough energy for the next teleportation of the "divine soul," and used "blood money" to simply set up a "concealment" formation. With a turn of his body, he transformed into black smoke and disappeared to the ground.

Returning to the sea, he did not linger, but transformed into a wisp of black smoke and headed straight for the exit of the "Eternal Frozen Domain".

soon.

He then arrived at the exit of the "Eternal Frozen Land".

Compared to more than half a month ago, the rift in the "Eternal Frozen Domain" has expanded by more than double, and strange creatures have begun to patrol the area more frequently, including many from the "Blood Realm".

"Is it time to begin—?"

"It seems that coming to the Inland Sea won't be so easy anymore—"

Zhu Yu frowned and examined the situation for a moment. Taking advantage of the departure of the patrolling "Blood Realm" monster, he silently transformed into black smoke and disappeared into the rift.

Upon entering.

He immediately sensed that something was wrong.

It wasn't that there were any monsters hiding inside, but rather that the seawater in the crack didn't warm up as the crack widened; instead, it became even colder. Even with the resistance of the "Dao Foundation," after flying for a while, I felt that the "Dao Foundation" was operating somewhat sluggishly.

"Hmm? Is there something inside?"

Zhu Yu looked at the glaciers on both sides with suspicion and uncertainty. After hesitating for a moment, he turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared into the solid ice.

Unlike disappearing into the soil.

Walking through solid ice is like walking through extremely cold jelly; the speed is significantly slower, and the cold intensifies as you go deeper, though it is still bearable.

I don't know how long we've been traveling.

The surroundings were still a vast expanse of white.

The chill was almost unbearable for Zhu Yu, but just as he was about to leave, he suddenly sensed an extremely subtle and eerie aura.

The aura was faint, yet it shared a subtle origin with the chill.

"Huh—"

"Could it be 'chilling and eerie'?"

Zhu Yu's mind stirred slightly, and he followed the scent and fled.

Just a moment later.

He suddenly felt the resistance clinging to his body lessen, but the surrounding chill increased several times over, and a small ice cave, about ten feet in diameter, appeared before him.

There was nothing else in the ice cave.

There was only a black stone that resembled a bed.

A human infant was curled up on it, but its skin, hair, and even eyelashes were as white as snow.

And the moment I saw him.

"Cold and eerie? —"

A name involuntarily surfaced in Zhu Yu's mind. He looked around but there was no exit or anything. After thinking for a moment, he stepped forward and sensed the slight chill emanating from it, as well as a strange vitality that was somewhat similar to, yet different from, that of humans.

He frowned, a look of doubt in his eyes.

"How come the Cold Ghosts are born just like humans? —"

Sensing no danger, he thought for a moment, then raised his hand and placed it on the infant's forehead. Before he could check the infant's information, he suddenly felt a powerful chill emanating from the infant's body.

Just a moment.

He then felt his fingers being completely frozen to death by the cold.

at the same time.

A flood of unfamiliar fragmented memories rushed into my mind.

"It's definitely not creepy—"

Zhu Yu's expression changed drastically. He was all too familiar with this. It was clear that the other party was of a much higher status than him, spying on him and causing his body to be instinctively polluted by information.

Perceive the frequent blocking information transmitted by the "Eye of True Sight".

Without hesitation, while keeping his gaze fixed on the man, he swung his left arm, severing his right arm at the root, and then violently retreated backward.

An information panel slowly unfolds.

[Target: Unknown]

Race: Unknown

[Rank: Unknown]

Status: Quiet

Upon seeing the information panel, Zhu Yu couldn't help but gasp.

Even the "Eye of True Sight" couldn't detect its information.

It is not a "Netherworld Rank" Great Monster.

It was an existence beyond his comprehension and understanding.

He had a vague feeling that the baby was most likely the latter.

At this time.

His severed arm had turned into white ice, falling and crashing onto the stone bed. With a thud, it turned into crystalline dust, scattering across the ground.

Looking at this scene.

Zhu Yu looked around, and a guess came to his mind.

"The Realm of Eternal Freeze".

Could it be that it was the one that caused this?

Then I think of the endless glaciers spreading out in the outside world.

Zhu Yu swallowed hard. If what he thought was true, this baby was very likely the legendary invisible, unknowable, and ineffable being.

But as soon as the thought arose, he extinguished it.

If he were truly such a being, he should have already returned to the "Immortal Tomb and Spirit Ruins" by now, how could he still be alive?

"What on earth is this weird thing—?"

Zhu Yu stared at the information column and, seeing that the person had not yet woken up, hesitated for a moment before tiptoeing over and looking around the stone bed.

Then he discovered...

The glacier exudes a chill that emanates from its body, but the chill it emits is so thin that it could never have frozen into such a large glacier.

"Could there be many beings like it? Or perhaps an avatar or projection of some unknowable being? —"

Zhu Yu examined the infant, his eyes narrowing slightly, a somewhat daring idea that stirred his heart.

Can a divided spirit possess its body?

Its state of "silence" clearly indicates a very bad situation, and its weak aura, not exceeding the second-order limit, makes it a perfect opportunity for possession.

Most importantly, he has the "Eye of True Sight".

No matter how high his position, it is difficult to corrupt his will.

"Let's do it!"

"At worst, we'll just lose two divided spirits—"

After a moment's hesitation, Zhu Yu decided to take over the body. If things went wrong, he would abandon the divided spirit and return to the Immortal Tomb and Spirit Ruins with the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner".

As the thought arose, he gently shook the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner".

A "foundation of the Dao" that only he could vaguely sense swiftly plunged into the infant's brow.

There is an "entity" that transmits information.

He felt as if he had entered a pool of icy water. As if sensing his presence, the calm chill within suddenly became violent, surging and sweeping over him.

Following the gaps in the "foundation".

Freeze each active soul particle.

Instead of being alarmed, Zhu Yu was delighted. Although the chill was intense, it did not exceed the "second level". He immediately stopped being cautious and followed his senses to dive into the location of the "divine sea".

next moment.

He felt as if he had passed through a curtain of water, and then appeared in a world of ice and snow, where an infant, no different from the infants outside but much more illusory, floated uncertainly between heaven and earth.

"What a powerful divine soul—"

Zhu Yu felt a bit of a predicament, but the die was cast and he had no choice but to go. He gritted his teeth and flew to the baby's side.

As if sensing his presence, the infant suddenly opened its tightly closed eyes, revealing a pair of glacier-white eyes, indifferent and devoid of any emotion.

Whether it succeeds or not depends on this moment—

Without hesitation, Zhu Yu plunged headfirst into its brow.

next moment.

He only vaguely glimpsed an incredibly complex white "rune," and a massive amount of unfamiliar fragmented memories surged forth like a burst dam, instantly overwhelming his consciousness.

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