The Mysterious Immortal, the Everlasting Lamp

"so……"

"Is this the end?"

Deathly silence descended, and death arrived as scheduled.

A chilling cold spread from between his brows, freezing his flesh and blood, freezing his thoughts; the extreme cold originating from the depths of his soul locked him firmly in place.

Lu Wenze knew perfectly well that he had no chance of resisting the terrifying invasion of this Dao Demon Shadow.

The end result is already foreseeable.

The demonic shadow of "Wen Yuliang" would crawl into his mind, erode his soul, and tear it apart and gnaw at his spirit inch by inch.

Like the fallen fourth, fifth, and sixth senior brothers, they died with their eyes wide open, their deaths tragic and distorted, becoming the tools for the eldest senior brother to vent his frustrations as he advanced to the Dao Dan realm and purified his Dao heart.

Faced with dire straits, Lu Wenze remained calm and composed, his mind as still as water.

consciousness……

No, I absolutely cannot let the demonic shadow devour my consciousness and plunder my memories of being a transmigrator.

Lu Wenze's mind drifted to his relatives from his past life.

Father, mother, wife, and his beloved daughter.

He would never allow anyone to touch the most precious glimmer of light in his heart.

As a time traveler, Lu Wenze already knew that he had died on Earth.

Dying again is just dying again, what's the big deal?

But what he fears most and cannot tolerate most is having his secrets spied on and his precious memories stolen.

This is a forbidden zone etched into the bones of time travelers, one that must never be touched.

"Consciousness transfer".

No, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven; I will never accept my fate.

With a sudden thought, Lu Wenze attempted to transfer his consciousness into his natal magic artifact.

In an instant, consciousness detached from this soul and body, merging into the natal magic weapon.

When he opened his eyes again, he looked at the hazy white world of his consciousness. Countless dark and sinister tentacles spread wildly, wrapping around and binding the soul and body that were entrenched in his consciousness, frantically eroding Lu Wenze's soul.

Lu Wenze was furious as he looked at the scene before him.

"No!!!"

"Senior Brother, I will absolutely not allow your evil scheme to succeed!"

"How could I possibly die because of your insidious schemes!"

Despair and anger surged and churned, and in the moment of impending destruction, a flash of inspiration suddenly exploded in my mind.

"Oh, right..."

"I still have the fire dragon oil lamp!!!"

"That's my eternal lamp!"

Under extreme survival crisis, the dying embers of the heart suddenly ignite and burst into a raging inferno.

"Even if we perish together, I would rather my soul fall into your mouth."

Lu Wenze focused his consciousness on every inch of his natal magic weapon, staring at the strands of black tentacles.

The icy, stinging pain emanating from between his eyebrows made Lu Wenze realize that now was not the best time to make a move.

Trapping a turtle in a jar!

The last wisp of black smoke entered between his eyebrows.

"Eternal lamp, light it!!!"

His natal magical artifact is Lu Wenze's other body.

Under his prompting, the lamp shone with dazzling light, like a sun illuminating the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Ah~~~"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed in Lu Wenze's mind.

"A fire-breathing oil lamp?"

"No, this lamp doesn't even reach the level of a magical artifact!!!"

"Only high-grade magical artifacts possess the function of absorbing consciousness!!!"

"How could you possibly possess a top-grade magical artifact?"

The Dao Demon Shadow of "Wen Yuliang" roared, and the black tentacles that had entered his sea of ​​consciousness continued to gather, wrapping around him in layers to form a sphere, thus blocking the damage from the Fire Dragon Oil Lamp to the Dao Demon Shadow.

Lu Wenze ignored the demonic shadow's cries.

Attack when they are unprepared, strike unexpectedly.

Now, the roles of offense and defense have shifted.

Under the light of the fire dragon oil lamp, a ball of black matter was constantly shrinking.

Lu Wenze, who controlled the Everlasting Lamp, knew very well that this lamp was not a high-grade magic artifact, but a low-quality one.

Any high-grade magical artifact, when activated by its natal magical artifact, can instantly reduce the Dao Demon Shadow to ashes by using the fire dragon oil and the flame lit by the azure silkworm wick.

The Everlasting Lamp is now a substandard ritual implement.

The Fire Dragon Oil Lamp is not a magical artifact in the true sense; it is merely a container for holding Fire Dragon Oil and cannot even be called a magical artifact.

Even a substandard ritual implement is still a ritual implement.

In particular, the Everlasting Lamp, which has been modified by the power of time and space, is fundamentally different from the previous Fire Dragon Oil Lamp.

"Turning to the ground and retreating?"

"Perfect, let's take them all in one go."

Big, big, big.

The Everlasting Lamp in the sea of ​​consciousness grew larger and larger, its mouth pressing down on the dark, shadowy figure of the Dao Demon.

The wick of the lamp seemed to touch the dark oil, instantly igniting the sphere of the demonic shadow.

"ah!!!"

"Lu Wenze, who exactly are you?"

"One body, two souls; natal magical artifact!!!"

"It was so well hidden!!"

"But let me tell you, even if you destroy me, it won't affect my true form at all."

"I am inherently tainted by worldly defilement, corrupted by desires and demonic influences. Your killing of me is merely helping my true self cleanse its heart of impurities!!!"

"Hehehe~~~"

"As long as your true self has not advanced to the Dao Core stage, and your inner demons remain impure, you, marked by emotions, will face an endless barrage of Dao demonic attacks!!!"

"Let's see how long you live."

The sphere-shaped demonic figure shrank continuously under the scorching flames of the burning dragon oil.

But the demonic shadow was not afraid at all; instead, it let out a piercing laugh, revealing the cold truth.

After his "close" contact with the Dao Demon Shadow, Lu Wenze has gained some understanding of the formation mechanism of the Dao Demon Shadow.

The Dao Demon Shadow is a product of mental cultivation that involves severing desires and cutting off causality.

By attaching emotions to someone as a trigger, one can lure out inner demons and allow them to be fully released.

Once the Three Thousand Dao Patterns Locking the Core Body is completed, the demonic obstacles in the Dao Heart are cleared away, and with both achieved, one advances to the Dao Core Realm.

With a pure and clear heart, one's mind is solely devoted to the Way.

room.

Lu Wenze's stiff body stirred, and his dull eyes gradually regained their brightness.

And white smoke was rising from the top of his head.

He let out a long sigh, venting all his frustration.

"Brother Lu Yao is right. Living cautiously and vigilantly in the Fire Dragon Academy is an attitude."

"And one more thing: don't be greedy for small gains."

Lu Wenze also realized what was going on.

The three senior brothers' fire dragon oil lamps were not taken back by the Taoist temple.

That's because the Second Courtyard is currently under the control of the eldest brother, Wen Yuliang.

His refusal to allow his Uncle Chixin and his disciples to take away their fellow disciples' belongings was itself a test of his humanity against his junior brother, who had a shallow foundation in the Taoist academy.

The fire dragon oil lamp contains fire dragon oil, and there is a sky-blue silkworm lamp.

The only way Lu Wenze could obtain these two consumables was by painstakingly copying scriptures using his own virgin blood.

The fact that Senior Brother Wen Yuliang did not retrieve the fire dragon oil lamps of Senior Brothers Four, Five, and Six was itself a trap set up against Lu Wenze.

It's certainly gratifying that it's successful.

No, it's just a waste of time in cultivation.

"Nobody noticed the ashes in front of my door."

"Only the eldest brother noticed."

Logically speaking, given the eldest brother's character, if he really passed by his door and noticed the ashes and footprints left by the demonic figure, he should have shown great concern and knocked on the door to confirm whether he was alive or dead.

But he didn't.

Instead, they notified their Uncle Chixin to come and collect the bodies of their fourth, fifth, and sixth senior brothers.

"The eldest brother is very familiar with the master."

"The Daoist Demon Shadow is ever-changing, mimicking our Master, and is familiar with the personalities and even weaknesses of all our junior brothers..."

Now that I think about it carefully, everything that the demonic figure said was accurate.

It is the eldest brother's obsession, and it is impossible for it to lie when its prey falls into its hands.

Therefore, the master's emotional mark fell on the eldest brother, Wen Yuliang.

In order to survive and avoid being attacked by Master's Dao Demon Shadow, the eldest brother wanted to be the first to enter the Dao Core Realm.

"No, if the Dao Demon Shadow is so easy to deal with, even Master's Dao Demon Shadow wouldn't be able to do anything to him, given Senior Brother's cultivation level."

"Unless there is some other crucial information hidden within that I am unaware of."