Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 218 Creation

Phoenix ultimately chose to compromise; in this world, there was no longer a place for him to survive.

Jiuyouming chose to accept the phoenix for the sake of the phoenix sacred mark and also to research the creation of the sacred embryo.

In this day and age, the phoenix is ​​the closest thing to the divine embryo of heaven and earth.

Pure bloodline, direct descendant of the ancient sacred fetus.

Jiu Youming didn't hide anything from him, but instead told him about his idea of ​​researching the Holy Embryo.

Phoenix was naturally shocked. She never expected that she had been hiding in the Netherworld all this time in order to study the creation of the Holy Embryo.

"According to my lineage, the sacred embryo of heaven and earth is conceived over a long period of time. The longer it is conceived, the stronger it becomes."

Phoenix sorted through the information about the Heavenly Sacred Embryo and said, "According to the clan's records, the worst Heavenly Sacred Embryo took 100,000 years to develop after it gave birth to consciousness."

"One hundred thousand years?" Jiu Youming was taken aback.

Li Changsheng frowned. Ten thousand years was a long time, but he could still accept it.

But the Nine Netherworlds couldn't accept that; 100,000 years was too long.

In an era where even carefree immortals only have a lifespan of 13,000 years, she would have long since disappeared into the annals of history 100,000 years later.

"Besides the Sacred Embryo of Heaven and Earth, there is also the Bloodline Creation Method."

Phoenix continued, "When the Phoenix Ancestor was born, there were only the Ancestral Phoenix and the Ancestral Phoenix in the world. They did not reproduce by combining their essence and blood, but rather they created the Phoenix from each other."

In Li Changsheng's mind, he thought of the witch clan from his previous life, whose beings were nurtured by essence and blood, and were extremely terrifying.

When the sacred fetus of heaven and earth was first conceived, there was no concept of reproduction, and no understanding of marriage to continue the lineage.

They have endless lifespans and don't need to worry about having descendants.

The creation of a community was something that happened only after a long period of time.

Phoenix did not hide anything and taught them the method of creating life from essence and blood: "However, immortality is no longer possible now. Unless you plunder a large amount of life force, it is impossible to give birth to life."

With only essence and blood, it is no longer possible to create anything.

  

Without sufficient vitality to sustain life, let alone creation, even essence and blood cannot be preserved for long.

Jiu Youming sighed softly: "It's still a matter of immortality."

Li Changsheng remained silent; they were back to square one.

The phoenix continued, "Born from essence and blood, the gestation period is short, a few hundred or a few thousand years. However, in this era, those created will not be very strong. Whose essence and blood is the limit of creation."

"If we use the Dao of essence and blood, combined with the nurturing of heaven and earth, can we speed things up?" Li Changsheng asked.

"Ming thinks it's feasible. The sacred embryo of heaven and earth takes a long time to develop before it can be born with intelligence. We are just bringing forward the birth of intelligence."

Nine Netherworld said, "Just like occupying the Holy Embryo of Heaven and Earth before it developed sentience, and moreover, we have complete Holy Runes, so we are also nurturing a mature Holy Embryo."

Li Changsheng nodded slightly: "Then, it still lacks vitality."

"We'll discuss the matter of survival later. I wonder if you would be willing to enter the Netherworld and give it a try?" Jiu Youming said.

"Of course I'm willing. No matter how much we discuss, it's better to take action." Li Changsheng laughed, "Ao Qing, follow me into the Netherworld."

"Yes, elder brother," Ao Qing replied respectfully.

Jiu Youming couldn't wait any longer. Now that the method was almost finished, it was time to go back and put it into practice.

Li Changsheng followed her to the Netherworld, where the Nine Netherworlds protected them, keeping them unaffected.

Upon entering the Netherworld, Jiuyouming threw out the two Sun Birds.

We don't need them anymore, and they can't stay idle anyway. After going out a few times, they won't come back.

Despite the two sun birds' mournful cries, Jiu Youming ignored them.

She obtained the essence and blood of the Sun Bird and the sacred runes.

Upon arriving at the City of Rebirth, Li Changsheng said, "Fellow Daoist Ming, please ask Rakshasa to keep an eye on the outside world. Although we will not participate, there is no need for us to be completely isolated from the world."

Jiuyouming nodded slightly: "What you say makes sense, fellow Daoist. I will have Rakshasa take note."

"Then let's get started. Does Fellow Daoist Phoenix have any suggestions?" Li Changsheng asked.

"In this era, it is no longer possible to refine a regeneration pool to nurture a new phoenix. We can only settle for second best and refine treasures that nourish life," the phoenix said.

"The nurturing of life will be handled by the Underworld," Jiuyouming pondered. "I would like to trouble you, fellow Daoist, to use the essence and blood of the Sun Divine Bird to fuse with the sacred runes and create the embryo."

"The essence and blood of the Sun Bird may not be able to support the sacred runes," Li Changsheng said solemnly.

Even if they find those two sun birds, they still won't be able to withstand the sun's sacred runes.

"It's alright. Ming has already strengthened his blood essence with the Earth Emperor's Dao. He's just imprinting the holy runes on it. Once the new life is born, he can gradually master the power of the holy runes."

"Nine Netherworld said calmly."

Li Changsheng nodded, understanding what she meant.

Simply branding with holy runes can seal the power of those runes.

In the process of nurturing new life, gradually integrate it, allowing the new life and the sacred markings to merge.

This will take a long time and require careful control; if not handled carefully, the new life will be killed by the holy runes.

Jiuyouming has gone into seclusion to refine a treasure that can nurture life.

Li Changsheng and Phoenix also began their seclusion to refine their essence blood and holy runes, with Phoenix taking charge of learning.

Although Phoenix is ​​quite powerful, it can't even come close to Li Changsheng in terms of comprehending the Dao of Sacred Runes.

With Yang Dingtian's disciple around, Li Changsheng was quite knowledgeable about the Sun Bird, making it relatively easy to brand him.

However, we still need to be careful, since it's just some essence blood.

As the sacred runes merged into the essence blood, the essence blood rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant blood sphere.

After a moment's thought, Li Changsheng took out the Fusang tree.

Phoenix was shocked to see the Fusang tree. He never expected to see such an ancient tree in this era, even though it was just a sapling.

"A Fusang sapling? The island lord actually possesses such a rare treasure?" Phoenix couldn't help but exclaim.

Li Changsheng smiled slightly: "I found this by chance. It had just sprouted when I dug it out and then nurtured it with the way of the sun."

"The island lord is truly blessed," Phoenix said enviously.

"What kind of profound fortune is this? It's just a sapling, not even enough to be refined into a magic weapon." Li Changsheng shook his head and said, "We need to nurture the Sun God Bird now, and I thought it might be helpful, so I took it out."

As he took out the Fusang tree, the essence blood seemed to be attracted and floated towards the Fusang tree on its own.

The sacred runes within the essence blood also stabilized, even echoing the sacred runes of the Fusang tree.

"It really worked." Li Changsheng's expression changed.

With the help of the Fusang tree, both the sacred mark and the Fusang tree are slowly nourishing the essence and blood.

He continued to integrate the Sun Sacred Mark, and his essence blood was slowly being absorbed.

Phoenix followed his example and began to integrate her own blood essence into the sacred runes. Unfortunately, she did not fully master the Phoenix Sacred Runes.

Before long, the phoenix failed and wasted some of its essence.

Li Changsheng said, "Fellow Daoist Phoenix, there's no need to rush. You can first integrate it into your own Dao patterns, which don't necessarily have to be sacred patterns."

But in his heart he was thinking that once they got to know each other well, he would ask Phoenix for the Phoenix Sacred Mark.

The phoenix nodded slightly.

While they were researching creation and the Holy Embryo, all the geniuses from the outside world were practically beating each other senseless.

The Taoist sect suffered heavy losses, but fortunately Sun Chengdao intervened in time and saved many of them.

The three sacred lands and the ancient demon clans have all suffered heavy losses of geniuses.

The Eastern Continent has become utterly ruthless; once the geniuses have been mostly killed or wounded, new powerful figures will be dispatched.

This method of raising gu (a type of insect) is solely for the purpose of training the strongest individuals, and it doesn't care how many powerful individuals will die in the process.

With Zhenlong and the others achieving the Five Qi Gathering Origin, those who returned this time were all cultivators at the Five Qi Gathering Origin realm.

For some unknown reason, a large number of cultivators suddenly appeared, all of whom were chasing after Sun Chengdao and Wutian.

The True Dragon was also affected, but in order to help them deal with Yang Wushang, they had no choice but to face it together.

The cultivators who were chasing them were also incredibly powerful, mostly at the late or even peak stages of the Five Qi Gathering Realm.

The old monsters knew that these people were incredibly powerful and top geniuses, so of course they wouldn't send out any more early or mid-stage Five Qi Gathering cultivators, as that would pose no challenge to them.

Yang Wushang and Yang Dingtian were not spared either; they were both within the range of the pursuit.

Yang Dingtian, in particular, found life unbearable, as no matter where he hid, the other party could always find him.

He had clearly hidden deep in the North Sea, but those Five Qi Converging Yuan cultivators still acted as if they had just happened to pass by and found him.

Would you casually pass through the depths of the North Sea?

It's a ghost!

These cultivators who have attained the Five Elements will also carry a large amount of resources. If you kill or defeat them, the resources will be theirs.

If they don't fight back, these cultivators won't be polite; they'll be ruthless killers.

Born into this era, even if Yang Dingtian took everything lightly and didn't want to get involved in the killing, he still had no choice but to join in.

Once you enter the world of martial arts, you're no longer in control of your own destiny!

As the killings continued and the world descended into chaos, only the Shang Dynasty remained relatively peaceful.

Because they abide by the agreement and must not disturb the Great Shang, no powerful being can disobey it.

Yang Wushang and the others would not make things difficult for Da Shang, because no matter who wins, Da Shang will be their territory, controlled by the strongest.

Sun Chengdao and his group were scattered as they were pursued by cultivators. There were too many powerful figures chasing them, and they dared not stop.

Occasionally, when someone is tired and wants to catch their breath, the other party will appear from behind and attempt to assassinate them.

Upon hearing this news, Phoenix was extremely grateful that it had hidden itself in the Netherworld; otherwise, it would have been eaten long ago.

Thinking about everything happening outside, Phoenix asked curiously, "Island Lord, with your strength, why didn't you take action before?"

The Lord of Penglai Island, who is able to befriend the Nine Netherworlds, discuss cultivation, and delve into the path of creating a sacred embryo, must possess extraordinary strength.

Li Changsheng glanced at him and said, "Isn't life good now? I know my own talent. I can't kill them. Once they improve, they will kill me. Even if I can't live forever, I can still die a natural death."

Phoenix laughed, a laugh tinged with irony.

Dying a natural death has become the greatest luxury for geniuses of this era.

"Throughout history, countless cultivators have emerged, but how many have you seen die peacefully in their old age?" Li Changsheng sighed softly.

"Looking around the world, there may be many, but very few people know about them."

Phoenix sighed, "Compared to those of the same era, less than one in a thousand died of old age."

"One in a thousand?" Li Changsheng scoffed. "Not even one in ten thousand. In this world, geniuses keep emerging. Not only do we have to worry about being killed by geniuses of our own time, but we also have to worry about the older and younger generations."

The phoenix remained silent.

In this battle, many of the older generation of cultivators in the Eastern Continent were sent to the Central Plains, where they died.

They survived their era, but instead of achieving a stable life, it was destroyed by them and by new geniuses.

"The pursuit of immortality is a question, but how many can actually achieve it? In this world where immortality is no longer possible, even the limit of lifespan has become a luxury."

Li Changsheng sighed, "What we pursue is no longer immortality, but who can live the longest."

Phoenix nodded in deep agreement; only now could he truly understand what he was saying.

If it were in the past, Li Changsheng would have scoffed at these words, firmly believing that he would be the genius who survived to the end.

"Let them fight, let them fight however they want, we'll do our own research," Li Changsheng said. "Thousands of years from now, even tens of thousands of years from now, we may still be here, while they will have long since disappeared into the river of history, forgotten by the world."

Phoenix smiled and said, "Living is the most important thing."

Having survived numerous life-or-death crises, the phoenix has come to understand that only by living can one pursue the Great Dao and have hope of extending one's lifespan.

If you die, then everything is gone.

Li Changsheng smiled, calmed down, and focused on creating essence blood and holy runes with Phoenix.

While cultivating, the embryo is slowly created.

Time flies, and more than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Li Changsheng finally integrated all the sacred runes into his blood essence.

Phoenix also incorporated its Dao patterns and insights into sacred patterns into its essence and blood.

Jiuyouming has emerged from seclusion and created the Heaven and Earth Regeneration Pool, which can guide the laws of immortals and gods, as well as the great Dao of the mortal world, to nurture new life.

Li Changsheng was once again impressed by Jiu Youming's strength.

The Heaven and Earth Regeneration Pool can nurture beings below the Dao Integration Realm, but when combined with the Reincarnation Realm, it can even nurture beings at the Dao Integration Realm.

But at best, one can only attain immortality through the union of the Dao, and cannot give birth to a carefree, wandering immortal being.

When Jiu Youming saw the Fusang tree, he was also surprised: "I never expected that in this era, I would be able to see this ancient tree from you."

"It was just a coincidence," Li Changsheng said. "Now it's perfect for nurturing the Sun Bird, and combined with the Regeneration Pool, it's truly perfect."

Jiuyouming said softly, "Next, we need to replenish our vitality with various spiritual herbs and draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

Without sufficient vitality, medicinal herbs, and spiritual energy, it is impossible to nurture powerful beings.

"I am too poor," Li Changsheng sighed. "If there were any spiritual herbs, I would refine them myself."

He was truly poor; he had already exhausted all his spiritual medicines during his previous seclusion.

"It's alright, I still have some spiritual medicines and longevity-promoting items," said Jiuyouming.

"I have some too," the phoenix said. "But the energy required to nurture life, especially two at once, is enormous."

The few medicinal herbs they have are simply not enough!

Li Changsheng frowned: "Now I am all alone, and the spiritual medicine of the North Sea will not be given to me."

"It's alright, Ming has already sent Luo Sha to the Great Wilderness," said Jiu Youming.

"What, the Great Wilderness?" Li Changsheng and Phoenix's expressions changed simultaneously.

The Great Wilderness is a forbidden area, although the Wasteland is nothing to them.

But in the Great Wilderness, even those who have reached the Dao Integration stage dare not easily enter the ferocious beasts within.

(End of this chapter)