Why are all of us who transmigrated at the same time demons?

This calamity, if you survive it, you will succeed; if you fail, you will die.

Chapter 144 Ancient Chen Realm: Proving the Dao of a Great Sage

In an instant, half of the insect dragons were killed by the innate sword energy.

Previously, Loran suppressed his enemies with his innate advantages; now, his enemies are suppressing him with their superior innate abilities.

"The time has come! Come! Let me help you prove my truth!"

As soon as Loran had a thought, the leader Ashudha Dragon King and the elder Nanda Dragon King, who were holding a meeting at the Five Dragons Secret Sect headquarters thousands of miles away, suddenly felt unwell.

Like Yuan Shan, the leader of the Ape Dragon Altar, the Five Dragons Sect Leader transformed into a giant dragon with a lithe body like a celestial horse, while the Grand Elder transformed into a giant dragon surrounded by clouds and mist, wearing a jeweled crown and holding a pearl in its chin. They became vigilant, searching for possible traces of the enemy.

But it's the same; it's completely useless.

Loran had long since figured out the cultivation techniques they practiced, and their weaknesses were crystal clear to him.

The two purple insect dragons quickly devoured the Ashudha and Nanda dragon kings, then transformed into a streak of light and flew away.

Meanwhile, throughout the Yu Kingdom, a long dragon with magnificent blue feathers, a dog-dragon resembling a black monster, and a black poisonous dragon dwelling in a secluded pool were all devoured. Three purple insect dragons emerged from their shriveled corpses and transformed into streaks of light, flying towards the location of Tianning Temple.

Loran transformed from the magma into the form of a divine monkey, wielding the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff). The purple dragon magma from the Asura Dragon King transformed into a pair of crimson treasure boots, further enhancing Loran's speed. The purple magma from the Nanda Dragon King transformed into a radiant pearl of light, resisting the approaching sword energy.

The purple insect dragon from the Luanlong transformed into countless feather-like divine runes and an array plate. Under the control of the array plate, the divine runes formed a grand array, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth to resist the innate killing intent. The purple insect dragon from the Dog Dragon transformed into a black and red flame armor, which Loran wore. The insect dragon from the Poison Dragon transformed into a poison needle, wandering in the void, constantly taking the lives of heavenly soldiers to replenish Loran's energy.

With the Ashutuo Treasure Boots, Nanda Treasure Pearl, Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel), Purple Feather Divine Talisman Array, Huodou Dog Dragon Armor, and Xutan Poison Dragon Needle in hand, Loran fought to a standstill against the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord, who wielded the Innate Male and Female Killing Swords.

Seeing Loran fighting with increasing ferocity, the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord grew anxious.

The pair of magic swords in his hands were consumables; each swing consumed the essence of these top-grade innate magic treasures. If this continued, the swords would be downgraded to the acquired level. At that point, without the support of innate power, he wouldn't be able to defeat this demon.

"Damn it, how can this demon be so powerful? And his rise to power is so rapid. The Heavenly Heart Sects in various places are suspected of being negligent in their oversight, allowing a peerless demon to quietly grow to such a level."

Just as the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord was anxious, a divine thought suddenly entered his mind. The Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord suddenly calmed down, but he remained outwardly calm.

After several more rounds of fighting, the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint King began to show signs of weakness. Just as Loran was about to put in more effort to defeat his opponent...

Suddenly, the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord attacked, taking advantage of Lolan's slight lapse in concentration. The Innate Killing Sword unleashed unprecedented power, and the surging sword energy transformed into a long river, severing Lolan's head.

Under the innate killing intent, all chance of life is extinguished.

"Hahaha! You demon, you've finally been beheaded!" The Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord laughed heartily.

From within the killing sword, a phantom emerged, and the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord respectfully bowed to the phantom.

"Your subordinate, Wu Lei, greets the Celestial Master!"

The illusory figure wore a purple-gold lotus eight-trigram robe that only a Celestial Master could wear, and a Taoist crown on his head. He was not wearing a feather robe. He was tall and his eyes were as deep as a deep pool. He was the previous generation Celestial Master of the Heavenly Heart Sect and was known as the most immortal person in the Heavenly Heart Sect in five hundred years - Xie Guanzi.

"Fortunately, I had anticipated that the swords would run out of spiritual energy, so I deliberately hid a wisp of my spirit within them. This was so that I could strike when the enemy thought the swords were about to run out of spiritual energy and became complacent, thus unleashing the swords' greatest power and catching them off guard."

Xie Guanzi stroked his long beard, looking at Loran's headless corpse, quite satisfied with his move.

"The Celestial Master's divine wisdom and calculations are beyond what this sorcerer could have foreseen." The Five Thunders Compassionate Saint Lord offered a subtle but effective compliment.

"It's a pity that the precious sword left by our ancestor has been reduced to an ordinary magic weapon." Looking at the male and female killing swords that had lost all their innate spiritual power, Xie Guanzi felt a little sad.

But he quickly composed himself. Xie Guanzi's eyes flashed with lightning-like light, and he solemnly addressed the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord.

"The matter of this demon is now settled. The Holy Ruler has more important matters to attend to."

The Five Thunder Compassionate Holy Lord stood solemnly, cupping his hands in a salute: "Please convey the command, Heavenly Master."

"This demonic matter reflects that our Heavenly Heart Sect has long been corrupt. The higher-ups are vying for power and profit, the current Heavenly Master is incompetent and weak and difficult to control, and the lower-ups are neglecting their duties and even resorting to evil magic, which has led to the evil sects in such a place giving birth to such a demon."

"After the Holy Ruler returns, he will issue an edict in my name to mobilize the Heavenly Punishment Academy to carry out a comprehensive purge within our sect, to rectify the situation and eliminate these evil practices."

"If the current Celestial Master has any objections, tell him to come to the Tianxin Ancestral Temple to find me. I want to see if he dares to be disrespectful in front of his master."

Just as the former Celestial Master and the Five Thunder Compassionate Holy Lord, the head of the Divine Path, were discussing the great cause of the cleansing of the Heavenly Heart Path, Loran's corpse suddenly moved. His fingers trembled very slightly, but the two people present were both highly skilled cultivators, and no slight movement could escape their spiritual senses.

"How is this possible? They were all struck by the innate killing intent, their life force completely extinguished, how can they still show signs of being alive?" Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord exclaimed in surprise.

However, His actions were also very swift. Not dead? Then I'll kill you again.

I'll take advantage of your illness. I don't believe you can beat me when you're like this.

The Five Thunders Compassionate Saint Lord brandished his thunder sword, intending to tear Loran's corpse to pieces.

Suddenly, Loran's headless corpse stretched out its right hand and grabbed the Thunder Sword of the Five Thunders Compassionate Saint King.

It should be noted that the Five Thunder Compassionate Holy Lord's magic sword was forged from divine copper from Thunderstruck Mountain and sunken silver from the deep sea. It was covered with top-grade magic talismans of the Heavenly Heart Path and was blessed by successive Heavenly Masters. It was an indestructible divine weapon of slaughter. Furthermore, it was blessed with thunder magic by the Holy Lord, yet it was only held by a single palm.

What an indestructible body!

Loran's physical body used her breasts as eyes and her navel as a mouth. The Black Dragon Needle of the Void Pool transformed into a poisonous dragon spear, which she held in her hand, and she began to fight against the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint King.

Meanwhile, the previous Celestial Master, Xie Guanzi, watched clearly from the side. How could a corpse that had been devoid of life still move? It was simply unbelievable. Suddenly, Xie Guanzi thought of something.

"Not good? Could it be...?"

Xie Guanzi cried out, "Your Majesty, be careful! The enemy may have used the lost Fangxian Daoist Disarming Technique!"

Upon hearing this, the Five Thunders Compassionate Saint Lord was greatly alarmed. To think that such an ancient method as the Corpse Dissolution Immortal could still be seen in the mortal world—how learned this demon was!

No, we must find his true spirit hidden in the hut, otherwise simply destroying the corpse will be useless.

While Xie Guanzi and Wu Lei Ciji Shengjun were focused on finding the true spirit hidden in Luo Lan's body, Xie Guanzi suddenly felt that he seemed to have overlooked something.

Wait! Where's the head? The body is here, but where's the head that was severed by the Innate Killing Sword? How did it mysteriously disappear?

Just as Xie Guanzi was thinking about this, a huge dragon head emerged from the void and swallowed Xie Guanzi's distracted mind whole.

"So the target was me? But why? In terms of great nourishment, isn't the Holy Ruler's divine body stronger than my mere avatar?"

Xie Guanzi was somewhat puzzled.

“I understand now. It’s about essence. I’m closer to the realm of immortals than the Sage King. The other party needs my near-immortal essence as a catalyst to awaken the innate vitality and true spirit hidden by the Corpse Dissolution method.”

"So that's how it is. I was deceived. That headless corpse didn't move at all using any corpse disintegration method. It was the War Demon Sect's Witch Demon War God Technique, which used the remaining wisp of fighting spirit in the corpse to refine its own body into a Fighting Demon Yaksha."

"Such terrifying skill in corpse refining! To be able to clear one's mind in the brief instant when the innate killing sword was about to strike, and to decisively and ruthlessly transform one's body into a fighting demon yaksha."

"Then he used the Demon-Slaying Yaksha to draw our attention, making us believe that his true spirit was hidden in the corpse, thus buying us time. But in reality, his true spirit was not in the corpse at all, but in the head."

"He actually knows so many techniques, and he's proficient in them all."

"What a cunning scheme, what a scheming villain!"

"A move ahead in chess, my Heavenly Heart Path is in trouble!"

As the dragon head completely swallowed the distraction of the Xie Guanzi, it was as if a great sun had leaped from the horizon, and a primordial true yang rose from the dragon head.

As soon as this wisp of true yang was born, it absorbed the essence of all directions and quickly transformed into a naked infant. The infant grew rapidly in the wind, and in a few breaths, it transformed into a young man. With a casual tug, the five elements of energies combined to form a robe, which the young man draped over his body.

Looking at his newborn body, Loran wondered if this was the true innate primordial body.

The final tribulation of the Five Tribulations, the Tribulation of Metal, has been passed. The path to becoming a Celestial Immortal is within reach. No, according to convention, a supreme being like him, born into the evil and demonic paths, should be called a Great Sage.

Looking at the newborn Loran, the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint King was already in despair.

He angrily raised his thunder sword and thunder spear, and fully activated the Five Thunder Command Flag, summoning a raging sea of ​​thunder, including Divine Firmament Thunder, Orthodox Five Elements Thunder, Reverse Five Elements Thunder, Eight Trigrams Thunder, Yin-Yang Thunder, Primordial Magnetic Thunder, and so on. All kinds of divine thunder danced in the sea of ​​thunder, and He was determined to fight this demon to the death.

Loran reached out and summoned the Poison Dragon Spear wielded by the Demon Fighter, which transformed into a black needle and returned to his hand. With a flick of his finger, the Black Dragon Needle of the Void Pool transformed into an invisible stream of light, instantly piercing the forehead of the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord and annihilating his primordial spirit.

"After I have completely survived the five tribulations and initially attained the status of a Primordial Great Saint, the way I use this treasure is completely different from before."

Loran collected the six scattered magical treasures. The quality of these treasures was somewhat outdated compared to his cultivation level, and they needed to be refined again. With a casual grab, the divine body of the Five Thunder Compassionate Saint Lord after his death transformed into boundless essence, which he drew into the magical treasures to temper them.

Looking into the distance, the matter of the Heavenly Heart Path was not urgent for the time being. Loran drew out a black bloodline, which was expelled from his old body after he achieved the Primordial Chaos Body.

It was a bloodline within him that wasn't human. Loran knew that this bloodline was the root cause of Qi Xuanzong's expulsion from the Qi family. This bloodline was of a very high grade, and its owner was likely of extraordinary origin, possibly a member of those ancient gods.

Loran sensed it. Since he was originally a Heavenly Demon, his karma with this world was extremely rare. Therefore, after passing through the five tribulations, he did not need to accumulate external skills like other Heavenly Immortals and Great Saints. He only needed to cultivate and perfect his skills before he could ascend normally.

"Hehe, when I, a celestial demon, ascend to the immortal realm, I wonder what a wondrous sight that will be."

Chapter 145 Under One Person: The Theory of Transcendence

Inside the "Hehua Zizaitian", a group of Lorans were congratulating the ancient Chen Realm Loran who was wearing a five-dragon Taoist crown.

"Congratulations, brother, on attaining the Great Sage Dao Fruit! What a joyous occasion!"

"Yes, this is truly a joyous occasion!"

"Yes, congratulations!"

"Yes, yes, congratulations!"

"Yes, yes, Coca-Cola!"

"How much did Coca-Cola pay you? Pepsi will pay double!"

What started as a series of sincere congratulations suddenly turned somewhat comical when someone blurted out the word "Coca-Cola." The conversation quickly veered off-topic, shifting from praise for Gu Chenluolan's achievements to a debate about Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

Gu Chen and Luo Lan didn't care. They were all Luo Lan's own people, so why pretend to be serious?

"Brothers, after I attained the Great Sage Dao Fruit, I discovered that I could transcend the void of the Ancient Chen Realm. Due to the characteristics of the Heavenly Demon, I don't necessarily have to ascend to the Immortal Realm. Instead, I can travel freely between different realms. If I can obtain the coordinates of your world, I might even be able to cross over to your place."

Gu Chenluolan shared his recent discovery.

"But where do we get our world coordinates? Coordinates are relative. Without a frame of reference, where do we get coordinates? Even I have never completely transcended the universe I live in, so I cannot define the world from the perspective of the outer void."

"There are so many worlds in the void, we might not even be in the same world group, right?"

"That's what Hokage Loran said. Over the years, he has also integrated into the circle of transcendent beings in the Naruto universe. He learned from them that these beings are called Star Gods, which is only half a dimension higher than the current universe, and has not yet truly transcended the universe."

Otsutsuki Shibai appeared indifferent to the grudges between Loran and the Otsutsuki clan, as if it had nothing to do with him. In his eyes, Otsutsuki Kaguya and Otsutsuki Isshiki were merely descendants separated by countless generations, their relationship with him so distant as to be negligible.

The Otsutsuki clan is inherently cold-blooded. The main family regards the branch families as food, so for him, who is at the very top of the Otsutsuki clan, the death of a few members of the Otsutsuki clan is like the wind blowing through leaves, and it does not cause the slightest ripple in his heart.

However, Shiba Inu Ōtsutsuki developed a strong interest in Loran. The reason was simple: Loran had successfully transcended the Ōtsutsuki clan's chakra system, which made Shiba Inu Ōtsutsuki feel that they might have many things in common.

After all, their paths shared many similarities; both were exploring ways to transcend the universe. For this reason, within the Star God's circle, Otsutsuki Shibai was actually closer to Loran.

These star gods have mostly focused their attention on the path to transcending the universe, and no longer pay as much attention to their people in the real world as they used to.

After all, their level of life has far surpassed that of ordinary people, and the gap between them is like an insurmountable chasm, making it difficult to have true understanding and resonance.

"Don't mention me. The world of Death is incredibly awful, its constraints on its beings are stronger than anyone else's. If you try to transcend it, this world will kill you off at the drop of a hat, and the consequences of its collapse will all fall on you, making it difficult to escape. I've also started a two-person chat group with the Spirit King, and we're discussing our transcendence plan," said Death God Loran.

Godslayer Loran shrugged: "There are tons of parallel worlds in the Godslayer world group, all sorts of absurd worlds. I'm still constantly hacking and slashing, and I've even formed the Burning Legion to launch a great expedition against the gods of other worlds. Let alone transcending, I haven't even reached the limit of this world yet."

Urban Loran says, "Don't mention it. I'm leading the monks to conquer the galaxy while building the framework for the demon realm."

One of them, Loran, was speechless. He suspected that the immortals in their world, who were said to be "outside the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements," had only escaped the ecosystem of Earth. In the vast universe, it was hard to say what the immortals' position would be.

He recently took the opportunity to secretly study Feng Baobao, taking some of her cells for experimental research, and found that her so-called immortal body was not enough to support her survival in the harsh environment of the universe.

For example, the famous Earth Immortal in the world of supernatural beings pursues so-called body breathing, but this is Feng Baobao's instinct. At the time, it amazed a fellow Earth Immortal in Biyou Village. However, it is completely useless in the universe because there is no oxygen in the universe. Whether you breathe through your mouth and nose or through your body, there is no oxygen, so what's the point of breathing?

Loran suspected that throwing the girl into space wouldn't kill her; her powerful life instincts might put her into a state of dormancy, suppressing her life force to the maximum extent to maintain her life.

Uh... it feels like this so-called immortal body is the same as the so-called perfect creature Kars.

Look, the immortals are ageless and immortal, and so is Kars.

The immortal's Feng Hou Qi Men is ever-changing, and Kaz can also transform into any creature on Earth.

The immortal keeps talking about some mystical destiny, and Kars is also bound by the fate of the JOJO world.

More importantly, Kars and the Sage have never appeared on the same occasion, so it proves... uh, just kidding.

However, if this is the immortal body that Wugensheng and the others are pursuing, then Luo Lan can only say that the so-called immortals are not that much stronger.

Moreover, it remains to be seen whether the so-called immortal mindset and wisdom are useful in alien civilizations with a completely different operating logic from human society.

For example, try going to the Trisolarans and preaching "honesty" to them? The Trisolarans don't have the concept of lies or deception by nature, okay?

If sincerity is truly so omnipotent and useful, wouldn't all the Trisolarans be on the path to immortality?

Therefore, becoming an immortal is just a stage in cultivation, not the ultimate goal.

The Great Way is boundless, and the path to immortality is but one aspect of it. The true Way is so far-reaching that even immortals cannot fully describe it.

"So," Loran looked at Gu Chen Loran very seriously, "is the transcendence you think you have really true transcendence?"

"For example, you say you've survived the Five Elements Tribulation and shed your acquired body. But will your Five Elements principles necessarily hold true in other realms? What if those realms aren't composed of the Five Elements, but rather the four elements of earth, fire, wind, and water?"

Gu Chen Luo Lan fell silent. He could say he had surpassed the Ancient Chen Realm. But the world group he belonged to wasn't just the Ancient Chen Realm; had he truly surpassed this world group?

If the Celestial Immortals and Great Sages are truly transcendent beings, why would they need a separate celestial realm to house them? Wouldn't that be redundant for true transcendent beings?

Gu Chenluolan patted one of the people on the shoulder, and the last trace of joy and pride after becoming a Great Sage vanished at this moment.