I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

”So this is the cultivation method of the Demonic Dao, truly sinister and evil...”

Looking at the two Jade Scrolls in his palm, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but sigh softly.

Sacrificing countless living beings to exchange for three hundred years of Golden Core power.

To those with a sense of justice, this is contemptible and extremely malevolent.

But to some others, this method is like music from the heavens, a remedy for saving the world, a supreme Immortal Technique!

Ordinary people are merely like the wild chives in the fields, cut one crop and another grows, why care, why sympathize?

”Such a poisonous method...”

Gu Yuan sighed, and with a surge of mana in his palm, he directly crushed the two Jade Scrolls into powder.

These two Dharma Seals are so cruel and bizarre that if they were to spread, they would cause immeasurable catastrophe to the mortals of the world.

It’s better to destroy them.

”Master, this Secret Realm seems to be of a very high level, far beyond what a Golden Core Cultivator can leave behind. According to the old man’s memory and what the Secret Realm holds, it will reopen seven days from now!”

”This time, it seems possible to enter deeper into the Secret Realm, which is why this demon cultivator dared to take great risks, slaughtering citizens, absorbing life essence, and refining techniques through bones and souls to enhance his power.”

At this moment, the Heart-devouring Insect read another segment of the old man’s memory, speaking with a hint of surprise.

”The Secret Realm can be opened again?”

Gu Yuan’s brows raised slightly, but he was not overly surprised.

He had already gathered some information from the miscellaneous items in the Demon Cultivator’s Golden Core Qiankun Bag, along with the incomplete Token. His heart had some speculation, and what the Heart-devouring Insect said merely confirmed his inner thoughts.

”There are three pieces of the Skull Order, and this old fellow only obtained one; the other two are in the hands of two other forces.”

”Each token transmits to a different location within the Secret Realm.”

”This old fellow once contemplated seizing the tokens from the other two forces within the Secret Realm to dominate it, but he didn’t succeed.”

”The Secret Realm is quite expansive; they haven’t even encountered each other.”

”Later, this demon cultivator received an opportunity, and after breaking through to the Golden Core, he also sought the other two Token Masters, but returned without success.”

”And in seven days, the twenty-year period will be up, which is when the Secret Realm opens again!”

The Heart-devouring Insect squirmed and spilled all the old man’s memories.

”Where is this Secret Realm located?”

Gu Yuan asked.

”Master, this Secret Realm is in the Celestial Trace Mountain Range, in a nameless valley.”

The Heart-devouring Insect replied.

Celestial Trace Mountain Range?

Gu Yuan’s brows furrowed slightly.

The Celestial Trace Mountain Range is ten thousand miles away from here, a mid-sized range stretching across the South Mountain Domain, vast and boundless.

It is said that in ancient times, a Great Power Cultivator once engaged in Magical Combat here, shaking mountains and rivers, shattering the world, leaving marks in the heavens and earth, thus this mountain range was born and named the Celestial Trace Mountain Range.

Whether this mountain range was indeed born from combat is unverified, but the entire range is shrouded with a miasma known as ”Heartless Miasma.”

This miasma subtly and gradually steals the desires of living creatures.

All emotions—joys and sorrows, partings and reunions—will be devoured by the miasma, eventually turning beings into emotionless zombies, wandering aimlessly in the mountains.

This miasma is extremely bizarre and powerful—the stronger the cultivation, the deeper the erosion. Even Golden Core cultivators cannot linger in the mountains for long, otherwise even they will undergo a drastic change in their minds, consumed by ”desire,” becoming heartless beings.

This heartlessness subjects cultivators to lose their desire for the Great Dao and immortality.

This is an unacceptable fate for any cultivator.

Hence, this mountain range is a forbidden land in the South Mountain Domain, rarely traversed by humans, with only some unique Demon Beasts unaffected by the miasma surviving within.

However, in the mountain range lie many rare exotic treasures, and from time to time, adventurers venture into the range to collect them.

”Based on the old man’s memory, activating the Token can prevent miasma erosion—Foundation Establishment Cultivators can protect three people, but for Golden Core Cultivators, the little one does not know...”

The Heart-devouring Insect flipped through the memories, speaking with some uncertainty.

”Buzz buzz!”

Without further words, Gu Yuan directly infused mana into the Token.

The Token immediately buzzed, emitting a transparent Spiritual Light, like an invisible Magical Robe draping over Gu Yuan.

”It can only protect one Golden Core...”

Gu Yuan quickly verified and understood the Token’s limitations.

”Celestial Trace Mountain Range, White Bone Secret Realm...”

Putting away the Token, Gu Yuan began to ponder.

No Golden Core emerges fully formed from thin air.

Even for a Loose Cultivator, there are traces to follow.

This demon cultivator acquired a substantial opportunity, which allowed him to surpass the Celestial Tribulation and achieve the Golden Core.

And this opportunity seems not fully exploited, hiding greater relics further in.

Crucially, there are two more Tokens—could there be other demon cultivators achieving Golden Core status?

The Celestial Trace Mountain Range lies at the northern boundary of the South Mountain Domain, no longer within the Cyan Peak Daoist School’s territory. Technically, it’s a no man’s land, between the Cyan Peak Daoist School, the Sunset Glow Sect, and the Qingyang Temple.

The demon cultivator risked devouring life, likely to extend life essence, replenish techniques, and re-enter the Secret Realm.

Now that he has slain the demon cultivator and obtained the Token, the opportunity naturally falls into his hands.

”Seven days later... it’s uncertain if the other two Token Masters have also found fortune and broken through to the Golden Core?”

Gu Yuan hesitated, but eventually decided to explore it.

The Secret Realm’s first part held such profound mysteries, aiding even a Loose Cultivator to break through to the Golden Core—what might the latter part contain?