I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

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On ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the walls of Qingyun Pass, the faces of those guarding cultivators turned deathly pale.

Those ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍qualified to guard this place were at minimum Transformation Spirit Realm cultivators, considered powerful figures in ordinary regions.

But ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍now, gazing at the demon clouds blotting out the sky and at the hundred-zhang bull demon standing proudly in the air, they felt their legs weaken and the longswords in their hands tremble.

This ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was instinctive fear born from the crushing difference in lifeforms.

“Quick… ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍quickly send word!”

The leading cultivator finally snapped back to his senses and shouted hoarsely.

In the next moment, transmission talismans shot into the sky one after another, turning into streaks of light that vanished into the horizon.

Tianyan Dao Sect.

Demon-Slaying Alliance.

The ten great sects of the Eastern Continent.

All top-tier forces received the same message at the same moment.

The Bull Demon Demon King had arrived!

......

Outside Qingyun Pass.

The Bull Demon Demon King stood with his hands clasped behind his back, overlooking the mighty fortress below.

Watching those panicked cultivators and the transmission talismans shooting skyward, a mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips.

Calling for reinforcements?

Call them.

Since this old bull had come today, he never intended to act secretly.

Once everyone arrived, he would deal with them all at once.

How convenient.

“The King is wise!”

Beside him, a tiger demon of the Great Ascension Realm stepped forward flatteringly.

“Once all those weaklings of the Eastern Continent arrive, the King can crush each of them with one punch and establish his might!”

“When that time comes, the entire Eastern Continent will know that our demon race is the true ruler of the Spirit Realm!”

The Bull Demon Demon King laughed heartily and patted the tiger demon’s head.

“Well said. Later, this king won’t act first. I’ll let all of you warm up your hands first.”

“Many thanks, King!”

Hundreds of great demons behind him responded in unison, savage light flickering within their eyes.

They had followed the Bull Demon Demon King from the Western Wasteland to the Northern Plains, and from the Northern Plains to the Southern Region. What kind of battles had they not seen?

A mere Eastern Continent was theirs for the taking.

......

Less than the time it took an incense stick to burn later—

Streams of escaping light tore through the sky from the horizon.

The first to arrive was Tianyanzi of the Tianyan Dao Sect.

Behind him followed twelve elderly figures with unfathomable auras.

All of them were Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators!

Soon after, escaping light descended like rain, densely packed across the heavens.

More than a hundred Great Ascension Realm ancestors from over ten sects of the Demon-Slaying Alliance arrived, along with nearly twenty Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators.

Nearly all the top combat power of the entire Eastern Continent had gathered here.

Tianyanzi stood in the void, staring at the hundred-zhang bull demon opposite him with a solemn expression.

Behind him, those Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestors all wore grim faces, their magic treasures already summoned.

“Bull Demon Demon King.”

Tianyanzi spoke in a deep voice.

“The Eastern Continent is not the Southern Region. If you insist on waging war today—”

Before he could finish speaking—

The Bull Demon Demon King directly interrupted him.

“So much nonsense.”

“All of you attack together. Saves me the trouble of finding you one by one.”

Tianyanzi’s expression darkened.

Arrogant!

Far too arrogant!

Taking a deep breath, Tianyanzi stopped wasting words.

With a flip of his hand, he took out a talisman.

The moment the talisman appeared, the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth seemed to freeze for an instant.

Upon the talisman flowed nine streams of fist intent, each containing world-destroying might.

It was precisely the Dragon Talisman.

Holding the Dragon Talisman, Tianyanzi spoke solemnly:

“Fellow Daoists, this bull demon does not follow rules, so there is no need for us to speak of morality either.”

“Attack together!”

“Today, either he dies, or the Eastern Continent falls!”

As his voice fell, the Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestors behind him all responded in unison, their magic treasures erupting with dazzling brilliance.

The Bull Demon Demon King narrowed his eyes as he stared at the Dragon Talisman, faint unease arising in his heart.

That talisman...

Had some substance to it.

But only some substance.

He, the Bull Demon Demon King, had rampaged across the Spirit Realm for so many years. What kind of situations had he not seen?

Could a single talisman truly overturn the heavens?

“Little ones, for this king—”

He was just about to issue an order.

But suddenly—

BOOM!!!

Heaven and earth changed color.

An indescribable pressure descended from above the heavens.

Everyone, whether Eastern Continent cultivators or the demon race army, froze in that instant.

The light of the Dragon Talisman in Tianyanzi’s hand dimmed for a moment.

The magic treasures summoned by those Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestors trembled violently before falling from the sky.

As for the Bull Demon Demon King—

He raised his head, and his pupils abruptly contracted.

Above the heavens, a gigantic five-colored hand that blotted out the sky was slowly descending.

That hand was so enormous it covered the entire sky.

Its five fingers resembled mountains, while its palm lines resembled endless abysses.

Within its palm, one could vaguely see palaces, mountains, rivers, and flowing streams.

It did not resemble a hand at all.

It resembled a world.

A complete world.

Tianyanzi and the Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestors behind him were all dumbstruck.

“T-This is...”

One white-haired ancestor’s voice trembled.

He had lived for thirty thousand years and seen countless powerful experts.

But he had never witnessed such a terrifying method.

That was not power belonging to the Spirit Realm.

That was—

An immortal!

Suddenly, someone remembered something.

“It’s that hand!”

A Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestor cried out in shock.

“Back then, that fire phoenix from the Immortal Realm…”

“In the Eastern Continent…”

“It was slapped to death by this very palm!”

The moment those words were spoken, everyone’s hearts shook violently as they all remembered that incident.

That fire phoenix was said to be a mighty expert from the Immortal Realm with unfathomable cultivation.

After descending into the Spirit Realm, wherever it passed, scarcely one living being in ten survived.

Yet upon arriving in the Eastern Continent, it was directly slapped to death by a giant hand descending from the heavens.

Not even bones remained.

And now...

That hand had appeared again!

......

At this moment, the Bull Demon Demon King had completely lost the arrogance from before.

Raising his head toward the slowly descending five-colored giant hand, his entire body stiffened.

He could not move.

Not only him.

The hundreds of great demons behind him and the vast black sea of demon army were likewise frozen in place.

The pressure emitted by that giant hand directly suppressed everything in this region of heaven and earth.

Cultivation?

Divine abilities?

Magic treasures?

All useless.

The Bull Demon Demon King struggled frantically, demonic power surging wildly through his body as he tried to break free from the invisible restraints.

But it was useless.

That hand was like heaven itself.

And they were merely ants beneath the heavens.

“N-No... impossible...”

The Bull Demon Demon King muttered, disbelief filling his eyes.

He was Tribulation Crossing Realm.

He was an invincible existence within the Spirit Realm.

He was the Demon King destined to unify the Spirit Realm.

So how...

How could this happen?

The great demons behind him were even more terrified out of their minds.

Some wanted to flee, only to discover their bodies no longer obeyed them.

Some wanted to beg for mercy, yet they could not even open their mouths.

They could only watch helplessly as the giant hand descended closer and closer.

......

And the mastermind behind all this was currently atop a solitary peak somewhere in the Eastern Continent.

Nether Soul sat cross-legged within a stone pavilion, his right hand slightly raised and his five fingers slightly curled.

Within his palm, a strand of five-colored light circulated endlessly.

It was precisely 《Five Elements Great Luo Heavenly Palm — Immortal Nation Within the Palm》.

He raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through space itself and landing upon the battlefield outside Qingyun Pass.

He remembered his true body’s instructions very clearly.

If the Bull Demon Demon King attacked the Eastern Continent, then secretly kill him.

Logically speaking, he should have waited for the Bull Demon Demon King and the Eastern Continent forces to fight first.

Then once both sides suffered heavy losses, he could appear at the critical moment.

Afterward, he would defeat the enemy in a single move and shock the entire audience.

Perfect.

But he no longer wished to wait.

Because he had seen the Dragon Talisman in Tianyanzi’s hand.

That thing had been left behind by Dragon Lord.

And who was Dragon Lord?

He was the Self Body among Gu Yan’s three External Incarnations.

Something left behind by him—even if only a single talisman—would absolutely possess extraordinary power.

If the Bull Demon Demon King died to that Dragon Talisman before he even acted...

Then how would he complete his true body’s instructions?

Nether Soul’s fingers slowly tightened.

......

Outside Qingyun Pass.

The five-colored giant hand had already come crashing down.

Slap.

Like swatting a mosquito.

The Bull Demon Demon King who swept across the Western Wasteland, Northern Plains, and Southern Region, along with the hundreds of great demons behind him and the hundred-thousand-strong demon army—

Vanished just like that.

Body and soul annihilated.

Not even ashes remained.

Tianyanzi stood frozen in the void, the Dragon Talisman in his hand still faintly glowing.

Behind him, the Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestors all stood with mouths agape, unable to utter a single word.

The demon race army that had appeared invincible moments ago was just...

Gone?

Just like that?

They had prepared for so long, gathered so many people, and taken out so many magic treasures...

Yet before they even attacked, the enemy had died?

Died completely cleanly, without even an intact corpse remaining?

The crowd looked at one another in confusion, unsure how they should react.

However—

At that very moment, a sudden change occurred!

At the spot where the Bull Demon Demon King originally stood, a faint strand of light suddenly flickered.

At the instant his fleshly body had been crushed, an unknown force protected his primordial spirit.

But now, even that primordial spirit had reached the brink of collapse and was about to completely dissipate.

And in that very instant—

BOOM!

A terrifying demonic power descended from above the nine heavens.

That demonic power transformed into a gigantic claw that grabbed the Bull Demon Demon King’s primordial spirit and attempted to flee.

“S-Saved…”

The Bull Demon Demon King’s trembling primordial spirit surged with ecstasy.

Seeing this scene, a cold snort rang out.

“Hmph.”

The voice was not loud, yet it spread throughout the entire Spirit Realm.

In the next moment—

The five-colored giant hand that had just descended rose once more.

The giant hand and the demonic claw collided violently.

Heaven and earth trembled.

That terrifying demonic aura only lasted for a single breath.

After one breath—

It exploded apart.

Along with the Bull Demon Demon King’s primordial spirit, it turned into nothingness.

......

Immortal Realm.

Within an unknown deep mountain range.

A gigantic bull demon suddenly opened his eyes.

He had three eyes.

The vertical eye upon his forehead emitted an eerie crimson glow.

And he possessed only a single leg.

One-legged, yet standing firm as Mount Tai.

He was the Three-Eyed One-Legged Bull Demon Immortal King.

One of the overlords of the Immortal Realm.

The Bull Demon Demon King within the Spirit Realm had been a chess piece he laid down ten thousand years ago.

A crucial piece in his future struggle for a certain object.

And now—

It was gone.

His gaze pierced through endless space and landed upon the Eastern Continent of the Spirit Realm.

“Who?”

His voice rumbled like thunder, piercing through the barrier between the Immortal Realm and the Spirit Realm as it exploded above the Eastern Continent.

“Who killed this king’s chess piece?”

Upon Qingyun Pass, the surviving cultivators’ expressions drastically changed.

This was... a voice from the Immortal Realm?

Tianyanzi and the others exchanged glances, utterly shaken.

Today’s battle had already exceeded their understanding.

This was not a conflict of the Spirit Realm.

This was a game between mighty experts of the Immortal Realm!

And they were merely spectators.

At that moment—

That cold snort sounded once more.

This time, it carried a trace of disdain.

“This demon deserved death.”

Nether Soul’s voice was calm, yet it too echoed through heaven and earth.

“If you dare descend into the Spirit Realm.”

“I shall kill you as well.”

As those words fell—

Within that deep mountain of the Immortal Realm, the Three-Eyed One-Legged Bull Demon Immortal King’s expression instantly darkened.

He stared toward the Spirit Realm, crimson light flickering within his vertical eye.

He wanted to act.

But he could not.

The Spirit Realm was bound by heavenly dao laws. If beings above the Human Immortal Realm forcefully descended, they would inevitably suffer backlash.

He could afford the cost.

But it was not worth it.

At this moment, he still had more important matters to handle.

Of course, there was another issue—

He actually could not calculate who had acted.

The Three-Eyed One-Legged Bull Demon Immortal King remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he closed his eyes.

And that vertical eye slowly shut as well.

......

Spirit Realm, Eastern Continent.

Outside Qingyun Pass.

The members of the Demon-Slaying Alliance stood rooted in place. After a long while, one Tribulation Crossing Realm ancestor finally spoke with difficulty.

“That just now...”

Tianyanzi took a deep breath.

“The one who acted earlier to protect the Bull Demon Demon King’s primordial spirit... was a mighty expert from the Immortal Realm. I cannot be mistaken.”

“And the one who spoke afterward must also be a mighty expert from the Immortal Realm.”

The crowd fell silent.

Mighty experts of the Immortal Realm.

To them, such beings were legendary existences.

A level they might only encounter after ascending.

Yet today, they had personally witnessed a clash between two mighty experts of the Immortal Realm.

Although it was merely an exchange across realms.

Although it was only a single move.

The might of that single move was enough for them to remember for the rest of their lives.

“That senior...” someone murmured softly, “Who exactly is he?”

Nobody could answer.

But everyone shared the same thought.

The Eastern Continent was secretly protected by a mighty expert from the Immortal Realm.

This realization stirred indescribable emotions within everyone’s hearts.

Not long afterward, news of this battle spread throughout the entire Spirit Realm at the fastest possible speed.

Western Wasteland.

Northern Plains.

Southern Region.

Central Lands.

Every force and every expert discussed the same matter.

The Bull Demon Demon King was dead.

The hundred-thousand-strong demon army had been annihilated.

According to the ancestor of the Tianyan Dao Sect, the one who acted was a mysterious mighty expert from the Immortal Realm.

And that mighty expert seemed to possess some connection to the Eastern Continent.

This news caused countless thoughts to arise.

Some rejoiced.

Some became wary.

Some envied.

Some grew jealous.

But regardless—

From this day onward, the structure of the Spirit Realm had completely changed.

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