I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

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Within ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the  Supreme Creation Lesser Luo Grotto Heaven, Longevity Hall.

Gu ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Yan’s cultivation had risen from Human Immortal Realm First Layer to Human Immortal Realm Second Layer.

He ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍slowly opened his eyes, stretched lazily, and casually beckoned with one hand.

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Haotian Mirror appeared.

Come ‍​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍to think of it, it had been quite a few years since he last checked on that kid Feng Jiuge.

Gu Yan raised his hand and brushed across the mirror’s surface.

The image within the mirror shifted. Seas of clouds churned, and after a moment, the scene gradually became clear.

Demon Realm, somewhere within a barren mountain range.

A figure sat cross-legged atop a mountain peak.

He appeared as a young man with sword-like brows and starry eyes. Aura surged around his body, and he was already at the early Integration Realm.

It was precisely Feng Jiuge.

Gu Yan glanced at him and slightly nodded.

Integration Realm already. Not bad.

But very soon, his brows lifted slightly.

Within the image, although Feng Jiuge was cultivating while seated cross-legged, his condition was clearly somewhat off.

The divine robe he wore was precisely the one Gu Yan had bestowed upon him back then, capable of resisting all attacks below the Human Immortal Realm.

At this moment, several faint cracks could actually be seen upon the robe.

Although most of them had already repaired themselves, it was obvious that they were traces left behind after a great battle.

Gu Yan immediately became interested.

He rewound the image backward.

One year, two years, five years, ten years… eleven years ago.

Demon Realm, Southern Region.

At that time, Feng Jiuge was still only at the late Void Refinement stage and had just slaughtered a tribe guarded by a Transformation Spirit demon.

Suddenly, blood-colored clouds churned across the horizon.

A figure stepped forth from the sea of blood clouds.

It was a demon girl with a slender figure and silver-white fur covering her body. However, her expression was sinister, and she held a pitch-black long blade in her hand.

Gu Yan glanced at the demon’s aura.

Peak Tribulation Crossing Realm.

But this person was clearly no ordinary peak Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivator.

Wrapped around her body was an extremely obscure trace of aura. That was… the aura of the Immortal Realm.

Gu Yan’s thoughts stirred as he continued rewinding.

Very soon, he understood the full sequence of events.

This demon was called Blood Slaughter Ancestor. Originally, she had been a Golden Immortal Realm demon lord from the Immortal Realm.

Eleven years ago, through a blood sacrifice conducted by descendants in the Demon Realm, she descended a strand of incarnation into the Demon Realm.

Although the incarnation’s cultivation had been suppressed to peak Tribulation Crossing Realm, she had brought down an extremely powerful magic treasure.

It was that pitch-black long blade.

The blade was named Soul-Devouring.

It was a low-grade innate spiritual treasure.

The blade’s strength did not lie in killing power, but in soul devouring.

As long as one was injured by its blade qi, a strand of soul-devouring power would invade the body like gangrene attached to the bone, making it extremely difficult to expel.

If not removed in time, then over a long period, at best it would damage one’s foundation, and at worst both body and soul would perish.

Even more troublesome was the fact that the blade could track the aura of the soul-devouring power.

In other words, once injured by it even once, unless the soul-devouring power was completely removed, one could still be found no matter where they fled.

That very day, Feng Jiuge just happened to encounter Blood Slaughter Ancestor.

One was late Void Refinement, while the other was peak Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Under normal circumstances, a single palm strike would have been enough to kill him.

But Feng Jiuge possessed the divine robe Gu Yan had given him and forcefully withstood three strikes from Blood Slaughter Ancestor without dying.

While fighting and retreating, and with assistance from the great human expert Chu Xiu of the Demon Realm, he successfully escaped Blood Slaughter Ancestor’s pursuit.

However, in that battle, Feng Jiuge had been injured by Soul-Devouring blade qi and spent a full five years before completely expelling it.

As for Blood Slaughter Ancestor, she believed that as a dignified Golden Immortal Realm expert descending personally, failing to deal with a mere Void Refinement junior and even allowing him to escape was utterly humiliating.

She felt she had completely lost face.

From then onward, she thoroughly fixated upon Feng Jiuge.

During these past ten years, whenever Feng Jiuge revealed himself, Blood Slaughter Ancestor would definitely arrive to kill him within three days.

Feng Jiuge had been relentlessly hunted for ten entire years, all the way from late Void Refinement to early Integration Realm.

Gu Yan watched the constantly changing scenes within the mirror, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Damn, what a situation.

This script felt very familiar to him.

If Feng Jiuge were treated as the protagonist of a cultivation novel, then he would be the type with a miserable childhood background who gradually revealed his talent after entering an immortal sect.

Then he would gain a powerful master, namely Gu Yan himself.

After that, he would fight monsters, level up, and charge triumphantly onward.

But according to the standard trope, leveling up could never proceed that smoothly.

All sorts of troubles would inevitably come knocking.

Killing stronger enemies despite weaker cultivation was normal. Being hunted down by major experts was daily life.

Every time he entered a new map, he would definitely provoke the one person there he absolutely should not offend.

Then he would be hunted down relentlessly. And while being hunted, he would level up.

After leveling up, he would continue fighting. After fighting, he would continue provoking new trouble.

Gu Yan looked at Feng Jiuge cultivating inside the mirror and secretly sighed emotionally.

Fortunately, he himself was not this kind of person.

If he were also like Feng Jiuge, being hunted down all day long, targeted constantly, and remembered by all sorts of major experts, could such a life even be lived?

His own way was far better.

Peacefully staying within the grotto heaven, occasionally giving lectures, obtaining treasures every now and then, and steadily improving his cultivation.

How wonderful.

As for Feng Jiuge’s side…

Gu Yan took another look. Although this kid had been hunted for ten years, his life was incredibly tough.

With the magic treasures Gu Yan had given him, and with the occasional care from the human expert Chu Xiu, he would not die.

Since he would not die, then there was no need to interfere.

It was a good thing for young people to undergo more tempering.

Gu Yan was just about to withdraw the Haotian Mirror when his expression suddenly shifted.

Wait.

Blood Slaughter Ancestor?

Why did the aura on this person feel somewhat familiar to him?

His thoughts turned as he redirected the image toward Blood Slaughter Ancestor’s side.

Demon Realm, a demonic palace somewhere in the Southern Region.

Blood Slaughter Ancestor sat high upon the main hall while demonic qi surged around her.

Several demons stood before her, currently reporting something.

Gu Yan stared at Blood Slaughter Ancestor for a moment before his gaze settled upon that obscure strand of aura around her body.

Following that strand of aura upward, he traced it all the way back.

Passing through the Demon Realm, crossing the barrier between realms, and directly entering the Immortal Realm.

A moment later, Gu Yan’s expression became somewhat strange.

Immortal Realm, within a palace wrapped in demonic qi.

A figure sat cross-legged inside.

It was an old demon with nine eyes and a sinister expression. His aura was vast like the sea.

His cultivation was actually at peak Immortal King Realm.

And Gu Yan recognized this face.

It was the peak Immortal King Realm demon lord who had once planted Myriad Tribulations Demon Lord as a chess piece within the Spirit Realm.

Looking at it this way, Blood Slaughter Ancestor was obviously one of his subordinates, acting on his behalf.

Gu Yan looked at the figure within the mirror and clicked his tongue in amazement.

This old demon was really persistent.

It seemed that after Myriad Tribulations Demon Lord failed to accomplish anything in the Spirit Realm, he wanted to switch tracks and continue causing trouble in the Demon Realm instead?

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