The First Immortal of Destiny

The Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon was still coiled up in the Linjiang Mountain Range, deep in slumber!

Naturally, Mountain River Valley was still within its life radiation range. Should Riverside Sect cultivators dare to teleport over, they would immediately be transformed into Double-winged Flying Snakes.

However, Shen Mo had cultivated to the Heavenly Monarch stage, and his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were combined into one.

Moreover, with the assistance of the Reverse Dragon Curse and the Immunity skill, he no longer feared this transforming force.

However, the parasitic flying snakes lurking in the shadows of scale armor still attacked him fearlessly despite his formidable aura. Like persistent gnats, they were incredibly bothersome to Shen Mo. He immediately channeled the Pure Yang Fire, incinerating thousands of Double-winged Flying Snakes before stepping through the spatial rift into the Mountain River Realm.

Many Double-winged Flying Snakes had also slithered into this Dungeon, mostly hiding in the dim areas near the entrance. Upon discovering Shen Mo, they swooped towards him like bats disturbed in a cave.

”Slay demons!” Shen Mo shouted, his body radiating endless sword Qi, chopping these parasitic creatures to pieces.

Immediately afterward, he raised seven Big Dipper Dao Swords and set up a formidable Sword Array, directly sealing off the entrance to the Mountain River Realm.

So many years have passed, and there’s no change in this Dungeon!

In an instant, Shen Mo’s five senses and spiritual sense had scanned the entire interior space of the Mountain River Realm.

He discovered the lake where the Earth Core Liquid was found and another where the Vajra Ape Soul General had been refined. He saw the ruins where the Spirit Storage Rat had received its inheritance from the Barbarian Bull Venerable, and the tomb of the Spirit Talisman Master he had explored with Lu Ming, Li Chen, Xiao Ling’er, and others. Even the architectural traces left from when most of the Riverside Sect’s disciples were trapped remained. Everything was just as it had been ten years prior!

Shen Mo’s return to the Mountain River Realm was not to reminisce. As soon as the thought arose, a terrifying and majestic power of chaotic Yuan spread out, enveloping and penetrating the entire heaven and earth.

After a moment of insight, his body swayed slightly, transforming into his Three-headed Six-armed form.

At the same time, he sent another Fairyland Sword Qi slashing down from above the Ninth Heaven, fully manifesting the Green Cloud Cave!

Notably, a cave paradise, a unique cultivation ground manifested from a cultivator’s Dao fruit, is constant and singular once established. The ’Fairyland Sword Style’ was merely a method to open up a cave paradise, akin to a spiritual key unlocking a treasure hall; it could not create an entirely new cave paradise with a single slash of sword Qi.

Furthermore, for the master of a cave paradise, this sacred domain, akin to a Minor World or small universe, has two forms of existence.

The first form, naturally, is like the Sword Zone: unmanifested to the world, with no passages for outsiders to enter or exit. Only experts of the same rank or creatures with the means to detect spatial ripples can sense its existence. However, with the protection of the cave paradise’s master, they cannot forcibly enter or leave. Unless the owner of the cave paradise is killed, there are naturally no obstacles, and one can then come and go freely.

Alternatively, if the owner of a cave paradise had perished many years ago and the cave paradise itself could no longer maintain its concealed state, it would eventually descend into the mortal realm. In doing so, it would establish contact with the outside world, develop spatial rifts, and devolve into something akin to a Dungeon. One could then enter and exit this former cave paradise, now a Dungeon, through these passages.

The second form is like the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons or the Vacuous Realm: completely manifested in the world. In this state, anyone can see, sense, and freely enter or leave the cave paradise.

Now, as Shen Mo manifested the Green Cloud Cave, this was precisely the situation it took. Above the Ninth Heaven of the Mountain River Realm, an extraordinarily miraculous expanse of mist and light appeared. Although its size was far smaller than the manifested form of the ancient battlefield of immortals and demons, its nature and appearance were strikingly similar!

Of course, regardless of its form of existence, the fundamental nature of a cave paradise does not change; only its external appearance differs.

After manifesting the Green Cloud Cave, Shen Mo, in the next instant, once again swung the Taiyi Sword, unleashing six slashes in succession!

One sword slashed towards the sky, another towards the earth.

Then, he slashed one sword towards each of the four cardinal directions: east, south, west, and north.

Unlike the Green Cloud Cave, the Mountain River Realm was originally the cave paradise of a powerful expert. However, its master had fallen an unknown number of years ago, and the Mountain River Fairyland had subsequently fallen into the mortal realm, transforming into the Mountain River Dungeon and gradually merging with the Primordial Realm.

Shen Mo’s six slashes were intended to forcibly sever the connection between the Mountain River Realm and the Primordial Realm.

BOOM!

As the six brilliant Sword Lights pierced through the heavens, the earth, and the four cardinal directions, the Mountain River Realm trembled and swayed violently, like a great ship whose anchor lines had snapped in a stormy sea.

Simultaneously, the spatial passage leading to the Mountain River Valley in the Outer Realm was instantly and completely severed. In its place, numerous fragmented, constantly shifting, tiny rifts appeared.

In the next instant, Shen Mo’s eyes gleamed; it was his Special Destiny [Method Eye Candle Wisp] investigating the changes in the Mountain River Realm.

At the same time, the power of chaotic Yuan within him surged wildly. He activated the Destiny [Indestructible Body] and forcefully stomped his foot on the ground!

BOOM!

Suddenly, the heavens and earth trembled.

All creatures inhabiting the Mountain River Realm, whether ordinary flying birds and running beasts or demonic beasts wielding demonic power, felt a profound, heart-stopping panic.

Then, they sensed the entire world beneath them abruptly sink!

For a moment, birds took to the sky in a flurry, and beasts stampeded in terror...

Shen Mo, however, paid them no heed. He continued to channel the power of chaotic Yuan, relentlessly driving the Mountain River Realm into the Green Cloud Cave.

If someone with a sufficiently high cultivation level had been observing from beyond the Ninth Heaven of the Mountain River Realm at this moment, they would have seen two light clusters, one large and one small, both wondrous and chaotic, embedding themselves into each other.

The larger of these iridescent light clusters was about five times the size of the smaller one. Simultaneously, propelled by an unparalleled force, the smaller light cluster was gradually, bit by bit, being squeezed into the larger one.

「Half a month later.」

The entire Mountain River Dungeon had fallen into the Green Cloud Cave, settling in its northern region.

The landforms within—rock formations, mountains, rivers, forests, and wilderness—all retained their original appearance. The difference was that previously, within the Mountain River Realm, flying continuously south would eventually lead one to arrive from the north. Now, however, heading south continuously would reveal a vast, empty rocky crust beneath!

Yet, the overall size of the Green Cloud Cave seemed unchanged.

However, Shen Mo sharply perceived that the earth within the cave paradise had thickened by a full eighty thousand zhang, and a touch more vitality now permeated the space between heaven and earth.

It’s done!

The Mountain River Realm has been perfectly integrated into the Green Cloud Cave. The smoothness of the process was unexpected, even exceeding my anticipation!

From now on, it’s hardly apt to call it a Dungeon anymore; this area shall be called the Mountain-River Zone...

Thinking this, Shen Mo patted the Spirit Pet Bag on his waist, releasing the Spirit Storage Rat and the Evil-eating Sky Centipede. Because he had needed to manifest the cave paradise, he had moved them from the Sword Zone back into the Spirit Pet Bag earlier.

Perhaps they had been confined for too long; as soon as the rat and the centipede emerged, they transformed into two streaks of demonic light and darted into the Mountain-River Zone, beginning to frolic wildly.

Shen Mo paid them no further attention.

With a thought, he detached himself from the Green Cloud Cave and appeared directly in the Mountain River Valley.

Next, I’ll make a trip to the Jade Pool Dungeon!