The First Immortal of Destiny

Outside the Fairy Flower Valley.

In the pavilion woven with plants and vines, Shen Mo and Flower Fairy A Yao sat together.

Meanwhile, Flower Fairy Ami and a large group of flower fairies danced outside the pavilion, their movements drawing beautiful trails of light in the air, like countless glowing fireflies. They were not just frolicking, but partaking in a unique farewell ceremony of the Flower Fairy clan.

Shen Mo poured Flower Fairy A Yao a cup of Enlightenment Tea and said with a smile, ”Rest assured, Big Moro Yao. I will treat Ami as my own and won’t let her be wronged in any way!”

In recent years, the teleportation array at Wangxian Mountain in the Heaven Patrolling Zone seemed to have encountered some issues. His disciples could no longer use the big array to teleport directly to the Heaven Patrolling Zone to collect Enlightenment Tea from the Ancient Vine Sect.

Previously, Shen Mo had given A Yao three pounds of Enlightenment Tea Leaves as a token of appreciation for her help in blocking the colossal white skeleton and for gifting him the Mother Tree’s sap. Now, Shen Mo was left with only about ten pounds of such tea leaves. He was reluctant to offer Enlightenment Tea to anyone he didn’t consider close!

At this moment, Big Moro Yao, along with the Fairy Flower Valley, was about to leave this world, entrusting Ami to Shen Mo. Shen Mo brewed a pot of Enlightenment Tea, using it as a substitute for wine to bid them farewell. Throughout this farewell, besides A Yao, no other Class V Flower Fairies were present, which made Shen Mo a bit confused.

The Flower Fairies were not unique in this; other creatures from the Outer Zone also seemed to have only one Class V protector per clan. This time, Big Moro Yao chose not to keep secrets from Shen Mo and candidly explained the difficulties experienced by the alien races and the remaining inhabitants of other Withering Realms!

Only a Class V entity could refine and operate a forbidden land to descend upon an entirely new Withering Realm. Moreover, such a powerful being was necessary to resist the world’s assimilating power. If a race lost its Class V entity, it would face total decline in this world, eventually perishing along with it!

Furthermore, the interval between two descents could range from a few years to millions of years. Even though alien races generally had longer lifespans than Human Cultivators, they still couldn’t guarantee an unbroken line of Class V entities during such periods. Therefore, most forbidden lands only kept one or two protectors active. The rest of the protectors would adopt various methods to fall into a ”deep sleep” to prolong their lifespans as much as possible, preparing for emergencies!

Other Class V Flower Fairies in the Fairy Flower Valley had entered the heart of their clan’s Mother Tree to resist the erosion of time. Of course, they wouldn’t ”sleep” indefinitely and would decide whether to awaken depending on the situation. If ”Sairi Qige,” also known as the ”Primordial Realm,” proved highly suitable for the prosperity of the Flower Fairy clan, and no major upheavals were expected in the short term, most Class V Flower Fairies would awaken. They would then begin to live normally, continue their cultivation, strive for higher realms, and nurture more Class V Flower Fairies! In the event of an existential crisis threatening the Fairy Flower Valley, Big Moro Yao would awaken them to jointly resist the external disaster.

Most forbidden lands were in a similar situation. Of course, some alien races might only have one Class V protector in their clan, but they often possessed other methods to forcefully ’create’ a Class V entity when necessary! This explained why usually only one Class V great demon would come forward when Shen Mo was causing trouble for the Outer Zone demons.

Some demon races from the Outer Zone had more than one Class V great demon. However, by then the ”Never-Withering Realm” had already been perceived by the protectors of various forbidden lands, one after another, and some forbidden lands had even departed the Primordial Realm. It’s not hard to understand why demons such as the Thousand-eyed and the Human-faced Willow, who could not kill Shen Mo no matter how they tried, decided against a death struggle with him. They weighed their options and chose to move directly to that ”Never-Withering Realm,” rather than remain in the Primordial Realm and face his slaughter!

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After saying goodbye to the other Flower Fairy Moros, Ami flew back to the pavilion of flowers and plants. Then, after a tearful farewell to Big Moro Yao, she landed on Shen Mo’s shoulder. She held the Golden Flowery Realm in her hands. Inside, not only was there a profusion of exotic flowers and rare herbs from the Fairy Flower Valley, but there was also a small tree sapling radiating a terrifying vitality and divine light; all the other spiritual plants were arrayed around this sapling as if stars paying homage to the moon.

When Flower Fairy A Yao learned that Shen Mo was also going to refine a forbidden land to head to that ”Never-Withering Realm,” she decided to let Flower Fairy Ami leave with Shen Mo, taking a cutting from the Mother Tree with her. This was also one of the Flower Fairy clan’s methods for mitigating risk. Leaving the Primordial Realm wouldn’t pose too much risk, but various disasters could strike during the descent and for some time afterward. If the Fairy Flower Valley were to encounter peril, this Mother Tree cutting would swiftly grow and propagate more Flower Fairies!

”Fellow Daoist Shen, if fate allows, we shall meet again in the Sairi Celestial World.” A Yao began to flutter her wings, preparing to fly up and bid Shen Mo farewell in the unique manner of the Flower Fairies.

But at this moment, her movements abruptly halted, and her gaze turned towards the direction of Qing State. To low-class creatures, nothing seemed amiss. However, in the perception of Class V creatures and Heavenly Monarchs of the Divine Bridge Realm, this disturbance was as startling as a thunderclap on a clear day.

Shen Mo, naturally, also noticed it. His profound, deep gaze turned towards the Linjiang Mountain Range!

The Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon, which had been roosting in the Linjiang Mountain Range and hibernating for decades, had awakened at some unknown time. Flapping its wings, it soared relentlessly towards the void beyond the Ninth Heaven. The turbulence it stirred up was like the most terrifying spell in the world, shattering mountain peaks and turning the remaining territory of Qing State into a desolate Spiritless Land.

In Shen Mo’s and Flower Fairy A Yao’s perception, the Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon flew higher and higher, quickly entered the boundless void, and completely disappeared.

Even if this Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon is a Class VI peak existence, it cannot traverse the void to reach other worlds.

It should return to the Primordial Realm after roaming for a while, or perhaps descend elsewhere!

At this time, with the ’Immortal Realm’ and the Withering Realms now connected, it’s highly likely to descend there... I wonder if that Four-eyed Giant, the one that fled eastward, will also go to the ’Immortal Realm’?

Maybe one day, in a new world, I’ll encounter them again! Shen Mo thought to himself.

The Four-eyed Giant was one thing; although Shen Mo had been severely injured by its kick, it evidently hadn’t acted out of malice. It was like when Shen Mo battled a Class V great demon, unintentionally creating vast Spiritless Lands and killing numerous sentient beings in the process. If, one day, Shen Mo reached a comparable level of cultivation, he wouldn’t seek trouble with the Four-eyed Giant!

However, the Soaring Serpent Bizarre Dragon was different. It had devoured most of Qing State and consumed billions of creatures, among whom were many mortals and cultivators he had known. For instance, Tian Shouren of Hongye City’s Defense Division, Tao Dong, and Qian Xiaohu; Sect Master Wei Ye of the Gold Toad Tower and Elder Xu Tong; Sect Master Jiang Sheng of the Thriving Gold Sect; and Shopkeeper Qian of Jiyun Town...

One day, I will slay this wicked beast and slice open its belly to see what’s inside!