The First Immortal of Destiny

Unlike the Silver-haired Child and Kang Haoxiu, Shen Mo wasn’t particularly agitated; he had a fallback.

He sensed that his Divine Bridge Realm Skill, Reverse Yin and Yang, was unaffected in this Evil Land. He could use it to return his real body to Jade Spring Mountain at any time.

With his life secure, he naturally wouldn’t worry excessively.

After closely examining the golden heart, Shen Mo returned it to Qin Zhen. After a moment of contemplation, he voiced his thoughts, ”In my opinion, there’s no fatal threat here, and there’s little point in us sticking together. We’d be better off splitting up to search for clues individually and see if we can find a way out.”

”However, be wary of the Divine Bridge Realm cultivators and Class V Demons inhabiting this Evil Land!”

”If we die at their hands, we might perish outright or be completely absorbed into this Evil Spirit...”

”That sounds reasonable!” Qin Zhen agreed. ”If anyone finds a possible way out, they can directly notify the others. Even if no progress is made, we will meet here again in a month.”

Following a brief discussion, the four of them transformed into streaks of escaping light and scattered in different directions.

Shen Mo also chose a direction and flew off. Once he was a considerable distance away, he activated his Sword Escape Skill and swiftly reached the boundary of the Evil Land.

After testing, he found that the scope of this Evil Land wasn’t excessively large, roughly the same size as the territory of the Red Flame Country. However, whether he traveled to the four cardinal directions, flew into the sky, or went underground, once he crossed its boundary, he would mysteriously reappear at the opposite end. It was remarkably similar to a Dungeon.

However, in an ordinary Dungeon, cultivators of Shen Mo’s level might be able to forcibly break through a spatial barrier to escape. But the Evil Land lacked such a concept of a spatial barrier.

「In a relatively barren mountain range in the south.」

Shen Mo stood suspended in midair, donned his Uncommon Victory Destiny, and then swung his Taiyi Sword downwards, unleashing a terrifying wave of sword Qi.

BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM!

Instantly, darkness enveloped the land, and mountains crumbled.

The terrain here differed from the Immortal Realm, still maintaining the primitive features of the Lower Realm. Under the rampage of the sword Qi, this small world, including its mountains, rivers, bedrock, and crust, was utterly obliterated, transforming into a desolate, spirit-dead land.

However, in the blink of an eye, the destroyed area was restored to its original state, and the creatures inhabiting it were ”resurrected,” as if nothing had occurred.

When they first entered this Evil Land, Shen Mo and his group had tried to destroy it. Needless to say, just like now, all their efforts were futile. Even when Shen Mo augmented his attacks with Uncommon Victory, trying hundreds or even thousands of times, he still couldn’t inflict any damage on this place.

It seems completely destroying this Evil Land to escape will be quite difficult.

Could it be that the only way to escape now is by using Reverse Yin and Yang to move my real body back to Jade Spring Mountain? Shen Mo sheathed his Taiyi Sword, pondering.

If he were to switch his real body with his Standing, the Standing would then appear in the Evil Land, still trapped and unable to escape.

Shen Mo used the Reverse Yin and Yang Skill again, moving his real body back, but he still couldn’t escape being trapped in the Evil Land. His only option then would be to move his real body out first, then spend time traveling from Jade Spring Mountain back to the Wind Flame Mountain Sky Pit, and retrace his steps to this place.

If he traveled at full speed using Skills like Sword Escape and Cloud Thunder Wing, he estimated he could reach it in about half a year. The Immortal Mansion Dungeon would exist for another thirty to fifty years, so there was ample time.

But if he did that, he would escape, while the other three would remain trapped.

Without the Silver-haired Child’s guidance, even if he returned to the Immortal Mansion Dungeon, it would be difficult to find the remains and relics of those Formless Immortal Masters, let alone the immortal treasures deeper within the Immortal Mansion.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Shen Mo didn’t want to simply move his real body back to Jade Spring Mountain.

Subsequently, he took out the Soul Refining Flag again, summoned a million Soul Generals, and deployed the God Slaying Array, transforming an area of ten thousand square li into a desolate, spirit-dead zone.

Under the inexplicable suppressive force of the Immortal Mansion Dungeon, the strength of the Demon Soul Generals and ordinary Soul Generals was suppressed. Their advantage lay in their sheer numbers and collective power. After setting up the Creation Array, they could still unleash terrifying might comparable to the Divine Bridge Realm, shattering vast regions one after another.

But it was all useless.

Unless Shen Mo was outside the Evil Spirit and could envelop it with the big array, refining it repeatedly might have a chance of eliminating it.

After several days of attempts, Shen Mo abandoned the idea of destroying this Evil Spirit by brute force. He put away the Soul Refining Flag and flew towards the largest and most prosperous city in this place.

This place was different from the Red Flame Country; it was a society where immortals and mortals coexisted.

Cultivation forces like Sects and families existed, but even a prominent Sect would be located near towns and cities, or sometimes directly within them.

Although this place is a ’mirage,’ it somewhat reflects the general situation of the Artificial Realm…

Shen Mo speculated this might be related to their path of cultivation.

Mechanic Path cultivators aren’t heavily reliant on nature’s spiritual energy. Furthermore, relying solely on Spiritual Qi for cultivation makes it difficult to advance their Realm. They must expend significant manpower to gather various cultivation resources, extract their essence, and improve the quality of their mechanical bodies. Consequently, they have to rely more on mortals.

Moreover, the assessment of Talent for ’Mechanic Path cultivators’ differs from that of regular cultivators.

The greater the proportion of mechanical components on a newborn’s body, and the more extraordinary the quality of materials like Gold, Wood, Jade, and Stone, the higher the infant’s cultivation Talent. This often leads to contention among various factions for the child.

If a faction were to isolate itself from the mortal world, living in seclusion, it would struggle to recruit newborns with good Talent and would soon decline!

Over time, this naturally led to a situation where cultivators and mortals lived intermingled.

Shen Mo entered the city. It was the Capital of a Human Race nation called Zuoli Country, home to nearly ten million immortals and mortals, including many high-class cultivators. Furthermore, Shen Mo’s sense detected the hidden auras of several Divine Bridge Realm cultivators within the city.

To avoid trouble, he retrieved a suit of heavy armor from his Sword Zone and used a spell to conceal his aura before entering the city.

What he saw and heard in the city was no different from other places.

The mortal men and women passing by had mechanical components made of materials like gold and wood all over their bodies, to varying degrees. Many of the cultivators he encountered were almost indistinguishable from humanoid puppets.

In the immortal workshops, the most commonly sold items weren’t finished Elixirs or magic treasures, but rather unprocessed spiritual materials. This was because Mechanic Path cultivators, during cultivation, not only needed to absorb and refine Spiritual Qi but also had to continuously extract the essence from various spiritual items to nourish and improve the quality of their mechanical bodies!

Shen Mo was inexplicably reminded of the alien Gold Man. Like Tai 26, they relied very little on nature’s spiritual energy for cultivation.

They particularly favored places rich in Gold Iron Demonic Qi.

They would also consume various spirit gold deposits to advance their Cultivation Realm and use materials with different properties to alter the characteristics of their Dao Bodies!