Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1088 - 171: New Troubles

True Color Sin is a very peculiar evil demon. It is neither an immortal nor even a living being, but an extremely high entropy "reverse spiritual body" [a term Wang Qi recently came to learn]. In this overall entropy-reducing Spiritual Energy Universe, it is a complete anomaly.

The first time Wang Qi encountered True Color Sin was near the Xinyue Immortal Alliance Headquarters on Xin Mountain, where this demon possessed the body of a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator. At that time, Wang Qi, himself also in the Qi Cultivation Stage, faced mortal danger for the first time relying solely on his own strength. In the end, if Ai Qinglan, who possessed the Life Flame and had the absolute power to restrain such monsters, hadn't arrived, Wang Qi might have died.

The second time was in Wang Qi's hometown, Dabai Village, where the "Heterodox Demon Statue" owned by the cultivator named Chi Lianxue sealed such a monster. Once again, Wang Qi narrowly escaped death. Fortunately, he realized the variant of the Life Flame, known as "Holy Light," on the spur of the moment and survived against the odds.

The third time was in the suburbs of Divine Capital, when he acquired the calculator shoulder armor "Discrete." On that occasion, he discovered the suppressed "Heterodox Demon Statue" beneath the temple of the Renewal Demon Clan Civilization.

The fourth time was last year, when he went out to sea with Ai Changyuan, Mao Zimiao, and others. At that time, while rescuing Yue Luo Liu Li, he accidentally trespassed into the Dragon Flow Islands, a forbidden area of the Dragon Clan, and encountered a corrupted guardian giant dragon, along with a group of Ancient Method Practitioners attempting to unearth the sealed item.

Additionally, the Hongyuan God, who resonates with the Innate Five Elements Dao, is a special existence. The Banished Immortal behind it seems to be entangled in this series of events.

To this day, Wang Qi still does not know what relationship True Color Sin has with immortals.

However, one thing is certain. True Color Sin is a very peculiar force. When it erodes a system, it looks not at the total power of that system but at its entropy value — its degree of order.

Generally speaking, the life system of a high-level cultivator naturally has a higher order than that of a low-level cultivator, and negative entropy is stronger. However, this is not absolute. A Mahayana Cultivator nearing the end of their lifespan may not necessarily have higher resistance to True Color Sin than a Golden Core Stage cultivator who has comprehended the Life Flame.

Even a Carefree Practitioner may fall victim if careless.

And the West Sea Dragon King is very likely one who fell victim inadvertently.

"About ten years ago, the West Sea Dragon King may have been sabotaged, or it may have been accidental—" Feng Luoyi turned to Yue Luo Liu Li: "He got exposed to this entity and has been eroded ever since. At the latest, it was three years ago when he was possessed." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

This also explains why the Master of Hongyuan Sect [Lord Hongtian] could seize the West Sea Dragon King. Lord Hongtian has not become immortal in this life and is not a match for the West Sea Dragon King. However, parts of his residual soul possess an undying immortal essence. This "essence" attribute includes longevity, with negative entropy presumably maxed out. That is to say, an immortal's resistance to True Color Sin is far greater than any life being without the Longevity Fruit Position.

The Master of Hongyuan Sect effectively poisoned the West Sea Dragon King, and then, relying on his strong resistance to toxins, occupied the West Sea Dragon King's corpse.

Yue Luo Liu Li glared at Feng Luoyi: "Why at the latest three years ago?"

"A few years ago we confronted the Master of Hongyuan Sect—also known as the Banished Immortal behind this series of events related to True Color Sin. That time, we severely injured the Master of Hongyuan Sect, forcing him to transcend tribulation again, which also led to the decline of the West Sea Dragon King. Therefore, it can be concluded that the West Sea Dragon King had become a part of that Banished Immortal at that time. As for the time the erosion began, I base it on the event ten years ago when the West Sea Dragon King froze Shenzhou."

The West Sea Dragon King's freezing of Shenzhou had no significance in individual combat—it didn't even freeze a single cultivator. Doing such a thing could either be an insane venting of pain or a deliberate attack on, and provocation of, the Human Clan.

Yue Luo Liu Li lowered his head: "The Great Saint Guard King's duty is to protect Holy Dragon Abyss, and he would never approach a forbidden area, much less actively contact 'True Color Sin'."

"It seems that the Master of Hongyuan Sect is likely much stronger than the Holy Emperor Venerable." Feng Luoyi mused: "From what I've observed of the Holy Emperor Venerable's movements, he seems to be consistently plotting against our Human Clan, but he doesn't consider the Dragon Clan a civilization, instead treating them merely as a stronger type of demon. He hasn't shown the ability to utilize True Color Sin. On the contrary, the Master of Hongyuan Sect had started planning to include the Dragon Clan in his schemes long ago. Is he planning to secretly acquire the physical bodies of the Dragon Clan, then use the identity of the Dragon Clan to transcend worlds via the Immortal Path?"

Xi Baiche chuckled: "Even if the Master of Hongyuan Sect truly has such intentions, the current Mei Gemu has completely forgotten it. Just now, he showed no intention of cherishing that physical body."

Yue Luo Liu Li ground his silver teeth: "Damn this parasitic beast."

Many questions remain about this matter. For example, how did the Master of Hongyuan Sect initially expose the West Sea Dragon King to True Color Sin? Why couldn't the West Sea Dragon King even issue a warning to other Dragon Clan members? What schemes does the Master of Hongyuan Sect have?

Unfortunately, these matters have forever become mysteries.

Just like the real context behind the Holy Infant Great Master Ye Su back in the day. After Wang Qi's report was sent back, some believed that the rise of the Holy Infant Sect, the falling out between the Holy Infant Great Master and the Holy Infant God King were all orchestrated by the Holy Emperor Venerable, but what the real truth was no one knows anymore.

As time passed, the traces of those past events have long been obliterated, and even the memories of those involved have been entirely destroyed by the Divine Plague Curse Technique.

Thinking of this, Feng Luoyi silently glanced at Wang Qi.

Wang Qi rolled his eyes: "Why are you looking at me? I'm not the one who erased the Master of Hongyuan Sect's memory."

The Master of Calculation smiled wryly: "Some prices must just be borne. The Master of Hongyuan Sect and the Holy Emperor Venerable are the greatest tumors in the Immortal Alliance that must be removed. Paying a price for this is acceptable."

After all, unraveling mysteries is not the most important goal of the Immortal Alliance.

"However, speaking of the Banished Immortals, I discovered a group within the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao. They haven't awakened, and even the Immortal Remnant Soul within them is suppressed," Wang Qi said. "I contributed the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao last, so this matter hasn't been reported yet."

Feng Luoyi nodded: "I will secretly transfer that group of Banished Immortals."

"Now it seems the Master of Hongyuan Sect and the Holy Emperor Venerable can be viewed as two factions. The traitors within the Immortal Alliance are the handiwork of the Master of Hongyuan Sect. He is adept at manipulating people's hearts and secretly eroding them. He can organize the Hongyuan Divine Sect right under the Immortal Alliance's nose. On the other hand, the Holy Emperor Venerable has a different approach. He arrived earlier, with a stronger base, planting some pawns on the Shenzhou Continent during the chaos of the Demon Emperor, but he hasn't reached into the Immortal Alliance's interior."

Xi Baiche nodded: "Indeed, the West Sea Dragon King told me at last, 'Your Immortal Alliance protects information very strictly.' He has certain insiders within the Immortal Alliance, but we don't know their level."

Wang Qi then said: "These two individuals should have a certain degree of cooperation."

He recalled those Ancient Method Practitioners who came to kill him when he returned home. Those four came from Luochen Sword Palace, Thunder Night Sect, and Divine Flame Industry Lotus Sect. These should be the Holy Emperor Venerable's subordinates, yet they ended up aiding Mei Gemu's rebellious faction within the Immortal Alliance.

Additionally, he remembered the mysterious disappearance of practitioners on Spirit Phoenix Island.

Did those practitioners fall under Mei Gemu's command?

This point was evidently also on Feng Luoyi's mind: "The disappearance of the population on Spirit Phoenix Island is another mystery. No place on Shenzhou showed a sudden increase in population. Mei Gemu seems to have found a secret realm related to the Dragon Clan, that Undying Dragon Soul..."

Feng Luoyi looked towards Yue Luo Liu Li. Yue Luo Liu Li shook his head again: "I can't tell you this. The Undying Dragon Soul, Heaven and Earth Dragon Ascension is a cultivation method abandoned by my clan for two hundred million years. If any dragon cultivates it, they will be hunted down. The secret history involved isn't something a minor like me can understand."

"Then what is the essence of True Color Sin?"

"Only the Holy Emperor can decide whether to tell you," Yue Luo Liu Li shook his head again.

In this matter, both Feng Luoyi and Xi Baiche were powerless. The Dragon Clan holds absolute authority in this matter, and the Human Clan has no choice but to listen to them.

After discussing these issues, Wang Qi took the opportunity to present his ideas about the Divine Tao to Feng Luoyi.

Feng Luoyi pondered for a moment, then nodded: "This is good. If you have time, you can attach your name to this project, participating as an 'advisor'."

Wang Qi waved his hand: "I'm still very busy."

Feng Luoyi cursed: "Such laziness. You must perfect your own cultivation technique."

"My own cultivation technique?" Master of Calculation and Yue Luo Liu Li knew very little about Wang Qi's cultivation technique. Feng Luoyi gave a brief explanation and then said: "For those high-level practitioners who've completed Divine Separation Sense Transformation, their thoughts merge with external fake wills. Without achieving Unity of My Method, even after converting to the highest, they can only reach Primordial Spirit, unable to cultivate to Void Refining Period. To achieve Longevity, they can only become gods; while low-level practitioners can entirely avoid the Heart Demon Curse by cultivating a Virtual Form Cultivation Method. After achieving Virtual Form Primordial Spirit, even if infected by the Heart Demon Curse, it won't spread, and they can resist even if they have a Divine Plague Curse Technique. It is indeed a very effective method. This can also maximize the prevention of the shortcomings that arise after the promotion of Human Dao technology."

Wang Qi rubbed the back of his head. This sort of openly utilizing public resources to research his own cultivation technique is exactly the sort of thing he loves to do.

With this, the issue of Virtual Primordial Spirit is essentially resolved, and he can calmly plot his own Primordial Spirit design.

The technology acquired on Spirit Phoenix Island will propel the Human Clan into a new era. The traits of the Virtual Primordial Spirit determine that practitioners using this cultivation method can exploit the artificial environment a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold of their abilities. Ultimately, Wang Qi will be the most powerful.

After the discussion concluded, Feng Luoyi said: "Alright, next we need to deal with our new trouble. This is the report sent back by the artificial heavenly body on Jupiter's moon VII."

He played a segment of video. Wang Qi recognized it; it was the Jupiter Ring. A purple light shot from the Jupiter Ring in a certain direction. Soon, Wang Qi realized that the escape light itself wasn't purple; it was due to the speed of that fellow, visible as a red shift to the naked eye.

Simultaneously, his Golden Core Stage eyes sharply detected a change in color in the surrounding starry sky as the escape light passed through.

This is the space-altering escape skill.

"Approaching one-thirtieth light speed. It will reach Taiyin in about an hour. Our defense measures in Moon's Shadow were just wiped out due to the aftermath of a combat."

Feng Luoyi zoomed in on the image: "This is the post-processed image."

It was a seven-winged dragon.