Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 682 - 676: Inserting Eyes to Surveil, Where Opportunity Lies_1

Chapter 682: Chapter 676: Inserting Eyes to Surveil, Where Opportunity Lies_1

The remaining Bizarre Demons in the Mysterious Realm were mostly difficult to seal and generally stayed put. As long as they were confined to forbidden areas and not provoked, they posed little threat.

After the Thought Bizarre was sealed, there were no more formidable enemies in the Mysterious Realm.

Feeling a great sense of relief now that the pressure was off, I can finally cultivate in peace!

However, before that, Jia Ren had one more thing to handle.

He needed to plant ’eyes’ in the Cloud Realm, the Daqian Kingdom’s world, and the Vast Wave Realm. These were the three major worlds closest to the Mysterious Realm. The Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade could monitor the Three Realms and provide early warning if Void-level Strange Creatures appeared.

The world where the Daqian Kingdom resided, which he temporarily named the Qian Realm, would serve to monitor the Dead Immortal’s actions and prevent any unforeseen variables. Keeping track of an opponent’s movements brought peace of mind, allowing future efforts to be concentrated on cultivation.

Jia Ren transformed into his Golden-Winged Roc Form, tore through the Void, and embarked on his journey. After a little over half a month, he arrived at the Qian Realm.

He didn’t rashly intrude into the Qian Realm. Instead, he found an area adjacent to the Daqian Capital and forged a passage between the two.

The Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade appeared in his palm; strands of light infused into it, coalescing into a phantom seal. This seal merged with heaven and earth, vanishing without a trace.

BOOM!

The Dead Immortal Will sensed the changes in the world, and its terrifying Spiritual Energy surged like a tide. In just a few hundred years, the number of its revivals far exceeded those of the previous tens of thousands of years.

Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade!

Long-sealed memories awakened at this moment. How could I, the True Immortal who brought this Immortal Treasure to the Lower Realm, not recognize it?! I identified its aura the moment it appeared.

Am I being surveilled?! By the very Immortal Treasure I brought back from the Immortal Realm?!

The Dead Immortal Will was enraged, condensing a vast black cloud-face above the Daqian Capital.

The Spirit Realm actually hasn’t been destroyed?! Finally, I know your origins!

It was not until this moment that the Dead Immortal Will finally understood where Jia Ren came from. I never expected him to be a Spirit Realm Cultivator! Even your ancestors wouldn’t dare to mock me like this!!!

The gloomy eyes that coalesced in the firmament gazed toward the still-open spatial rift, but Jia Ren was already long gone.

To the south lay a land of flames, where a Seventh Order Separation Phoenix, adorned with four-colored feathers and a body a thousand zhang long, was gradually opening its eyes. The divine tree upon which it perched exuded a unique fire-origin aura. Its nest was constructed from numerous fire-aspected Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and pure fire-aspected Spiritual Power continuously poured into its body.

The Li Feng’s eyes were cold and merciless, like the will of the world itself gazing down upon the land.

I am a True Immortal; I should not have perished here! When my grand endeavor is accomplished, I will visit the Spirit Realm in person, snatch the Phoenix from you, and truly resurrect!

Heaven and earth seemed to be connected to it, converting massive amounts of Spiritual Energy into fire-aspected Spiritual Power, continuously pouring into the Li Feng, hastening its increase in Cultivation Level. This speed of advancement was too fast, not like normal means, but more akin to forcing growth.

The huge face formed by nature’s spiritual energy gradually dissipated, transforming into a barrier in the southern sky to obstruct any prying forces.

After doing all this, the Li Feng closed its eyes again. Its aura continued to rise at an alarming rate, heading straight for the Eighth-order.

「...」

After setting things up in the Qian Realm, Jia Ren proceeded towards the Cloud Realm.

The Cloud Realm was even closer to the Qian Realm than he had imagined. With the speed of the Golden-Winged Peng Bird, it took barely more than ten days to reach it.

The Kunpeng he had previously fought had not yet recovered its strength. Jia Ren avoided provoking it, so it did not engage him. The fact that the slumbering Kunpeng did not appear relieved Jia Ren, who had been ready to flee at a moment’s notice. However, he did not want to risk his life by testing the strength of the ancient Kunpeng.

He remotely tore open the Void, creating a passage into the Cloud Realm. There, the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade similarly left a Trace Origin Seal.

After finishing everything, he decisively left, unwilling to linger in that place for a moment longer.

The final stop was the Vast Wave Realm, which took slightly longer, about a month, to reach.

All Bizarre Demons in the Vast Wave Realm had broken their seals. Although their seals had only recently been broken, this made it the most likely place to attract Void-level Strange Creatures.

The third Trace Origin Seal was placed there, draining the last vestiges of nature’s spiritual energy from the Secret Realm within, thereby turning the Vast Wave Realm into a true End of Law Realm.

Jia Ren had already freed up ample space within the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl by transferring some of its stored nature’s spiritual energy to the Lingbao Sect.

The nature’s spiritual energy in this world would otherwise go to waste; I might as well take it for myself.

Without nature’s spiritual energy, the Vast Wave Realm could serve as his experimental ground to confirm whether a world devoid of it for a long time would affect the Bizarre Demons. Would the Bizarre Demons permanently degrade in power due to the lack of nature’s spiritual energy, or even... die?

Jia Ren had not given up on finding a permanent solution to the Bizarre Demons; this was one of his attempts.

After all this activity, he finally returned to the Mysterious Realm.

His previous extended outing had taken nearly two years. In contrast, this entire endeavor of planting eyes in three realms, including all travel, took less than three months—time compressed to its absolute limit.

"Activate!"

Jia Ren sat cross-legged in the Spirit Realm Sect Cave Dwelling. The Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade rested on his knees, and as he infused Spiritual Power into it, a connection seemed to form with the three Trace Origin Seals.

The surface of the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade gleamed brilliantly, like a mirror. Inside, the light split into three, showing Upper Daqian Nation at the top, the Cloud Realm at the bottom-left, and the Vast Wave Realm at the bottom-right. The scenes displayed corresponded exactly to the locations where he had placed the Trace Origin Seals, allowing him to observe the events within as if he were personally present.

Not bad!

This was his first time using the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade. Its effects, which he had learned about by communicating with the artifact spirit, certainly did not disappoint. This Immortal Treasure’s abilities were not confined to this alone.

"Execute!"

A spell was cast, establishing a deep connection between Jia Ren and the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade.

The images of the Cloud Realm and the Vast Wave Realm disappeared, while the corresponding image of the Qian Country enlarged, revealing even more scenery.

The viewpoint, guided by Jia Ren’s thoughts, rose and fell. From a high vantage point, it could survey the entire Daqian Kingdom, overlooking the land and sky to see even more distant regions. When low, the alleyways, government offices, and the Imperial Demon Management Bureau of the Daqian Capital appeared as clear as the lines on one’s palm, every detail visible.

The displayed scene moved with Jia Ren’s thoughts, ultimately flying towards the center of the capital.

In the Daqian Imperial Palace, a large number of Eighth-order Formations were densely arrayed, comparable to the Sect Protection Arrays of top-tier Sects. The Formations couldn’t block the probing of the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade, which saw through them as if they were nothing.

The viewpoint traveled all the way to the center of the palace and saw Emperor Gan seated upon his throne in the grand hall.

For some reason, Emperor Gan felt as though he was being spied upon. He sent his divine consciousness in all directions but found nothing. The brazenness of the spy was infuriating, like thorns pricking his back. Such a sensation was too vexing!

BOOM!

Bands of purple mist surged, enveloping his figure. This was still in vain, as the feeling of being watched remained undispelled.

Emperor Gan’s complexion turned livid, his expression as dark as still water.

A Bronze Coffin appeared, and he slipped into it. As the coffin lid closed, the treasure patterns on it started flashing, and at last, the sensation of being watched finally disappeared.

This treasure is extraordinary—either an Immortal Treasure or a Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasure.

Jia Ren, confirming that he couldn’t spy on Emperor Gan any longer, didn’t waste more time. The viewpoint gradually rose and then focused on a more distant place.

The power of the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade was not limited to merely surveilling a fixed region of a single world. Theoretically, it could monitor the entire Qian Realm. The Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade’s perspective, following Jia Ren’s thoughts, could reach any location within the world it was observing. At its peak, the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade could monitor nine worlds, and with Formations, up to eighty-one. Even though it hadn’t fully recovered yet, surveilling five Cultivation Worlds posed no problem.

Jia Ren continued to patrol within the Daqian Kingdom through the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade, gathering more intelligence.

The entire Daqian Imperial Palace has no secrets from me! Where exactly is the Treasury of the Daqian Kingdom? Are there treasures that could assist in ascending to the Mahayana Realm?

Having more detailed intelligence carried enormous benefits. Having reached the peak of the Body Integration Realm but still lacking the treasures to guarantee advancement to the Mahayana Realm, he couldn’t help but consider paying a visit to the Daqian Kingdom’s treasury to enrich himself.

The Daqian Kingdom is practically my backyard; I’ll be relying on its resources from now on.

Finding the Daqian national treasury was not hard; Jia Ren quickly located the corresponding vault. It used a Secret Realm World as a vault, with various Formations reinforcing the space to prevent others from entering. The sole entrance required a two-way Teleportation Array to be established for access into the vault.

However, the Secret Realm World could not stop the probing of the Trace Origin Immortal Spirit Jade, allowing uninhibited intrusion.

What came into view was a dazzling array of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and various Spirit Stones piled up like mountains. Low-grade Spirit Stones were too low in quality to merit a place in the vault. At a glance, the lowest grade of Spirit Stones seen were Medium-grade Spirit Stones. Top-quality Spirit Stones were piled into a small hill.

Such wealth!

Indeed, possessing the resources of an entire realm, the Daqian Kingdom’s reserves of nature’s spiritual energy and materials far surpassed those of the Lingbao Sect. Add to that the accumulation of countless years, all placed in the treasury, and it was no surprise to find so many treasures here.

Besides Spirit Stones, there were also Magical Treasures, Third Rank Talismans and above, Elixirs, and various Cultivation Techniques and secret techniques in the form of Jade Slips. They were sorted by category, from low to high, each in its designated place.

There are no Eighth-order treasures, Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasures, or Immortal Treasures.

The treasures stored within the Daqian treasury were indeed numerous, with thousands of Heavenly Spirit Materials and over thirty Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures. However, he saw no Mahayana-level treasures, nor any that could assist in advancing to the Mahayana Realm. Such treasures were the very essence of any treasury.

The most precious treasures must be in the hands of Emperor Gan! It seems Emperor Gan, despite appearing to have his power divided among three, is actually just one person. He’s kept this a secret; he’s extremely cunning. With treasures of this caliber, there’s always the risk of internal theft, and each loss would be deeply felt. Embezzlement is inevitable. To prevent these top-tier treasures from falling into others’ hands, the best way is to keep them firmly under his own control.

Aside from the three Mahayana Stage Cultivators, there are no other normally advanced Mahayana practitioners in the Qian Country. He alone can’t possibly use all the wealth of the Qian Realm; there must be plenty of resources for advancing to the Mahayana Realm. Perhaps my chance to ascend to the Mahayana Realm lies with Emperor Gan.

If the crucial treasures were hidden within the Daqian treasury, I’ll just have to pay it a visit. But now, it seems I’ll have to go after Emperor Gan himself.

Little did Emperor Gan know that his habit of monopolizing resources had already made him a target for the formidable Jia Ren.