Chapter 210: The Past of the True Immortal

Xiao Heng rubbed his eyes, hazily surveying his surroundings.

The eerie aura emanating from the vicinity instinctively made him uncomfortable.

In the distance, five remarkably conspicuous, strange white pillars stood askew, piercing the sky.

Xiao Heng looked down at his feet, and it was also ground made of this white material.

“Where is this…?”

Xiao Heng was somewhat confused.

He remembered that he should have been on some uninhabited island, right?

Could it be a dream?

Xiao Heng subconsciously pinched himself hard.

“Ow!”

The intense pain instantly sobered Xiao Heng.

“It’s not a dream?”

Xiao Heng immediately became afraid.

He shivered and looked around.

In the distance was a dark, endless Void Realm, permeated with an ancient and沧桑 aura.

The ground beneath his feet and the five white pillars in the distance were connected as one.

They floated solitarily in this space.

Xiao Heng suddenly felt that this place looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

After observing for a while, a scene suddenly flashed through his mind.

The more he looked, the more all the details matched.

Xiao Heng was instantly so startled that he fell to the ground, trembling all over.

“This is… that white jade hand bone?”

Such a bizarre event exceeded Xiao Heng’s cognitive scope.

Fear instantly seized his heart, making him instinctively curl into a ball, burying his head in his arms like an ostrich.

However, after all, a newborn calf fears no tiger.

After a long while, seeing that there had been no other movement in this space, Xiao Heng’s curiosity gradually overcame his fear.

He got up and cautiously explored this space.

The metacarpal region where he was currently located was quite open, so there was no need to worry about falling into the endless Void Realm.

Most of what was here were ruins, as if a fierce battle had once taken place, destroying all the buildings.

As he walked through the ruins, after a moment, something caught Xiao Heng’s attention.

A broken longsword was stuck straight into the ground.

The blade was covered in dark red bloodstains.

It wasn’t until Xiao Heng approached that he realized the longsword had first pierced a skull before being impaled into the ground.

“I wonder how long this place has existed. This sword has been preserved for so long without much damage. It must be an extraordinary treasure, right?” Xiao Heng thought, slowly stepping forward.

He gripped the sword with both hands and pulled with all his might.

He pulled the sword out.

However, before the delighted Xiao Heng could examine the treasure he had just acquired, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook violently.

“Despicable Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance!”

The Skull that had been pierced by the longsword now let out a roar and shot into the sky.

Xiao Heng was instantly startled again by this scene and fell to the ground.

The longsword in his hand clanged as it fell to the ground with him.

It seemed that the sound attracted the Skull’s attention, and a black light shot out from its dark eye sockets, striking directly at the sword.

“Bang!”

The longsword was reduced to ashes in an explosion.

As the light shot out, Xiao Heng instinctively leaped, avoiding the explosion.

However, he was also drenched in a cold sweat.

“Senior, please spare me! Senior, please spare me!” Xiao Heng immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed. While kowtowing, he shouted loudly, his eyes fixed on the Skull, ready to flee if things went south.

It seemed that Xiao Heng’s shouts had an effect.

The Skull’s voice became somewhat puzzled: “Oh? Not the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance? Where did this little brat come from?”

The Skull then flew high into the sky and circled once.

After a long while, it returned to its original spot, saying with a sense of loss, “So much time has passed…”

Seeing that the Skull seemed to have no hostility, Xiao Heng breathed a sigh of relief.

He tentatively asked, “Senior, where is this? Can you send me back?”

The Skull sneered, “You little brat are truly strange. Since you could enter here, yet you don’t know where this is? And you dare to ask me?”

Xiao Heng was somewhat innocent: “Senior, I’m not lying. I truly don’t know where this is!”

“Hmph!”

The Skull was full of disbelief, flying closer and circling many times.

It carefully scrutinized him with its dark eye sockets.

“Hmm? No trace of a ritual, how did you get in?” After a long time, as if it had discovered something, the Skull said with surprise and uncertainty.

“Ah?” Xiao Heng was baffled by the question.

But very quickly, he reacted: “Hand bone! I have a hand bone exactly like this place!”

“Senior, this place is inside that hand bone, right?”

“Hand bone?”

The Skull suddenly understood: “So that’s how it is.”

“Little brat, you’re not from the Xuanhuang World, are you?” the Skull asked.

“Xuanhuang World? What’s that?” Xiao Heng was somewhat confused.

“Heh heh, it’s what people usually call the Cultivation World. Little brat, in the world you’re from, are there any legends of Daoist Cultivators?”

Xiao Heng’s expression was strange. After thinking for a moment, he still honestly explained, “To be frank, Senior. The place I was originally from is called Great Li Dynasty. However, not long ago, a few people from my hometown and I were brought into the Cultivation World by a Daoist Cultivator Senior.”

“What?” The Skull seemed somewhat shocked and quickly and eagerly asked, “Is your true body currently in the Cultivation World? Are there any Daoist Cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance around you?”

Xiao Heng shook his head: “The Daoist Cultivator who took us from Great Li seemed to have encountered a Cultivator from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. They said something about a crime of betraying the realm, and then the two sides started fighting. We took the opportunity to escape to a Barren Island.”

“Although that Daoist Cultivator Senior found us later, he unfortunately perished.”

“Hmph, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance truly commits many evils. Just helping Mortals return to the Cultivation World, and they even slap on the huge charge of betraying the realm. They truly fabricate charges to persecute others!” the Skull said with extreme anger and disdain.

“Little brat, you must remember, absolutely do not let the Cultivators of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance discover that white jade hand bone on you.”

“Otherwise, your life will surely be in danger!”

The Skull admonished.

“How could that be?” Xiao Heng’s eyes widened.

“This involves a great existence and the grievances with the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.” The Skull sighed, then recounted a past event to Xiao Heng.

A very, very long time ago, a True Immortal descended upon the Xuanhuang World.

He was benevolent and virtuous, caring for all Zhong Sheng in the world.

He knew the difficulty of Cultivating and the hardship of becoming an Immortal, so he tirelessly explained and taught the principles of Cultivation to the Daoist Cultivators of the world.

Many, many Cultivators benefited from his grace, and their strength advanced by leaps and bounds.

The Cultivation World also ushered in a period of extreme prosperity because of him.

However, when the True Immortal’s time in the Lower Realm reached its limit and he was about to return to the Immortal Realm, he was attacked by a group of Daoist Cultivators.

This group of people had profound Cultivation and feared no death.

They even directly shattered the passage connecting the Immortal Realm and the Xuanhuang World, leaving the True Immortal nowhere to escape.

Under the endless轮番 consumption, the True Immortal’s injuries became increasingly severe.

Ultimately, he perished in the Xuanhuang World.

Although the True Immortal died, his obsession remained.

Before he perished, he took one last look at the Xuanhuang World.

All the sights and objects in the world were remembered by him. Subsequently, the True Immortal’s obsession lingered for a long time, and after a thousand years of evolution, it formed a vast conscious world.

The Fallen Immortal Realm.

And the Cultivators who attacked the True Immortal back then were the very first Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

…

The information in this story was too vast, and it took Xiao Heng a long time to digest it.

“Senior, why did the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance attack the True Immortal?” Xiao Heng asked.

“Why? Naturally, for the sake of profit! The True Immortal came from the Upper Realm, carrying countless Immortal Artifacts and Immortal Arts.”

“To obtain even one of them would be a great fortune.”

“For example, the current Foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, the tianxuan mirror, is one of the Immortal Artifacts the True Immortal carried with him in the past.”

“It possesses infinite wondrous uses.”

The Skull’s tone was filled with resentment towards the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance as it explained.

Afterwards, it also introduced the profoundness of the tianxuan mirror to Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng had never seen such a treasure, and his eyes gleamed.

Then he couldn’t help but say fiercely, “The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is truly too despicable!”

After a while, Xiao Heng asked again, “Then Senior, who are you? And how did you become like this?”

The Skull was silent for a long time, seemingly lost in memories.

Then it slowly said, “Not all Daoist Cultivators were as deranged as the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance back then.”

“There were also many, many Cultivators who, having received the True Immortal’s grace, were extremely grateful and reverent towards the True Immortal.”

“Upon hearing the news that the True Immortal was ambushed by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, they were heartbroken and swore to avenge the True Immortal.”

“They spontaneously formed the ‘Resurrection Immortal’ organization to resist the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.”

“Unfortunately, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance was too powerful, and Resurrection Immortal was far from its match.”

“After thousands of years of suppression, the number of Resurrection Immortal members dwindled. Now, only I remain, barely surviving in this world.”

The Skull’s words contained an endless sense of tragedy.

Xiao Heng, with his strong sense of justice, couldn’t help but be affected, his eyes reddening slightly.

“Senior…” He wanted to offer a few words of comfort, but was interrupted by the Skull.

“Haha, this old man doesn’t need pity from a little brat like you!”

“Before, this old man only had consciousness left, barely surviving in this Fallen Immortal Realm fissure, and Resurrection Immortal had no successors.”

“I didn’t expect that Heaven would not abandon my Resurrection Immortal, sending you before this old man!” The Skull’s eye sockets shot out a faint light, enveloping Xiao Heng.

“You, little brat, are a rare Cultivation prodigy, seen only once in a thousand years. It would be perfect for you to join our Resurrection Immortal and take up the banner of resisting the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance!”

As it spoke, Xiao Heng felt a storage ring appear on his hand.

At the same time, a lot of information instantly appeared in his mind.

Most of it was common knowledge needed for Cultivation, and it even included a Cultivation Technique called the Technique of Calming the Sea Divine Sword.

The Skull retracted the faint light and slowly said, “I have already imparted all the preliminary Cultivation knowledge to you, enough for you to Cultivate safely until the Golden Core Stage.”

“However, remember, you must hide yourself carefully and not expose yourself. That Chang Sheng Tian Zun of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has unfathomable Cultivation. After thousands of years, his strength is probably no less than that of the True Immortal back then.”

Xiao Heng’s expression became serious. But then he asked somewhat awkwardly, “Senior, I’m so young, and all alone, to ask me to fight against the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Isn’t that a bit…”

The Skull rebuked, “Foolish! You can recruit people! If you encounter any companions with good talent, you can invite them to join our Resurrection Immortal. Our Resurrection Immortal has been dormant for thousands of years; now is precisely the time we need new blood.”

“Just be sure that the other party is trustworthy and that no spies from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance infiltrate.”

Xiao Heng was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this: “That’s truly great!”

The Skull then said, “Imparting Cultivation to you has consumed too much of my energy. I am about to fall into slumber.”

“For a period of time, the affairs of Resurrection Immortal will be entrusted to you.”

“If there are new members, you can bring them to the middle finger bone area.”

“There is an altar there, which is a unique treasure of our Resurrection Immortal. You can obtain Cultivation Techniques and items through prayer.”

“However, the altar has a spirit and will only respond to reasonable requests. You’ll know the specifics when you use it.”

The Skull’s voice grew weaker and weaker, but it continued to give instructions.

“Senior, how long will you sleep before you wake up?” Xiao Heng asked concernedly.

“Heh heh, that’s hard to say. I am already a dead person, but I only survive by a wisp of obsession.”

“It’s possible I’ll wake up in a year or so, or I might never wake up again.”

“However, if you are willing, when you gain the ability later, you can help me collect Foundation Establishment wonders that precipitate after Cultivators die. This thing has lost its natural wonder and is useless to others, but it will aid my recovery.”

The Skull slowly said.

Xiao Heng nodded repeatedly, committing it to memory.

“Remember, one more thing. If you sense that my aura has completely disappeared, it means this place has likely been exposed. Immediately destroy the hand bone and never enter this place again.” The Skull further admonished.

“Alright, that’s enough.” The Skull seemed to be extremely weak and could no longer sustain itself.

“Senior!” Just as the Skull was about to fall completely into slumber, Xiao Heng hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question in his heart.

“You haven’t told me your name yet?”

“…You are not yet worthy to know my name. When you are truly able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Resurrection Immortal in the future, you will naturally know.”

After saying this, the Skull flickered and vanished into the darkness.

“Senior? Senior?” Xiao Heng called out a few times, but no one answered.

Sighing regretfully, looking at the empty area around him, Xiao Heng took out a silver necklace from the storage ring.

Following the method taught by the Senior, he focused his mind, and the silver necklace emitted a glow.

Then Xiao Heng’s vision went black, and moments later, he had returned to the flying boat on the Barren Island.

His companions around him were still sound asleep; everything that had just happened felt like a dream.

However, the ring that appeared in his hand and the necklace hanging on his chest reminded Xiao Heng that this was not a dream.

The young Xiao Heng bore a burden too heavy for his tender age.

Exhausted in mind and spirit, he soon fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, he woke up earlier than everyone else.

He went to the seaside alone, recalled the Cultivation Technique imparted by Skull Senior, closed his eyes to sense the surrounding Spiritual Qi, and quietly began to Cultivate.

After half a day, Ye Feipeng, who had woken up and couldn’t find Xiao Heng, noticed the Spiritual Qi fluctuations by the sea and walked over.

He looked at Xiao Heng, who was sitting with his eyes closed, and at first didn’t notice anything.

As he approached, Xiao Heng suddenly opened his eyes, and a light blue, faintly formed water sword abruptly appeared.

It guarded Xiao Heng, its blade pointing directly at Ye Feipeng, ready to launch a fatal attack.

Ye Feipeng instantly looked as if he had seen a ghost, stumbling and falling to the ground.

He pointed at Xiao Heng, his body trembling, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

There will be another chapter later.