Chapter 464: The Dispute Between Immortals and Demons

The mental world is boundless.

This is the region where a life's mental will resides.

It can be extremely small or extremely large, depending on the strength of one's own mental will.

The mental world of an ordinary mortal might be as narrow as a thatched cottage.

The stronger the mental will, the more vast the corresponding mental world.

Rushing into Lin Yuan's mental world with immense excitement, the Jade Immortal's consciousness did not immediately perceive the boundless mental world.

All of his attention was captured by the towering figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the mental world.

"This is mental will?"

The Jade Immortal's consciousness went blank in his mind, staring blankly.

As a former Eleven-Tier Jade Immortal, even though his true body had fallen, his memories and knowledge remained, and the essence of his mental will had not weakened by much.

But compared to that behemoth in the distance at this moment, there was simply no possibility of comparison.

The Jade Immortal's consciousness had dealt with many Jade Immortals of the same level, and their mental wills were all at the same tier; even if there was a gap, it wouldn't be too huge.

Being able to Cultivate to a Jade Immortal? The mental will basically wouldn't be too weak.

"I am carrying out Possession on a Dao Ancestor?"

The Jade Immortal's consciousness couldn't help but generate a thought—such a terrifying mental will was fundamentally not something a Jade Immortal could possess.

Only the supreme Immortal Path Ancestor of the Thirty-Three Immortal Realms in the Immortal Realm could perhaps reach such a level of mental will?

"Hmm?"

Lin Yuan's mental will opened its eyes, overlooking the incomparably tiny Jade Immortal consciousness.

Within the mental world, the only thing one could rely on was the strength of one's own will, which was similar to the essence of life reflected within the River of Time.

Lin Yuan's mental will index reached over thirty-three million three hundred thousand points, which could be considered powerful even at the Twelfth Order Ultimate level.

Naturally, it was not something a mere Eleven-Tier Jade Immortal could compare to.

In fact, with Lin Yuan's strength, the moment he touched that purple Jade Slip, he had already sensed a problem, and the Jade Immortal's consciousness had swept upward, spreading along the extended mind and spirit.

Lin Yuan could have completely stopped it at that time.

But when he perceived that the target of this Jade Immortal's consciousness was his own mental will, to be precise, his mental will, Lin Yuan immediately decided not to stop it.

The mental world was Lin Yuan's home turf; given the strength of Lin Yuan's mental will, even if the mental will of a Twelfth Order Dao Ancestor descended, it would likely return empty-handed.

This Jade Immortal's consciousness invading Lin Yuan's mental world was equivalent to a piece of meat actively jumping onto a chopping board, and Lin Yuan naturally wouldn't refuse.

After all, the Jade Immortal's consciousness came from a Jade Immortal; Lin Yuan's strength had not recovered much yet, so wanting to resolve such a wisp of consciousness still required some methods.

Being in the Immortal Realm, Lin Yuan did not intend to expose his true mental will, as it might be detected by that Immortal Path Ancestor.

But if the opponent fell into his own mental world, there would be no such hidden trouble.

"That's not right."

"You are not a Dao Ancestor."

After a brief period of bewilderment, the Jade Immortal's consciousness gradually reacted.

He had also listened to a Dao Ancestor expounding the Dao before and could recognize the Dao aura of the Immortal Path Ancestor; the aura emitted by Lin Yuan's mental will was completely different from a Dao Ancestor's aura.

Furthermore, if Lin Yuan were truly a Dao Ancestor, would he still allow him to enter the mental world?

With the mighty power mastered by a Dao Ancestor, a single thought could make him vanish into thin air.

However,

Before the Jade Immortal's consciousness could think any further,

everything before his eyes began to plunge into darkness.

"It's just right that I don't know much about the Immortal Realm."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. After casually suppressing this Jade Immortal's consciousness, he began to extract its memories to browse.

Although he had just received the memories of the original body Gao Wuyou and the memories of Wu Xiangyan,

these two were ultimately only Experts at the Tribulation Transcending Stage, and they definitely didn't understand much about the deep-level and high-level intelligence of the Immortal Realm.

But this Jade Immortal's consciousness was different; an Eleven-Tier Jade Immortal could already be considered a top-tier expert of this Immortal Realm.

Reviewing the memories of this Jade Immortal's consciousness would be of great help to Lin Yuan.

Dozens of breaths later,

Lin Yuan had thoroughly reviewed the memories of the Jade Immortal's consciousness.

"Immortal Realm? Demon Abyss?"

Lin Yuan's expression was pensive.

In the memories of the original body Gao Wuyou, there was plenty of intelligence regarding the Demon Abyss.

The monsters of the Demon Abyss were the mortal enemies of all Immortals. Any Immortal, once encountering a monster, must suppress and kill it with all their strength.

And within the memories of the Jade Immortal's consciousness, there was an even more concrete understanding of the Demon Abyss.

The Demon Abyss was the other side of the Immortal Realm and the place where the Demon Abyss Ancestor slept.

The endless monsters were merely condensed from the Devilish Qi emitted by the Demon Abyss Ancestor while sleeping.

The Immortal Realm and the Demon Abyss were in conflict at all times; every few million to tens of millions of years, the Demon Abyss Ancestor would awaken a portion of its consciousness.

By then, the monsters deep within the Demon Abyss would frantically invade the Immortal Realm, and numerous Golden Immortals and even Jade Immortals would go all out to fight to the death against the monsters.

The Jade Immortal's consciousness was named Yun Zhenzi, whose true body fell in the Immortal-Demon War nine million years ago.

However, for Experts of the Jade Immortal level, as early as when they were alive, they had already prepared numerous life-saving and resurrection methods.

The reviving consciousness within the purple Jade Slip was one of them. Once touched, the consciousness inside would be triggered, thereby carrying out Possession on the living being that touched the Jade Slip.

In order to make his path of Cultivation smoother after his resurrection, Yun Zhenzi had specially prepared numerous resources from low to high, waiting only to successfully take Possession of a shell to quickly recover to his Peak period.

It was a pity that

Yun Zhenzi chose the wrong person.

"The most terrifying thing about monsters is not their strength, but contamination."

Lin Yuan's expression was slightly solemn; even a Jade Immortal would face the risk of being contaminated when fighting monsters of the same level.

The contamination here referred to memory contamination and mental contamination.

In fact, Yun Zhenzi had arranged far more resurrection methods than just the purple Jade Slip.

He had also refined many Life Pools and Life Stones; the moment his true body fell, his consciousness would revive on the Life Pools and Life Stones.

However, the simultaneously revived consciousnesses were all implicated by the contamination carried by the monsters. Only this purple Jade Slip, which isolated the inside and outside, isolated memories, isolated Karma, and couldn't even actively revive but had to rely on external force to be triggered, barely managed to escape contamination.

"Demon Abyss Ancestor?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself. With his Realm perception, he had long since sensed that Twelfth Order existence deep within the Demon Abyss, but he hadn't expected the other party to be this terrifying.

"It's just that the contamination of monsters should pose no threat to me."

Lin Yuan thought to himself. So-called contamination was not something that couldn't be resisted, but rather depended on whether one's own mental will was strong enough.

Lin Yuan's mental consciousness was clearly sufficient. Let alone the contamination of monsters, even the contamination of the Demon Abyss Ancestor could be easily endured by Lin Yuan.

"Originally, I intended to find a random place to practice in seclusion, but now it seems there is no such necessity."

After sorting through the memories of the Jade Immortal Yun Zhenzi, Lin Yuan thought quickly in his heart.

As a Jade Immortal, Yun Zhenzi had numerous properties and Immortal Caves in various Immortal cities of the Thirty-Three Immortal Realms.

The nearest Cangwu Immortal City even had a Grade-A Immortal Cave.

A Grade-A Immortal Cave was the top-tier Immortal Cave in Cangwu Immortal City. Not only was it safe, but its rule fluctuations were also obvious, which had significant benefits for comprehending the Rules and Dao.

Now, holding Yun Zhenzi's Jade Immortal consciousness in his hands, Lin Yuan was equivalent to Yun Zhenzi himself; as long as he was willing, he could take over that Grade-A Immortal Cave at any time.

As for whether this Grade-A Immortal Cave would be reclaimed after Yun Zhenzi's fall?

In fact, the ownership of every Immortal city Immortal Cave belonged to the Immortal city. Even purchaser Yun Zhenzi only possessed the ten-billion-year ownership right of that Immortal Cave.

After ten billion years, the Immortal Cave would be reclaimed.

Judging from the time Yun Zhenzi purchased that Grade-A Immortal Cave, less than twenty million years had passed, and the ten-billion-year reclamation period was still very far away.

The major Immortal cities of the Thirty-Three Immortal Realms were subordinate to the Dao Ancestors, and their authority was beyond doubt; situations of reclaiming Immortal Caves in advance would not occur.

After all, existences capable of purchasing Grade-A Immortal Caves were at least top-tier Golden Immortals, and most of them were simply Jade Immortals. Reclaiming the Immortal Caves of such Experts in advance carried too many hidden dangers.

Other Golden Immortals and Jade Immortals were watching; if you reclaimed a certain top-tier Golden Immortal's Immortal Cave today, would you reclaim my Immortal Cave tomorrow?

"Cangwu Immortal City?"

Lin Yuan's gaze looked far away toward a certain direction.

It was precisely the location of Cangwu Immortal City. As one of the fifteen major Immortal cities of the Xuantian Immortal Domain, Cangwu Immortal City was a place that the original body Gao Wuyou dreamed of living in.

Cangwu Immortal City was not only safe—without the constant possibility of encountering monsters like outside—but its Cultivation environment was also superior.

Even if it wasn't an Immortal Cave, just walking on the streets of Cangwu Immortal City allowed one to feel sufficiently dense fluctuations of the Rules and Dao.

But the pity was that unless one owned a fixed Immortal Cave in Cangwu Immortal City, a certain fee would be charged for every day spent in Cangwu Immortal City.

A year or two might be nothing, but as an Immortal, a single closed-door session lasted for thousands or tens of thousands of years, causing Tribulation Transcending Stage Experts to not dare reside permanently in Cangwu Immortal City.

And purchasing an Immortal Cave? That was an even more massive expenditure; even the lowest-tier Grade-D Immortal Cave was far from something a Tribulation Transcending Stage expert could afford.

Back then, in order to purchase the Grade-A Immortal Cave in Cangwu Immortal City, Yun Zhenzi truly felt a heartache for a period of time.

Yun Zhenzi's strength could be considered powerful even among Jade Immortals; if he hadn't been besieged and killed by more than a dozen monsters of the same level, he wouldn't have fallen.

Even so, among the resurrection methods left by Yun Zhenzi, he had withstood the monster contamination, but unfortunately, he encountered an unreasonable existence like Lin Yuan; otherwise, he would probably have successfully "resurrected" by now.

"Let's refine the Primordial Spirit first, and then let the Primordial Spirit head to Cangwu Immortal City to see if we can take over that Grade-A Immortal Cave."

Lin Yuan made his decision in his heart. Yun Zhenzi's memory of the benefits of a Grade-A Immortal Cave for comprehending rules was quite profound, otherwise he wouldn't have spent a huge price to purchase it.

And Lin Yuan's stay time in the Immortal Realm was limited, so he would naturally choose a better Cultivation environment as much as possible, thus leaving more time to prepare for charging towards the Ultimate.

Time flowed on.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

"Sun and Yin emerge."

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, two illusory figures turning from illusory to solid, slowly walking out from within his body.

They were precisely Lin Yuan's Lunar and Solar Nascent Souls.

During this period of time, Lin Yuan forcibly converted the original body's Immortal Dao Foundation entirely into a Martial Dao Foundation, directly condensing two major Nascent Souls.

Once the two major Nascent Souls came out, Lin Yuan became much more convenient, not having to personally handle everything himself.

Although with Lin Yuan's mental will, he could easily condense an Incarnation, an Incarnation was different from a Primordial Spirit Clone; its details were very easily seen through.

"You take Yun Zhenzi's Jade Immortal consciousness and head to Cangwu Immortal City."

Lin Yuan looked at the Solar Nascent Soul and instructed.

The reason for letting the Solar Nascent Soul head to Cangwu Immortal City was simply for the sake of being prudent.

After all, Yun Zhenzi had fallen for nearly ten million years; who knew if the Immortal Cave he left behind was still there, and even if it was still there, would other accidents occur when taking over that Immortal Cave?

Of course, the probability of such a thing happening was very small; the reputation of the Immortal city was beyond doubt, and it didn't just face Yun Zhenzi alone as a Jade Immortal.

But it was always right to consider things from the worst perspective.

With the Solar Nascent Soul heading to Cangwu Immortal City, even if an extreme situation occurred, for Lin Yuan, the loss would merely be a Primordial Spirit.

If everything went smoothly, the Solar Nascent Soul would enter and take charge of that Grade-A Immortal Cave, with the Primordial Spirit and true body perceptions synchronizing; the prominent rule fluctuations of the Grade-A Immortal Cave would likewise be felt by the true body.

Therefore,

having the Primordial Spirit head to Cangwu Immortal City belonged to the most prudent approach.

Failure was nothing; success meant harvesting a Grade-A Immortal Cave that accelerated Cultivation.

Swoosh.

Under Lin Yuan's gaze, the Solar Nascent Soul silently disappeared into the distance.

"Is Cangwu Immortal City right there?"

High in the air, Lin Yuan's Solar Nascent Soul continuously shuttled through the Void Realm in the direction of Cangwu Immortal City.

With Lin Yuan's understanding and comprehension of the Space-Time Rule, Cangwu Immortal City—which the original body Gao Wuyou would need years or even decades to reach—appeared within Lin Yuan's field of vision after merely dozens of breaths had passed.

"That is Cangwu Immortal City?"

Lin Yuan stopped his Void Realm shuttle and distantly looked at that endlessly towering Immortal city.

This Immortal city resembled a vast world; the height of its city walls reached tens of billions or hundreds of billions of miles. An ancient and mysterious aura permeated the air, and even an expert as powerful as a Jade Immortal would display sufficient awe when facing the Immortal city.

"It is said that every Immortal city of the Thirty-Three Immortal Realms was pioneered by a Dao Ancestor. Pitying all living beings, the Dao Ancestor connected every Immortal city with the Immortal Realm Source Land, so as long as one is in the Immortal city, one can feel the rich fluctuations of the Rules and Dao."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

This was also the reason why countless Immortals yearned to live in Immortal cities; the benefit to Cultivation was simply too great.

"Let's go in."

Lin Yuan flew toward Cangwu Immortal City and soon arrived outside the east city gate.

"Rule fluctuations."

Lin Yuan successfully entered Cangwu Immortal City and immediately felt rule fluctuations completely different from the outside.

"Such rule fluctuations are enough to compare to some Cultivation Holy Lands and Secret Realms within the Main Universe."

Lin Yuan felt some pleasant surprise in his heart.

This was still only the outer city of Cangwu Immortal City.

If it were the inner city, or even the Immortal Cave area, inside a Grade-A Immortal Cave,

the rule fluctuations displayed would only be more obvious.

"However, the entire Immortal city is shrouded by countless killing Formations. Once these killing Formations are activated, even Yun Zhenzi at his Peak state would be unable to resist."

Lin Yuan likewise sensed the aura of the endless Formations operating in Cangwu Immortal City.

"First head to the Immortal Cave area of the Immortal city."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts and didn't think about it anymore.

No matter how many killing Formations there were within the Immortal city, they posed no threat to him.

It was merely a Primordial Spirit, carrying no resources or treasures whatsoever.