Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 1040: Chapter 29: Not Being Human Anymore_2

“Indeed.” Chen Guanshui laughed heartily, and then stepped directly into the light gate.

There was no usual feeling of the world spinning, only the scenery around him changed in a flash—he had arrived in another world.

As Chen Guanshui turned his gaze, he found himself still within the city, surrounded by market buildings identical to those outside the light gate.

The only difference was that the world inside the light gate had insufficient light, extremely dim, so much so that he had to use the “Universal Pure Tone Minor Illumination Technique” to illuminate the faint scenery around him.

As soon as the spell light was cast, he heard screams from around him, as if three or four people were shrieking simultaneously.

Chen Guanshui was startled, wondering when so many people had gathered around him? He hurriedly clapped his hands together, fully activating the Five Elements Divine Light to protect himself tightly, and then began to summon the Thunder Method.

His True Yuan was already vast and powerful, and with just a slight exertion of his aura, an enormous Thunder Dragon appeared in the sky, and with just a casual movement, it could level all the surrounding buildings.

At this moment, a shadow shot in from afar, calling out:

“Stop! Fellow Daoist, please show mercy!”

The shadow appeared to have a human outline, yet it had no features on its face; only the original mouth position slowly undulated, emitting a low, terrifying voice.

Chen Guanshui’s mind stirred slightly, fixing the Tai Xiao Thunder in the air, coldly saying:

“Approaching without any notice, dare not call yourselves fellow Daoists lightly.”

“It’s not like that.” The shadow hastily explained, “They are just… haven’t seen a living person for so long, they are curious, that’s all.”

Chen Guanshui looked down and saw several hunched shadows, using their withered arms to cover their faces, fleeing backward in panic and wailing, as if the Universal Pure Tone Minor Illumination Technique was causing them pain.

“Are you from the Feather Courtyard Gate?” he pondered the question.

“To be precise, we were once cultivators of the Feather Courtyard Gate.” The shadow explained with a bitter smile, “As for why we’ve become like this, that’s another story.”

“If the fellow Daoist is willing to believe, let’s go inside and talk in detail.”

He waved his arm, and the door of a nearby house automatically opened, revealing the dark room inside.

Chen Guanshui was momentarily stunned, instinctively wanting to call Ah Jing to scan, but realizing there was no Ah Jing now, he thought for a moment and nodded, saying:

“Very well.”

After all, if there really was a trap, he could just unleash the Summoning Sword and fight his way through seven times back and forth!

Seeing Chen Guanshui so straightforward, the shadow was slightly taken aback, then led the way inside.

Chen Guanshui ascended the steps, only to hear a voice rising from the darkness:

“Please do not use spells… surely you have noticed that ordinary light causes us great harm.”

“Why is that?” Chen Guanshui asked puzzled, “Moreover, none of you appear to have any human flesh or blood; rather, you resemble the Ghost Cultivator lineage.”

“In fact, it’s even worse than Ghost Cultivators.” The voice sighed, “Ghost Cultivators have no physical bodies, only spirits, and thus at lower cultivation realms, they cannot bear the sunlight, having to avoid daylight.”

“We, on the other hand, did not abandon our physical bodies, just attempted to transform them into another form and failed midway.”

“Transform into another form?” Chen Guanshui asked in confusion.

“Yes.” The shadow replied, “Do you know of the ascension?”

“I see that your divine light is restrained, so I think you have already formed a nascent infant and have heard this saying: Without becoming a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal, there’s no hope of reaching the Immortal Realm even if ascended, right?”

“Indeed, I’ve heard of it.” Chen Guanshui nodded, “This world is far from the Immortal Realm, and the path to ascension is fraught with difficulties and obstacles. Without becoming a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal, there’s really not much confidence.”

He still remained vigilant at this time, unwilling to reveal too much information, only following along with what the other party provided.

Noticing his cautiousness, the shadow simply began to speak openly:

“On the path to ascension, though it is said to be fraught with numerous dangers, it really boils down to two key points: first is the erosion by the Chaotic Heavenly River, which requires constant expenditure of True Yuan to resist; second is the vast number of outer demons, which necessitates guarding against their ambushes and attacks.”

“These two dangers, when combined, are essentially one: how to deal with the Heavenly Demons.”

“As long as the Heavenly Demons are handled, one can hide in any planet, breathe and refine Qi, generate True Yuan naturally, so what’s there to fear?”

“Exactly.” Chen Guanshui nodded and said.

Although he has not yet ascended to immortality, he battled against many demon heads in the Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden Secret Realm, which taught him the meaning of “sheer weight of numbers” and “dead end.”

Not to mention the undead, unextinguishable Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demons. No matter if you use the Five Elements Divine Light, press down with Mount Tai, or use Thunder Law Explosion Kill to pulverize them, they reassemble moments later. What can be done?

True Yuan is finite, but the Heavenly Demons are infinite, truly powerless against them!

“Precisely because of this, every cultivation sect in our realm, whenever reaching the peak of being almost invincible, often starts researching how to ensure the sect’s immortals, regardless of grade rank, can ascend peacefully to the Immortal Realm.” The shadow continued saying.

“Indeed.” Chen Guanshui understood naturally.

It’s not necessary to reach a realm of invincibility, but in any sect with some prospects, if a Sect Guardian Immortal plans to ascend, wouldn’t the whole sect spare no effort to assist?

Just look at this time in the Seven Treasures Mysterious Garden Secret Realm, whether it’s the Three Pure Ones or the Six Paths, they all sent numerous Nascent Soul Elders to explore, searching for clues of the Great Bright Hall for the Sect Guardian Immortal, didn’t they?

“The more mainstream method is to find ways to mend the Daoist Foundation’s primordial source.” The shadow continued explaining, “After all, whether it is Core Formation or Nascent Soul Transformation, most people leave some flaws for various reasons.”

“After ascension and becoming immortal, these flaws become great weaknesses, making it hard for the immortal to achieve a chaotic Great Luo form.”

“In theory, as long as the flaws in the Daoist Foundation’s primordial source are completely mended, though not reaching the level of a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal, it should be close.”

“It’s easy to say, but don’t forget your entire cultivation level comes from your Daoist Foundation.”

“To repair the Daoist Foundation itself is like trying to lift yourself into the air by pulling your own hair… How is that easy? It’s even simpler to turn back time!”

Indeed so. Chen Guanshui thought silently.

At least with the existence of the Kunlun Mirror, turning back time is feasible… but mending the Daoist Foundation’s primordial source is currently just a rumor that there’s a clue in the Great Bright Hall Secret Realm, still unconfirmed!

“So?” Chen Guanshui urged, “So you chose an alternative path?”

“In our era,” the shadow continued, “aside from the mainstream repairs of primordial source, there were many other methods.”

“For example, creating a Flying Heavenly Treasure that can resist the erosion of the Chaotic Heavenly River, thus carrying the immortals within to the Immortal Realm without the need to entangle with the Heavenly Demons.”

“Or cultivating a secret technique that can evade the Heavenly Demons’ notice, allowing oneself to traverse the Chaotic Heavenly River undetected… whatever one could think of, someone in our era basically tried it.”

“And our Feather Courtyard Gate, due to our profound research into various secret techniques, had predecessors propose a method.”

At this point, the voice trembled faintly, one could hear a hint of regret and unwillingness from it.

“What method?” Chen Guanshui ignored the other’s emotions and directly asked.

“Transform one’s body into that of a Heavenly Demon.”

…

“What?” Chen Guanshui couldn’t believe his ears.

“Just as it sounds,” the shadow replied, “if the human cultivator could be transformed into a Heavenly Demon, there would be no worry of True Yuan depletion.”

“That’s completely different, isn’t it?” Chen Guanshui retorted, “If you turn into a Heavenly Demon, what’s the point of going to the Immortal Realm? Wouldn’t the immortals just immediately drive you out?”

“Actually, according to the predecessor’s hypothesis, transforming into a Heavenly Demon was not irreversible,” the voice said helplessly, “After turning into a Heavenly Demon, traverse the Chaotic Heavenly River, reach the Immortal Realm, then change back; it would be a one-and-done solution.”

“But something went wrong midway, which the fellow Daoist has also witnessed, resulting in our current state of being neither human nor ghost.”

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