Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 349: Chapter 321: True Form of the Bull Demon

The child was still young, only eight years old, when a calamity befell his mundane mountain village.

A mere battle between two Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators was enough to completely destroy the small mountain village.

Perhaps it was fate. By a stroke of luck, the child survived and found a Cultivation Technique on the bodies of the two Cultivators who had killed each other. From then on, he fumbled his way onto the Immortal Path.

’His experience... it was quite similar to my own back then.’

Terrified, he stepped into the Cultivation Immortal Realm. Faced with its cruel reality, he slowly transformed from a secular mortal into a Cultivator.

’But I had the Spiritual Radiance to help me, and a legacy to fall back on. Even when I faltered, I could still hold onto some hope.’

’But this man had nothing. He languished day after day. The Immortal Path may have been visible, but the slow, grinding reality of it was something not all Cultivators could accept.’

In just a few years, the man and several friends abandoned the structure of the Marketplace and ventured into the jungle hell beyond its walls.

From his first kill to bloodshed becoming a common sight.

Day after day, year after year.

With the help of plundered resources, the man’s Cultivation progressed rapidly.

In just a few short years, the man’s Cultivation had already reached Qi Cultivation Perfection.

But you can’t walk by the riverside forever without getting your feet wet.

During one ambush, they bit off more than they could chew.

Though the Demon Cultivator’s Cultivation was only at Qi Cultivation Perfection, his Demon Dao methods were treacherous. In the ensuing slaughter, all of the man’s friends were killed, and he was captured alive.

Afterward, to save his own life, the man submitted to the Demon Cultivator, who placed a Restriction on him that turned him into a slave and forced him down the Demon Dao.

At this point in the memory, something seemed to be triggered, and the scene suddenly flickered.

Chu Mu’s expression shifted. His Heart Spirit tensed as he raised his hand, forming seals and casting one Technique after another. He forcefully threw the man’s resurgent Divine Soul back into chaos. Only then did the flickering images within the Celestial Trace Crystal Stone stabilize.

After the man was controlled and forced into the Demon Dao, a Demon Cultivator organization began to emerge from the shadows of his memory.

"Jieyin Demon Sect..."

Chu Mu was taken aback. ’If I remember correctly, Xu Changqing said the Jieyin Demon Sect was crushed with thunderous might years ago.’

At this moment, Chu Mu had no time for further thought. He focused his Divine Sense on the Celestial Trace Crystal Stone, and the memory images flashed past at high speed.

During one mission, the Demon Cultivator controlling him was killed. Having regained his freedom by a stroke of luck, the man immediately severed all ties with the Jieyin Demon Sect.

He had intended to return to a life of freedom in the Cultivation Immortal Realm, but the Demonic Qi tainting his body sealed his fate. He could never again belong there.

After several years of hardship, the man returned to the Jieyin Demon Sect. This time, however, his descent into the Demon Dao was by choice...

After that, the man put down roots in the Jieyin Demon Sect, becoming fully immersed in the Demon Dao.

The Jieyin Demon Sect, a vast and shadowy organization, slowly revealed itself through the man’s memories.

Thirty years ago, the Demon Sect had bestowed upon him a wisp of True Demon Qi, allowing him to condense a Demon Seed and step into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, he received his orders: go to the Chu Capital and lie in wait...

Another shadowy network slowly came into view.

Faces flickered through the memories—some at the Qi Cultivation Realm, some at the Foundation Establishment Realm, and some...

At the edge of the memory, as if a taboo had been breached, a single, indistinct figure appeared...

The man’s disordered Divine Soul abruptly jolted awake.

"Spare me!"

The man cried out. The next second—BOOM!

With a deafening roar, his Divine Soul was obliterated and his body exploded. In that same instant, the Soul Searching Array collapsed.

The room was left in shambles, and cracks had appeared on the Celestial Trace Crystal Stone.

The door was thrown open with a BANG, and Xu Changqing stormed in, sword in hand.

Chu Mu stood stunned in the middle of the room, his mind replaying the image of that fleeting figure from the memory.

’Golden Core? Nascent Soul?’

Chu Mu wasn’t sure, but the terror from the man’s memory—the feeling of being as insignificant as an ant—was crystal clear.

"What happened?"

Xu Changqing asked in a deep voice.

Chu Mu raised his hand and waved, and the cracked Celestial Trace Crystal Stone floated in front of Xu Changqing.

The man’s memories were perfectly intact, detailed down to the smallest minutiae, right up until the appearance of that terrifying figure.

The vast structure of the Jieyin Demon Sect, its conspiracy in the Chu Capital, and the clandestine network it had built—everything was laid out with perfect clarity.

According to the man’s memories, the Jieyin Demon Sect’s goal in the Chu Capital was to demonize its Spirit Vein, transforming the entire city into a Demon Realm.

The man had been in the Chu Capital for decades, and everything he’d done was in service of this goal.

As for why, or what the ultimate objective was, the man had no idea.

As for the fleeting figure in the memory, no useful information could be gleaned before the Divine Soul was obliterated.

Clearly, this Demon Cultivator was merely a pawn.

"Their goal must be more than just demonizing the Spirit Vein."

After reviewing the memories stored in the Celestial Trace Crystal Stone, Xu Changqing said gravely.

"They must have other plans."

Chu Mu nodded. Before, when he was completely in the dark, he hadn’t fully grasped the severity of this sudden anomaly. He had simply dismissed it as another act of madness from the Demon Cultivators.

After all, Demonic Qi is inherently corrupting. Under its influence, you could say every Demon Cultivator is insane.

It wouldn’t be surprising for a group of lunatics to get together and do something crazy.

But having just reviewed the man’s memories in exhaustive detail, he now knew the Jieyin Demon Sect had been operating in the Chu Capital for decades. They had painstakingly woven a vast network. This was clearly a long-premeditated plot.

If their only goal was to demonize the Spirit Vein, then based on the man’s memories, they could have accomplished it over a decade ago.

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