Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 434: Chapter 401: Begin

’There’s one more theory I need to confirm...’

Chu Mu briefly surveyed the two spots where the Celestial Thunder had struck. His figure flickered, and in an instant, as if he were shrinking the very earth into inches, he vanished into the Spiritual Qi clouds and mist.

In less than half an hour, he came to a stop before a mountain peak.

The mountain peak was nameless and shrouded in mist. The surging Spiritual Qi condensed, and a natural Spirit Rain, shimmering with a faint glow, had begun to fall from the sky.

Spirit Rain was formed from the natural condensation of the purest Spiritual Qi. As it sprinkled down, nourishing the mountain forest, the flowers, grass, and trees all swayed, growing and changing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Chu Mu gazed into the depths of the mountain. He channeled Magical Power into his eyes, and as they shone brightly, a sleeping Tier Two Demon Beast came into view.

He glanced up at the sky, pondering for a moment. Then, with a wave of his hand, a Tier Two Lower Grade Beast-shaped Puppet appeared.

At the same time, he crossed several hundred meters almost instantly, distancing himself from the Tier Two Puppet.

From a distance of several hundred zhang, he first severed his connection to the Puppet, then used an Array Prohibition to activate it. The moment the Spiritual Pressure of a Tier Two being appeared...

Another bolt from the blue suddenly struck. The newly activated Tier Two Puppet, just like the beetle from before, was utterly annihilated.

’Even inanimate objects from the outside are restricted?’

Chu Mu’s brow furrowed. He tossed out a Tier One Puppet, and this time, there was no anomaly.

The rules and restrictions were now undoubtedly clear.

Any existence not native to the Secret Realm was not allowed to surpass the Qi Cultivation Realm.

This applied to both living beings and inanimate objects.

Such a rule, oddly enough, put Chu Mu at ease.

If this was the case, it was undoubtedly a good thing for him.

He couldn’t guarantee that the True Demon wouldn’t pull out a Tier Three Puppet.

After all, in its past life, that True Demon had been a Tier Four existence.

In their two transactions, the Spiritual Objects it had given him were all rare Supreme Treasures!

’Both living beings and inanimate objects have Cultivation restrictions...’

’But is there a limit on one’s actual Combat Power?’

Chu Mu took a step forward. Although his Cultivation was suppressed to the Qi Cultivation Realm by the Divine Shadow Pill, the suppression of his Sword Intent was only limited to his Divine Soul, which served as its vessel.

Even though its Mighty Power was greatly diminished, with his self-created Human Sword Unity Technique, a Qi Cultivation practitioner could slay a Foundation Establishment expert!

A Flaming Blade materialized, and the sharpness of his Sword Intent, which was somewhere between formless and tangible, merged into the blade.

With a single slash, the sleeping Tier Two Early Stage Wind-Split Beast was abruptly jolted awake. But before it could react, a rain of blades descended. In the blink of an eye, gruesome, bloody gashes appeared all over its Demon Body.

Using the Human Sword Unity Technique, Chu Mu’s control over his Sword Intent was meticulous. Like peeling silk from a cocoon, he managed to severely injure the Wind-Split Beast while also ensuring it remained alive.

In just a few breaths, the Wind-Split Beast collapsed into a pool of its own blood, its breathing faint, on the verge of death.

Chu Mu didn’t dare to use a Tier Two Array. Instead, he linked several Tier One Arrays together to temporarily imprison the dying Wind-Split Beast.

With another wave of his hand, a Jade Scroll appeared.

Two years had been enough time for him to finish improving the Heavenly Deceit Pill, minimizing its negative side effects while also greatly broadening its range of applications.

Since outside Cultivators and inanimate objects were not allowed to possess power beyond the Qi Cultivation Realm...

...then he would use the Heavenly Deceit Pill to once again deceive the heavens and cross the sea.

Besides, he clearly remembered another rule from the East Lake Secret Realm back then.

The same Cultivator could only enter the Secret Realm once!

This time, their entry could be considered a form of "smuggling" themselves in, deceiving the heavens. If they just wandered around the Secret Realm, it might not be a big problem.

But if he wanted to once again seek the inheritance of the Immortal Dao Sect, it would likely be impossible with this "smuggled" identity.

By changing his identity, transforming from a "smuggler" into a native creature of the Secret Realm, he would have many more options—both for his own plans and when facing that True Demon.

As these thoughts raced through his mind, Chu Mu didn’t dare to delay. A wisp of Great Sun True Flame appeared, revealing threads of blood-red light. He methodically extracted the soul and core of the dying Wind-Split Beast, ultimately refining them into a pale green Elixir Pill.

Even with Chu Mu rushing, the entire process took a mere few hours.

The Secret Realm also had a cycle of day and night. It was already late, so after stowing away the newly refined Heavenly Deceit Pill, Chu Mu wasted no time and hurried toward the predetermined meeting point.

Compared to his previous cautious and nerve-wracking visit to this Secret Realm, Chu Mu was far more unrestrained this time.

His Sword Intent flowed and a flash of fiery red appeared. Using the Human Sword Unity Technique, he streaked across the sky, drawing ever closer to the meeting point.

When the night receded and the blazing sun rose again, the fiery red light flickering in the sky finally dissipated.

Chu Mu descended from the sky. Atop the mountain peak, several people stood waiting, having clearly been there for some time.

"I was delayed by a Demon Beast attack on the way. I ask for your forgiveness, Senior."

Chu Mu bowed deeply, his tone respectful.

No matter how many precautions he took, they were all just preparations for the worst-case scenario.

From how things looked at present—whether it was the fifty-year agreement from the past, the incident at the Chu Capital, or the current transaction in the Secret Realm—

the True Demon before him had always shown a very amicable attitude and seemed to harbor no real ill will toward him.

Honestly, he hoped this goodwill would last.

Even if he was helping a tyrant, the saying went, "better for a friend to die than for me." He could barely protect himself, so how could he afford to worry about so much else?

Once he survived this ordeal, if his Cultivation was high enough in the future, he could simply come back and suppress and seal this Spatial Rift.

If his Cultivation wasn’t enough...

...by then, he’d probably have died of old age long ago. After he was dead, why would he care if the world was flooded?

"It’s nothing."

"Let’s go."

The man sized Chu Mu up for a moment, then waved his hand. The group leaped into the air one after another, their Tunneling Lights streaking forward in the direction of the subterranean sea of Earth Fire Lava from Chu Mu’s memory.

Chu Mu’s flying speed wasn’t fast. He hung back behind the others, seemingly lost in thought, but his gaze occasionally drifted to the simple-minded youth beside the True Demon.

If Xu Ning and Li Xiu wanted to become Demon Cultivators to escape their bleak lives in the Cultivation Immortal Realm...

...then this True Demon probably needed True Demon Qi for its Cultivation, or it had some other scheme.

But this simple-minded youth...

According to Xu Ning, this person was supposed to be the sole surviving heir of the True Demon’s Clan.

Back then, the True Demon had taken the Red Eagle Bloodline and directly fused it into this youth’s body. Everything Chu Mu had seen and heard proved how much the True Demon valued this person.

Under such circumstances, to still bring him into the Secret Realm...

Why?

As doubts swirled in his mind, Chu Mu’s expression remained calm as he silently followed behind.

The Secret Realm was vast. With their Cultivation currently suppressed to the Qi Cultivation Realm, and especially having to look after the somewhat simple-minded youth, the group’s flying speed was naturally not very fast.

It took them nearly ten full days before the incredibly dense Spiritual Qi began to change. Wisps of the Fire Attribute appeared, and as they continued forward, the presence of Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy grew thicker and thicker.

Before long, their destination came into view.

In Chu Mu’s memory, the mountain peak had been lush and green. Before he left, he had even deliberately collapsed it to cover up any trace of the Earth Fire Lava.

But now, the collapsed mountain had completely changed.

For some unknown reason, the surging Earth Fire Lava had erupted. The entire mountain was wreathed in thick smoke, and roiling Earth Fire Lava flowed like a tide, completely engulfing the peak in flames.

At the foot of the mountain, the flowing lava was still spreading outward bit by bit. Under the searing heat, the surrounding mountains had all become a stretch of near-deathly barren wasteland.

Chu Mu’s expression grew solemn. The Spatial Rift was sealed within the Earth Fire Lava, which meant this entire Earth Vein was undoubtedly stabilized by an Array Prohibition. There was no way any anomaly could have occurred.

For the Earth Fire Lava to be gushing out now, there was clearly only one possibility.

The Array Prohibition was damaged, or rather, the Demonic Qi’s corrosion was too severe, causing a problem with the Sealing Demon Array!

"The Sealing Demon Array must have a problem."

"Young friend, go and take a look."

The man instructed, looking at Chu Mu.

Chu Mu didn’t hesitate. The Sealing Demon Array—the two words "Sealing Demon" made the Array’s purpose perfectly clear.

Right now, everyone’s Cultivation was at the Qi Cultivation Realm. If this True Demon were to enter the array, even if it revealed its true Cultivation, it would probably be flayed alive, if not killed outright.

He was an Immortal Dao Cultivator, so the Array naturally had no suppressive or sealing effect on him. According to his guess, there should have been multiple protective Grand Arrays outside the Sealing Demon Array to prevent it from being destroyed.

But for some reason, those protective Grand Arrays were nowhere to be found.

With these thoughts in mind, Chu Mu took a step, and his figure flickered, disappearing into the flowing sea of fire and lava in a split second.

"Haaaah... so comfortable..."

The lava was scorching hot, enough to incinerate mountains and boil seas, yet when Chu Mu stepped into it, he felt an inexplicable, indescribable sense of comfort.

The dense Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy was perfect for cultivating the Great Sun Scripture, but more importantly, the churning Fire Qi was a breeding ground for his Great Sun True Flame.

With every breath, Chu Mu’s body acted like a vortex, frantically drawing in all the surging Fire Attribute Spiritual Energy and the blazing Earth Fire.

After reveling in the sensation for a moment, Chu Mu couldn’t help but think back to that Fire Attribute Spirit Vein located in Jingmen.

That place of Earth Fire Lava, with a Fire Attribute Spirit Vein of at least Tier Three, was in no way inferior to this place!

At this moment, Chu Mu had no time for further thoughts. He moved swiftly through the sea of fire and lava, following his memory toward the Spatial Rift.

After about a quarter of an hour, the scene that was practically etched into his memory reappeared in his vision.

The boundless sea of fire churned, and even from the edge of it, one could clearly see inky black threads.

The speed at which the True Demon Qi’s corrosion was spreading seemed far faster than he had imagined.

’This... has started to snowball...’

Chu Mu’s expression turned ugly. The balance between the sea of fire and the Demonic Qi had clearly been completely thrown off.

The balance was broken, and the Demonic Qi had completely gained the upper hand.

At this rate, even if he didn’t break the array, it would likely be completely eroded by the Demonic Qi in just a few years...

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