Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi called for Feng Luoyi and entered a command that Feng Luoyi had given him beforehand. According to Feng Luoyi, this command had the highest priority within the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm. As soon as the command was entered, no matter the circumstances, he would perform Divine Separation to appear before Wang Qi.

Then, he saw Yue Luo Liu Li wrapped only in a scarf.

Normally as unflappable as Mount Tai before its collapse, Feng Luoyi silently gave Wang Qi a glance.

Even someone as thick-skinned as Wang Qi felt an overwhelming desire to die: "Teacher... your expression is putting a lot of pressure on me... Please don't misunderstand anything; I'm not like some perverts from Spirit Beast Mountain, this belongs to... a special custom from another culture."

Feng Luoyi thought seriously for a moment before squeezing out a response, "Hmm... alien customs... they are indeed quite peculiar."

Feng Luoyi didn't immediately ask what had happened but instead touched Wang Qi's ring with his finger, weaving a Soul Nourishing Technique with Yin Yang Yao Text. The Wanfa Sect always claimed "One law gives rise to myriad laws, one law breaks myriad laws." Feng Luoyi, who controlled the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, also possessed all data from the Immortal Alliance. There was no spell that he didn't know—only those he "excels" or "does not excel" at.

Moreover, the spells Feng Luoyi "did not excel" at were only in comparison to the Carefree Stage. The Light Wheel, a method of soul nourishing, could make most Yangshen Pavilion Grandmasters feel utterly ashamed.

Zhen Chan immediately awakened leisurely. Feng Luoyi said, "My projection here is much limited, kindly assist with keeping watch."

There was an undeniable tone in Feng Luoyi's voice. Zhen Chan spread his Spiritual Sense, monitoring the surroundings of the island.

Then, Feng Luoyi finally asked Wang Qi, "What exactly is going on?"

"This individual is the dragon the West Sea Dragon King wanted to kill. Reportedly, it was the mysterious Ancient Dragon Emperor Sect that tasked her with telling us some information," Wang Qi explained, sharing what he knew.

Feng Luoyi's expression changed immediately. He looked at Yue Luo Liu Li and said sternly, "Daoist Yue Luo, what message did the esteemed Dragon Emperor send you with?"

"Raising demons brings disaster, bitten back by a parasitic beast." Yue Luo Liu Li said, "The Holy Emperor, to resist the erosion of time, had long sealed himself in a Secret Realm of Cave Heaven. Recently, some malefactors snuck into the Holy Dragon Abyss and tampered with the laws of the Holy Emperor's seal. He is temporarily unable to emerge, so he tasked me to seek your assistance in calling back the Tianhe Dragon Army..."

Wang Qi and Zhen Chan hadn't expected such explosive news. However, Feng Luoyi seemed less surprised. He queried, "I have a few questions. From our observations, the noble Dragon Emperor's senior should have at least reached the 'leaping out of the long river, mastering oneself' phase, fearing no erosion of time, and really wouldn't need to sleep."

Leaping out of the long river and mastering oneself involves entirely controlling one's flow of time. At this stage, the so-called secluded bitter meditation has become meaningless, for now, the Immortals can control their relative time. Besides turning a moment into eternity—the most extreme alteration—they can do anything.

This allowed their power to often increase dramatically—because in their personal timelines, they had already cultivated for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.

Conversely, erosion of time wasn't a problem for them either. Since one can turn one night into thousands of years, why couldn't it be reversed, turning millennia into the flick of a finger?

Hence, the notion of the "Ancient Dragon Emperor sleeping to resist the passage of time" was something Feng Luoyi found unbelievable.

Simultaneously astonished, Wang Qi and Zhen Chan asked, "The Ancient Dragon Emperor is an Immortal? Is there an alive Immortal on this planet?"

Yue Luo Liu Li frowned, "The Holy Emperor hasn't appeared in the past thousand years. How do you know this?"

"If you had studied our theories, you would know that gravity is a force that transcends space and time," Feng Luoyi explained. "No matter how secure a Grotto Heaven is, it can't completely isolate itself from the cosmic universe. We monitor the gravitational forces of this realm, thus we can detect anything unusual."

Yue Luo Liu Li sighed, "The Holy Emperor has always been adamant about participating in history, seeking methods to overcome the inscrutable barriers. So, he must keep his consciousness involved in the evolution of Shenzhou and cannot merely stay outside Shenzhou's long river."

"Shenzhou's long river… it seems you know quite a bit as well," Feng Luoyi said. "But before that, may I ask—what is this 'inscrutable barrier'?"

"A clan's magical obstruction, indescribable, a trial of the clan's fate, the greatest test of eternity." Yue Luo Liu Li sighed again, repeating the conversation she had with the Old Demon God.

Feng Luoyi and Wang Qi exchanged looks.

The inscrutable barrier mentioned by the Dragon Clan, the so-called Sieve by the Human Daos, and Earth's Great Filter are actually the same thing.

Civilizations must face these tests once they reach a certain stage of development. Pass, and they directly head towards prosperity. Fail, and everything ceases.

The reason for the Dragon Clan's sleep was shockingly to relinquish the land of Shenzhou, allowing subsequent descendants to forge a path, and then follow that path!

And this waiting lasted two hundred million years!

Such a grand scheme! Such an immense calculation!

And in this Immortal Dao Universe, the so-called Great Filter is probably...

"The excessive individualism of Immortals leading to the breakdown of civilization's original order..." Wang Qi marveled.

Indeed, the first class saw powerful nations exhausted, Human Dao powerless; the second, small nations with few people, where old and young did not interact; the third held only wisdom, devoid of civilization.

Eternal class!

Little Dragon, after hearing Wang Qi's remarks, also exclaimed, "Your Human Clan can actually see through this layer... impressive."

But Feng Luoyi was more concerned about another issue.

"After the natural fall of the Ancient Houtu and the unexpected premature death of the Primordial Sea God and Cambrian Original Demon..." Feng Luoyi looked at Yue Luo Liu Li, his expression growing more serious, "The rise of your Dragon Clan and the fall of the Cambrian Original Demon occurred almost simultaneously... differing by at most ten thousand years. In geological eras, this is very close... What exactly does your Dragon Clan know about this?"

The previously responsive Little Dragon Girl suddenly shut her mouth and shook her head, "The Holy Emperor has instructed us; you are not yet meant to know this issue. When the time comes, we will naturally tell you."

Feng Luoyi shook his head, "That doesn't sound very sincere."

Yue Luo Liu Li said, "It might not sound nice, but that is the reason—your Human Clan is of great significance to us in the Dragon Clan; on this issue, we absolutely will not deceive you. If the Holy Emperor said you should not know, it means that after knowing this issue, you perhaps might not even reach the unknown barrier."

Feng Luoyi replied, "Understood. Then, about the Tianhe Dragon Army..."

"The Tianhe Dragon Army is not in this realm and earth, but in a different realm," Yue Luo Liu Li said. "There, the Heavenly Gang atmosphere is abundant, a long rainbow stretching across the heavenly vault, which is the Tianhe..."

"In the Grotto Heaven, a river of Heavenly Gang?" Zhen Chan suddenly asked, "Is it a kind of Grotto Heaven?"

Yue Luo Liu Li shook her head, "It would be hard for you to understand even if I told you. However, eight hundred years ago, the Holy Emperor transferred the Dragon Dao to you, and now I am merely using something my clan has mastered for hundreds of millions of years..."

"Dragon Dao, is that the entrance to a Dragon Clan Secret Realm of Grotto Heaven?" Zhen Chan attempted to ask further, but Wang Qi preemptively stopped him, "Old man, stop there... the heritage of the Dragon Clan is probably far beyond our imagination..."

Wang Qi looked at Yue Luo Liu Li, his hands forming an image, and asked, "Is it something like this?"

What Wang Qi formed was the appearance of Jupiter Taisui.

Yue Luo Liu Li widened his eyes, "You're quite smart!"

Wang Qi still remembered Shu Rongrong coming from a "gas giant planet filled with Heavenly Gang atmosphere," speaking of "abundant Heavenly Gang," automatically reminded him of two stars in the Shenzhou Solar System—Sui Star Jupiter and Zhenxing Saturn.

"The so-called Tianhe, is actually referring to the ring of Jupiter..." Wang Qi took a deep breath and sighed, "Fortunately... it's not a galaxy..."

Zhen Chan puzzled, "That Sui Star ring, how many of the Dragon Clan can it accommodate?"

"Let me put it this way. The diameter of this planet Shenzhou is only twenty-six thousand miles, while Jupiter's ring is more than sixty thousand miles wide and eight thousand miles thick," Wang Qi sighed. "Even rolling Shenzhou Hou Tu on it, there would still be spare room... How many dragons do you think there could be?"

Zhen Chan immediately fell silent.

Feng Luoyi suddenly said, "From what I've observed, the so-called Tianhe Dragon Army must all be dragons who have not yet attained longevity. What assurances does your Dragon Clan have to let them face a... already awakened Banished Immortal?"

Yue Luo Liu Li smiled, "This esteemed predecessor of the Immortal Alliance, our Dragon Clan will not use those overseas monkeys' standards on you highland Human Clan, nor should you apply the common standards of the Transformation Demon Clan to our Transformation Dragon Clan."

In the eyes of the Sea Clan, Shenzhou is essentially a highland.

The words of Yue Luo Liu Li made Feng Luoyi's expression change again, "Are you saying that the ability of Transformation, this acquired Divine Power that has been passed down among the Demon Clan for ten thousand years, is also backed by your Dragon Clan's efforts?"

Little Dragon's expression suddenly became very interesting. She became somewhat annoyed, "Senior, just ask directly, I will answer whatever I can; there's no need to beat around the bush."

Feng Luoyi shook his head, "I have a habit of analyzing every sentence many times."

Wang Qi was curious, "Does the Dragon Clan also need Transformation?"

Transformation, without altering the Bloodline Root, changes the expression of the bloodline, similar to the insect's metamorphosis into a butterfly. This Divine Power allows even weak races to obtain strong physiques and awaken powerful Innate Divine Abilities. However, the Dragon Clan is already the strongest race on this planet. Wang Qi even suspects that these creatures have reached the pinnacle of carbon-based life. Their Innate Divine Abilities include super-scientific entities like "Vacuum Energy Power Furnace" and "Strong Electric Unification."

Does such a race also need Transformation?

Yue Luo Liu Li laughed, "This is also a little secret kept by our Holy Clan—the true usage of Transformation Divine Power."

"Breaking free from the shackles of bloodlines is not about transforming from one race to another, moving from one shackle into another."

"Its true meaning is... unlimited." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on Qidian's website or by monthly tickets through the mobile site m.qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)