Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

"All of you, listen! We have orders from the higher-ups; no living souls shall pass through, not even a single fly. Anyone who neglects their duty will not be spared!"

"Understood!"

A multitude of solemn and cold voices gathered unison, emanating a frigid killing intent reaching the sky.

Observing this scene,

the man in a green robe standing in front of everyone nodded approvingly.

He immediately looked at the man in a black armor standing next to him and said solemnly,

"Duke Luo Yan, we must cooperate fully on this mission. If I make any mistakes, I ask for your understanding."

"Haha, Duke of Cold Water, you're too courteous."

As soon as he heard this,

The man referred to as 'Duke Luo Yan' revealed a trace of a smile on his cold face as he firmly tightened his grip on his longsword: "We are dealing with our human race's great cause of banishing devils, of course. Any trespassers will be killed without mercy!"

While talking,

Duke Luo Yan glanced unconsciously at the grand, towering Demon Suppressing Tower with 99 levels reaching the sky and a decisive glint flashed through his eyes.

"As of today, we have already sworn to risk our lives."

He murmured.

"Yes, we will use our blood and flesh as bricks to pave a grand new era for our human race."

Duke of Cold Water took over, resolutely saying.

At this moment,

In a corner not far away,

Zhang Jing was looking at the 99-level Demon Suppressing Tower reaching the sky, astonished within.

Not that he was surprised by its size.

In fact, ever since entering the Immortal Way and stepping into Qingxiao Xueming Heaven, Zhang Jing had become used to the spectacular creations that would shock mortals.

In the Immortal Realm where individuals generally possess power to move mountains and fill the sea,

under the influence of various factors like the convenience of spells and divine skills, and the extremely long lifespan of cultivators, there was nothing that others could think of but those people couldn't create.

"Strange, this place is only three thousand miles away from the capital, and this Demon Suppressing Tower is very conspicuous, but it is illogical that I couldn't detect it before."

Zhang Jing's face was filled with doubt.

Could it be that this black fog is the reason?

His pupils flickered, and his Divine Sense suddenly radiated out.

Soon,

"No, from my Divine Sense, this black fog is nothing more than ordinary fog and there is no trace of mystique."

A hint of confusion seeped through Zhang Jing's eyes.

He knew something was wrong with the black fog.

Because inside the area enveloped by the black fog, his clone's sense linked to the Earth Pulse was already ineffective.

To put it another way,

in the sensing range of the Earth Pulse's power, this region, everything above it, and the people there, were all just a blank!

"Looks like I have to forcibly break into the Demon Suppressing Tower. If I can understand this 'Qu Junhou's aim and plot, then this body of mine will have a hope of survival. Otherwise, I won't escape death once he succeeds in seizing the body."

Zhang Jing thought secretly and his eyes unconsciously swept over the people guarding the Demon Suppressing Tower.

The next moment,

He cast his eyes down in tranquility and headed towards the entrance of the Demon Suppressing Tower in a calm and unhurried manner.

...

...

Tap, tap.

Each step carrying a strange rhythm sounded by everyone standing near the Demon Suppressing Tower, making their bodies subconsciously tense.

The tips of their fingers tightly gripping their weapons turned slightly pale.

"That man is—"

Duke Luo Yan stared blankly at the slowly approaching figure.

The figure didn't reveal the slightest bit of strength, but an inexplicable chill emerged instinctively from his heart.

Compared to this chill,

His precious blade made of Thousand-Year Cold Iron suddenly felt a bit warm.

Next to him,

The Duke of Cold Water's hair stood up on end.

That familiar figure, even death couldn't make him forget.

In an instant,

He had recovered, took a deep breath, without any hesitation, directly signaled the people behind to clear a path.

Next,

Seeing the action of the Duke of Cold Water, Duke Luo Yan didn't make a sound, just watched silently and stepped aside.

At this moment,

He consciously put previous words he'd said with conviction to the back of his mind.

Time slowly passed.

Not until Zhang Jing's figure had completely disappeared inside the Demon Suppressing Tower,

did Duke Luo Yan let out an unconscious sigh of relief, and then curiously turned to look at the Duke of Cold Water, asked carefully:

"That person just now… Do you know him?"

However, to his surprise,

The Duke of Cold Water, when he heard the words, his eyes suddenly flashed, and then he directly counter-questioned, "Who? Someone just went past? How did I not see them?"

Then.

He turned his body around, took a scrutinizing look at everyone present, and asked aloud:

"Brothers, did anyone go by just now?"

In an instant.

"Your Honor, we did not see anyone pass by." The group instinctively glanced at each other, then shouted in unison, their voices resolute unlike any other.

Since the boss said so.

Even if the heavenly king himself came by today, they would not have seen anyone entering The Demon Suppressing Tower!

"See, Duke Luo Yan, there really was no one."

The Duke of Cold Water spread his hands and said meaningfully.

"Ah, right! No one!"

At this moment.

Duke Luo Yan as if waking from a dream patted his forehead and quickly chimed in.

...

...

In a certain mysterious space, the sounds of fighting and the roars of devils were ceaseless.

"Hmm, they've entered? Perfect."

'Qu Junhou' seemed to sense something, suddenly pausing his movement, his eyes twinkled with a pleasant smile.

In his sight.

A towering peach tree covered in thousands of feet of devilish patterns roared, and countless specks fell from the sky.

On its branches.

The pink buds began to bloom at an extreme pace, and then withered at a terrifying speed, giving birth to peaches as large as humans.

But within a few seconds.

The mature peaches fell to the ground, transforming into wildly different devils, roaring and rushing madly towards 'Qu Junhou' and his party.

"Everyone, let's strike."

'Qu Junhou' cheerfully shouted.

The aura permeating from him was much more formidable than before.

...

...

On the other side.

The echoing footsteps in the hollow interior of The Demon Suppressing Tower made it even more eerily silent.

His eyes swept across the devils lying crisscrossed on the floor.

Even their dead bodies.

They were wrapped in strands of astonishing murderous intent, emitting intermittent vicious roars.

One could imagine the strength of these devils when they were alive.

"They were at least Big Demons. It's a pity that their Demon Heart Cores were all taken away, how much Origin Power must that be..." A trace of regret flashed in Zhang Jing's eyes.

According to his previous estimation.

The Origin Power contained within a Big Demon's Demon Heart Core could match up to one-thousandth of the Origin Crystal he originally possessed.

"But then again, I can't even get out, why should I care about these Demon Heart Cores?"

Zhang Jing laughed, shook his head, and then stepped forward.

In less than half a moment.

Without encountering any obstacles, Zhang Jing quietly arrived at the bottom level of the ninety-nine floors of The Demon Suppressing Tower.

That's right.

From the outside, The Demon Suppressing Tower seems to ascend straight up. However, after he entered, he discovered that its interior space was actually upside down.

A stone door stood in his sight, perfectly opened.

Through this door, he could faintly see that behind it was a mysterious area shrouded in heavy black mist.

And that was—

Zhang Jing was taken aback.

He seemed to see a strange giant tree stretching from the heavens to the earth, the energy emanating from its body was far beyond the Dharma Phase Realm.

Without a doubt.

"Unity Realm Stage? There is actually a Dao-merged Being in this broken Nether Night Realm..."

After hesitating on the spot for a moment.

Zhang Jing eventually decided to go in.

In fact, at this moment, he didn't have a choice.

The next moment.

He walked straight towards the open stone door, but the moment he passed through, his vision went dark.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Zhang Jing's sight gradually regained its clarity.

Yet, at this moment.

"Such a pure aura, are you from the Mysterious Yellow World?" An ancient voice filled with certainty suddenly came from behind him.

Zhang Jing's body stiffened abruptly.