Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone

Wang Jixuan slowly nodded and said with a smile, "I can understand, because for cultivation forces, population is the greatest resource. As long as there are people, cultivators can be born proportionally, and as long as there are enough cultivators, there will always be someone with exceptional talent."

In Bai Gu's hollow skeletal eyes, a trace of approval appeared.

"Indeed, that's precisely the reasoning. Chatting with you is truly interesting."

Then, Bai Gu sighed lightly and continued to tell Wang Jixuan about the great forces of the Immortal Realm.

These forces have not declined for countless millennia, and some great forces have existed since ancient times.

Moreover, in the Immortal Realm, although the number of people is large, most of the Cave Heaven Blessed Lands and precious treasures are held by the primordial spirits.

The so-called primordial spirits are even more extraordinary.

It's just like cultivators born in the Immortal Realm having a much easier time cultivating than those born in other worlds.

Most primordial spirits are born in harmony with the Tao, and many primordial spirits are born with spiritual treasures of the Great Path and have great divine powers from birth.

As Wang Jixuan listened, a look of longing appeared in his eyes.

Raise a hand to destroy the sun and moon, a finger to extinguish the stars.

Seek the Great Path for eternal life, bring peace to Heaven and Earth.

What a grand age that must be.

If one could ascend to that Immortal Realm, even starting as a minor soldier would be a wonderful thing.

Bai Gu talked for seven or eight hours.

Wang Jixuan managed to remember the names and powers of over a hundred forces in the Immortal Realm, as well as the names and divine skills of forty-nine so-called 'Great Powers'.

However, Wang Jixuan was already feeling dizzy and a bit overwhelmed.

"Senior, why are you telling me all this?"

Wang Jixuan asked tentatively:

"I haven't even been able to ascend yet, so it's hardly possible for me to help you seek vengeance."

Bai Gu was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and laughed heartily.

The white jade bone kept clapping, making creaking sounds.

Bai Gu laughed and said, "Vengeance? Do you know who our enemies are? They are the so-called Divine Kings, the Eight Immortal Lords! They are already the top existences in the Immortal Realm, each a Daluo Golden Immortal! Hahaha! Vengeance for us? Hahahaha!"

Wang Jixuan chuckled awkwardly at the side.

"Alas," Bai Gu sighed, "Actually, I am not a residual soul of any Great Power; I am merely a wisp of spiritual thought born from this skeleton, equivalent to the spirit creature of Bai Gu."

Wang Jixuan seized the opportunity to ask, "Then, senior, why are you in a remote corner of the Endless Star Sea?"

"We lost the battle."

"Lost?"

"Hmm," Bai Gu narrated calmly, "Once the calamity struck, drastic changes occurred in Heaven and Earth, fraught with dangers and opportunities. Our faction, named the Moon God Palace, also rose from the Endless Star Sea. We then conquered a Xu Realm, and after tens of thousands of years of development, we gathered six thousand immortals, sixty heavenly immortals, and a few Taiyin Golden Immortals, seized the True Realm, and established ourselves in the Immortal Realm."

Wang Jixuan:...

Bai Gu's voice carried a touch of vicissitudes.

"Unfortunately, I was plotted against by a Divine King during my assault on the Da Luo Realm.

"The Immortal Realm is too crowded, and we recklessly advanced despite our lack of accumulation.

"To stand firm in the Immortal Realm, one must have the strength and resolve to destroy a great force. If it cannot be obtained with divine skills, it cannot be obtained with words and compromise either.

"And the threshold for a great force in the Immortal Realm is to be protected by a Daluo Golden Immortal.

"Regrettably, though I had the power to fight a Da Luo, I lacked the divine skills to kill one. Daluo Golden Immortals are nearly undying and eternal, coexisting with Heaven and Earth through time.

"So we ultimately lost, as they despicably ambushed all our Taiyin, heavenly immortals, and finally, I could only protect the families of my comrades and escape the Immortal Realm.

"The 'Immortal Forbidden Land' you mentioned might be related to us.

"Perhaps the powerful adversary knew our final destination and designated this star domain as a forbidden place for cultivation.

"It's merely a matter of one word from those great figures of the Immortal Realm, and various minor forces below would vie to carry it out."

Wang Jixuan listened attentively.

He vaguely felt that Tianluo and the Dark Sect didn't seem to be minor forces.

"Senior, how long ago did these events happen?"

"Let me think, in terms of the time scale you can understand, it was about 3.9 million years ago."

"Will the patterns of the Immortal Realm change?"

"Without a major calamity, there probably won't be any significant changes."

Bai Gu shook his head:

"Moreover, the greater the power, the more experts it has, the greater the ability to withstand risks, thus allowing it to exist longer in the Immortal Realm.

"The strong remain strong, the weak remain weak; to defeat the strong with the weak is no easy task."

Bai Gu paused in his speech, smiling at Wang Jixuan: "I have nearly fulfilled your wish; do you have any other questions?"

Wang Jixuan had an inkling of a feeling.

He found the conversation with Bai Gu rather engaging, and he reckoned that if he respectfully addressed him as senior a few times, he might gain some benefits.

However, there were two questions he really wanted to ask!

"Yes."

"Speak, please."

"It's," Wang Jixuan pondered over his words, "in the records of the Yina Civilization, they once obtained advanced technology from a civilization that collectively ascended, and the space portals of these Star Domains have been restricted to this Star Domain, similar to how advanced civilizations exert limitations on lower dimensions."

Bai Gu sighed: "Here we must discuss, the enemies of the Immortal Realm."

"Enemies of the Immortal Realm?"

"Indeed," Bai Gu said softly, "In the Endless Star Domain, approximately several billion years ago, a powerful existence emerged that was neither based on cultivation nor Spiritual Energy."

"Technology?"

"The names are varied, but these powerful existences share a commonality: they are born from the collective consciousness of countless living beings, like the collective will of an entire life race."

Bai Gu said solemnly:

"These consciousness entities themselves possess considerable energy, but they are only active in the Chaotic Sea, while the Immortal Realm is at the edge of the Chaotic Sea.

"There have been some confrontations between cultivators from the Immortal Realm and them.

"This involves agreements made between certain Divine Kings and these consciousness entities; as to the specifics, I am unaware.

"In short, these consciousness entities proliferate in certain areas of the Endless Star Domain.

"And this is not individual proliferation, but the proliferation of such consciousness entities; I find it hard to explain clearly, for I have not yet reached the highest level of the Immortal Realm, and my understanding of these secrets is vague, what I say is merely conjecture.

"It probably refers to civilization."

"Civilization?"

"Yes, for example, the civilization on this Earth that you saved."

Bai Gu smiled and said:

"They reached a very strong phase, spread across this Star Domain, controlled nearly infinite energy and resources, then completed what is called collective sublimation, probably giving birth to such consciousness entities, existing in the Chaotic Sea.

"This is just a simple speculation based on the information I obtained from the Moon Stone.

"As for the Yina Civilization, it was once very close to collective sublimation, but ultimately they failed."

Wang Jixuan had a sudden thought: "Could the so-called Forbidden Land be related to this?"

"Hmm, putting it this way, it sounds reasonable, probably the Daluo Masters from the Immortal Realm made certain agreements with the consciousness entities in chaos, forbidding activities like enlightening in this area."

Bai Gu said softly:

"In a certain sense, collective sublimation is extremely cruel; all individuals are deprived of their ability to think and become basic units of the collective consciousness.

"This eradicates individual nature."

Wang Jixuan agreed with this notion.

"Alright," Bai Gu sighed lightly again, "chatting with you has been quite smooth, you can choose one treasure to take from this place; this is merely a grave, your Residual Soul may hide here if necessary, but do not easily disturb the peace here."

"Yes, junior understands."

Wang Jixuan felt slightly embarrassed.

His actions were indeed not proper.

This place was someone's graveyard, yet he insisted on causing a disturbance, disrupting the peace of the spirits here.

The harvest from this encounter was already quite substantial; taking any more treasures made him feel a bit embarrassed, so he spoke:

"Junior came merely seeking answers, not greedily coveting the treasures here; the foundation of cultivation lies in Enlightenment, and senior's teachings have already greatly aided junior in understanding the universe's entirety, I dare not ask for anything more."

Having said that, Wang Jixuan stood up and solemnly performed a Daoist bow, then turned to leave.

Bai Gu tilted his head and glanced at Wang Jixuan a few times, then suddenly pointed a finger.

Wang Jixuan felt light and shadow swiftly shift before his eyes, and when he reappeared, his Primordial Spirit was outside the Stone of the Past.

His right hand sank, with the hilt of a treasure sword landing in his grasp.

"Since that is the case, let me gift you an Immortal Law, which was my exceptional skill back then; if you master it to Great Success, you may enter the realm of the Sword Dao."

That voice from Bai Gu turned into a sigh from ancient times, gradually disappearing.

Wang Jixuan looked down, a hint of joy appearing between his brows.