Longevity Strange Immortal

"Live on."

After the Inch Sword Cultivator said this, he stopped speaking any further.

Li Mo could sense an inexplicable Sword Intent, a feeling as if he was driving the Nearby Array, and realized he was being transported to the heart of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Another Land Immortal, at least at the Mahayana Realm."

Li Mo carefully recalled the relevant memories of the Heavenly Sword Sect and speculated that the visitor was likely Qi Yunfei, who, like Hundred Play Child, originated from the Inch Sword Tomb.

Thousands of miles in a single inch.

The Taoist inheritance of Inch Sword Tomb mainly revolved around moving escape techniques. It stood out among the Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs but was undoubtedly among the most powerful.

"Why does the Heavenly Sword Sect place so much importance on the Sword Testing Conference?"

The Heavenly Sword Sect's Inner Sect Grand Competition was originally called the Sword Testing Conference ten thousand years ago. Every Sword Vein would select one direct-lineage disciple to pass down the core Taoist inheritance.

Now, the Sword Testing Conference mainly distributes Immortal Marrow, but why would it alarm a Land Immortal?

"The world is about to face great upheaval. Rearranging the Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs doesn't seem important at all. To expend so much effort, sending a Land Immortal to personally escort me to the Heavenly Sword Sect... "

Li Mo was puzzled, feeling that there was something peculiar about the situation in the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Forced to wade into troubled waters, he consoled himself that the Body Integration Realm was not far away. Once he achieved the stature of a Land Immortal, he could then disregard the affairs of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Li Mo clutched his chest, his body severely wounded from the battle with Hundred Play Child.

Not only were his flesh and bones affected, but even his internal organs had begun to crystallize. Fortunately, the Great Wilderness Immortal Body protected him; otherwise, his shell might have been compromised.

The Great Wilderness Immortal Body, nourished by Innate Essence, began converting the injuries into nutrients.

Crack...

The Heavenly Gang Great Method continued advancing, not only healing his injuries but also significantly increasing his physical strength. Flesh quickly grew over his wounds.

"I wonder what's happening at the port. Now that a second Land Immortal has intervened, will Hundred Play Child be wary because of it?"

A hint of killing intent flashed in Li Mo's eyes; it was very likely that Hundred Play Child would vent his frustrations on the port.

Land Immortals who survived the world's upheavals often had some mental issues. Hundred Play Child was clearly extreme, which explained his lack of hope in reaching the Mahayana Realm.

"The Creation Sect should be able to evacuate in time and reestablish its foundation in the True Void Hometown."

Li Mo felt a tinge of helplessness. Abandoning the port would mean his plans were disrupted, making it hard for the Creation Sect to quickly ascend into the ranks of major sects.

Nonetheless, by utilizing Hundred Play Child, he had managed to ascertain the depth of his own strength.

Hundred Play Child was already nearing the Perfect Integration Stage, yet Li Mo still had the ability to contend with him. Cultivators at the initial entry of the Body Integration Realm would be no match for Li Mo.

The Body Integration Realm, however, was notoriously difficult to kill; the Void Realm remains undying, and Externalized Dharma Bodies are unbreakable.

Li Mo had no idea how much time had passed.

Three hundred years of Innate Essence had been consumed; his injuries were completely healed, and his physical resistance to crystallization had increased three to four times.

Even Da Ai Mi Tian had been nourished.

"We've arrived at the Heavenly Sword Sect."

Li Mo could sense the Sword Intent enveloping him beginning to dissipate.

His first impression was the unusually cold and damp surroundings. The Spiritual Energy in the air was exceedingly thin, and his nose caught a strange, rotten stench.

"Something's not right. Even the Outer Disciples' Sword Tomb wouldn't have such low Spiritual Energy."

Taking a deep breath, the Great Wilderness Immortal Body already began warning him, instinctively activating his organs to guard against an unknown presence lurking in the environment.

Subtle changes occurred in the structure of his nasal cavity.

Li Mo's five senses returned, and the Cave God's Eye on his forehead opened first.

Scanning his surroundings, he realized he was in a closed compartment. It bore no resemblance to the Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs, and the Ghost Tiger had slipped into his shadow.

"Is the Inch Sword Tomb tricking me?"

"Unlikely. Why would a Mahayana Sword Cultivator go to the trouble of confining me? If they wanted to act, they'd do so directly. Could this place truly be the so-called Sword Testing Conference?"

The Cave God's Eye was pushed to its limits, revealing increasingly intricate details.

The compartment was empty. Although the wooden doors and windows made of redwood looked old, traces of gray-brown droplets dripped slowly through the gaps.

Both the walls and the floor were covered in a dense layer of fungal mat.

Li Mo stood up and walked toward the window, but he suddenly froze mid-step, his gaze turning inexplicably grave.

"Taboo..."

Pulling aside his Magic Robe, he saw traces of corpse spots spreading on his abdomen.

"Corrosive Sore."

Corrosive Sore was a skin affliction that mortals often contracted after a century of life, typically manifesting as localized corpse-like lesions.

Fortunately, the Great Wilderness Immortal Body quickly suppressed the Corrosive Sore and granted complete immunity to such ailments.

Li Mo began pacing around the room, silently measuring the distance in his mind. After a thousand meters, he triggered another affliction known as Withered Wood Syndrome.

"Each thousand meters triggers a new taboo. This is indeed the Heavenly Sword Sect."

Within the narrow compartment, dozens of taboos seemed to be present, and every action by Li Mo carried the risk of activating one.

"Death Tomb."

"The Heavenly Sword Sect actually held the Sword Testing Conference inside the Death Tomb. Are they tired of having too many disciples?"

Even back in the days of the Fire Spirit Hall's turmoil, the Sword Ghosts were confined to specific buildings, posing far less danger than the Death Tomb.

The taboos of the Death Tomb were akin to a heap of straw, an entangled mess.

While Yu Xiao had managed to enter and exit the Death Tomb, that didn't mean it couldn't threaten even Void Refining Stage cultivators. A single misstep could mean death by taboo.

"With the Great Wilderness Immortal Body, my adaptability to the Death Tomb far exceeds that of cultivators at the same level."

"Perhaps..."

Li Mo squinted, entertaining the idea of breaking through to the Body Integration Realm within the Death Tomb. Once the Sword Testing Conference concluded, he would have a certain degree of self-preservation.

He approached the window and forcefully opened it, only to find the adjacent room had the same decorations.

The identical fungal mat, and windows made from redwood.

"Another taboo."

Li Mo looked at his arm, noticing the effects of a taboo taking hold. Soon, his flesh began to writhe without any apparent cause.

Pale eyeballs emerged from his skin, staring at him with an unsettling gaze.

"Hehehe, the Death Tomb is truly fascinating."

Li Mo couldn't help but smile, realizing the eyeballs likely belonged to a Night Patrol Deity, who was locking onto him through their gaze.

Heavy footsteps approached, the Night Patrol Deity slowly closing in.

"The eyeballs activate once every two hours. Haha, the patterns of the Death Tomb's taboos are exceptionally complex, yet they are not entirely without rules."

Boom.

The wall to Li Mo's left collapsed.

An exquisitely beautiful woman's face squeezed into the compartment. She grinned, revealing yellow, uneven teeth and a tongue covered in eyeballs.

Beneath the head, her body consisted of dozens of arms.

"I've found you!!!!"

[Night Patrol Deity 'Eye Lady'] let out a piercing shriek, her expression brimming with greed. She lunged forward to devour Li Mo.

"Life and death."

Li Mo did not hold back; his Lifebound Flying Sword sliced through the air in an instant.

Eye Lady froze in place, a bloodline appearing in the center of her head. Life and Death Sword Intent surged outward, cleanly slicing the Night Patrol Deity in two.

Blood splattered everywhere but not a single drop landed on Li Mo.

Li Mo collected Eye Lady's corpse, though his arm now gained another eyeball. The eye exuded venomous resentment, dripping blood like tears.

"She regenerates endlessly, growing stronger with each kill."

Li Mo saw no reason to remove the eyeball; at most, it would delay things slightly.

After all, Night Patrol Deities were an excellent source of nourishment!

Li Mo glanced at his Artifact Pill Body; the corpse was slowly turning into nutrients, already nourishing the Three Dharma Bodies and thickening their accumulation.

"Although, the eyeball does feel somewhat uncomfortable."

Li Mo hesitated for a few moments, then directed Da Ai Mi Tian into the eyeball.

The shadow-bound Ghost Tiger coiled around his arm. Moments later, the Ghost Tiger detached from his flesh, revealing two additional eyeballs in the shadows.

"Hmm, stabilizing the procurement of Night Patrol Deity corpses doesn't seem too bad."

Li Mo stretched his limbs and stepped forward to open the wooden door, walking outside into what appeared to be another identical compartment. It felt as though he were trapped in an endless maze.

Crack.

As Li Mo stepped out of the compartment, his right leg fractured.

With a flick of his leg, cancer cells bonded to the bone, and the Great Wilderness Immortal Body reinforced the texture of his bone. Within half a breath, the injury disappeared.

But almost immediately, another disease erupted in his lungs, causing them to swell inexplicably.

Li Mo accelerated his pace, employing various methods to test the taboos. The indomitable Great Wilderness Immortal Body continued repairing itself, modifying his organs in the process.

After sprinting through dozens of compartments, a new section of vertebral bone grew within his spine.

"Hahaha, marvelous! The Death Tomb is practically a Blessed Land Cave Heaven for cultivation!"

Though the progress of the Three Dharma Bodies might not have been immediately noticeable, his physical foundation was skyrocketing. The growth of a new vertebra directly benefited his Ten Thousand Sword Immortal Bone.

Li Mo contemplated a possibility.

If the Three Dharma Bodies posed challenges for breaking into the Body Integration Realm, why not leverage the Death Tomb's opportunities to brute-force his physical evolution into the Body Integration Realm?

His path had always been centered on physical cultivation, with Externalized Dharma Bodies playing a supplementary role.

Through the Body Integration Realm's physical breakthrough, he could propel the Three Dharma Bodies past their bottleneck—a highly feasible strategy with promising projections.

Over the past century, the Heavenly Gang Great Method had also been fully perfected; no obstacles remained.

"Ye Zhuo and the others should also be in the Death Tomb, correct? I might as well track their whereabouts so none of them end up dying pointlessly, Dao disappearing."

Li Mo quickened his pace, the eyeballs on the Ghost Tiger's surface drawing another Night Patrol Deity.

Instead of dodging, he directly headed towards Eye Lady.

Because of his increased speed, various diseases began manifesting on and within Li Mo's body, only to rapidly be converted into nutrients for the Great Wilderness Immortal Body.

A new organ attached itself outside his liver.

Li Mo didn't even glance at it before marking it with an imprint—after all, there was no harm in augmenting his physical body.

When Eye Lady reappeared, her body had grown more complete, revealing her collarbone and unleashing an aura that approached the Existence Stage.

Li Mo drew forth a new Lifebound Flying Sword, slicing Eye Lady in half once again.

The eyeballs now grew to three in number.

Although ordinary methods could kill Night Patrol Deities, Li Mo deliberately honed his Life and Death Sword Intent. The truth was that Sword Intent required unceasing practice and refinement.

Hundred Play Child was talentless, needing twelve thousand years to reach the Body Integration Realm.

But he had unwittingly taught Li Mo a valuable lesson.

The application of Sword Intent has no ceiling; even the same Mahayana Sword Intent could possess wildly different degrees of power.

Li Mo had no reason to keep it under wraps. Life and Death Sword Intent could only uncover the hidden mysteries of the Ru Dao Sword Intent through repeated use.

"Why is it named Ru Dao? The Life and Death Sword Intent has already approached the Great Dao."

Li Mo flicked his Lifebound Flying Sword, causing the nearby walls to collapse. Various taboos emerged—twisting flesh and deforming bones.

He paused for a few moments, letting the Great Wilderness Immortal Body steadily suppress the taboos.

One moment, it was as though he was nearing his end. In the next, he stood vibrant and brimming with life.

"Exhilarating!!!"