Chapter 424: Current situation in the wild, life is difficult
Since Lin Lingsu and Liu Bowen left, almost all capable people in the entire earthly immortal world have withdrawn, except for some independent immortals with no connections.
Apart from the temples and Taoist temples, the only people left in the earthly immortal world were some mortal disciples.
These people are responsible for maintaining various temples and preaching the doctrines of their respective sects.
As for those scattered immortals, they did not attack the territory of the big sects.
The first reason was that the major sects had just left, and because of the prestige of the major sects, they did not dare to take action.
They were afraid that these big sects might have some malicious tricks up their sleeves and cause them disaster.
The second is that the major sects were like scraping the ground, and in the past few years even a single magical herb was taken away from the ground.
How could there be anything good left for them?
Naturally, there is no such luxury.
Nowadays, in the world of earthly immortals, it is the scattered immortals and demons, who are usually so oppressed, who are the most powerful.
The upper limit of power in the Earthly Immortal Realm also dropped sharply from the late stage of Quasi-Saint Great Perfection to the realm of Refining Spirit and Reversing Void.
This realm is gradually opened up and is also known as the Earth Immortal Master!
This is the most powerful person in the world of earthly immortals!
The lower limit is naturally to refine essence into Qi!
This level is not the kind of disciple who was not even considered a reserve in the past.
As long as one can cultivate the sense of Qi, they will become the top disciples of these new forces.
It can be ranked among the true disciples.
Time passed year after year.
In the world of earthly immortals, the spiritual energy is becoming increasingly thinner, and mortals can only live for a hundred years.
And because of the impact of the "End of Dharma", the situation in the Demon Realm, the Nine Netherworlds, and the Thirty-three Heavens does not look too good.
In the demon world, various sects are still maintaining their own traditions and territories.
It’s just that all parties tacitly stopped training new people.
Unless you have the potential to achieve enlightenment!
Otherwise, even if you may be promoted to the Golden Immortal in the future, the major sects will not care about you and will not spend their precious resources on you.
Life is getting harder and harder, and the surplus food at home must be used wisely!
As for the conflicts among the parties, will they go to war with each other?
That’s even more impossible!
Everyone closed their caves to minimize the escape of spiritual energy.
The forces of quasi-saints and Daluo Jinxian have begun to have top masters who are slowly extracting chaotic energy from the chaos, refining and decomposing it, and producing immortal energy for their own needs.
This can be achieved at the Daluo Jinxian realm.
However, it was extremely difficult for them to refine a wisp of chaotic energy each time. They could only refine a wisp occasionally without affecting their own state, and they could not waste a large amount of spiritual energy to replenish their own consumption.
As a result, the chaotic energy obtained by the Golden Immortals is just a drop in the bucket and can only sustain one tenth of their own needs.
The "End of Dharma" is coming, and every bit of savings counts.
These Golden Immortals neither fought nor tried to comprehend the great Dao. As soon as they caught their breath, they refined the primordial energy of chaos and stored it, ready for the day when their spiritual energy was completely cut off and not a trace was left.
As for their own spiritual objects, they cannot be moved at all. They will only be taken out to save lives when they are out of ammunition and food.
Those with great supernatural powers are better off. They have a high realm, strong magic power, and can refine chaotic energy faster. Basically, they can meet 30% of their own needs.
And those powerful masters in the late stage of Quasi-Saint can even refine the chaotic energy and replenish 50% of their own consumption.
The life of Jiejiao is also quite hard, at least compared with the past.
However, Jiejiao still has a way out.
In the Sons of Chaos, whether it is the "Chaos Infinite Heaven" or the "Yu Yu Heaven", there are saints and Hunyuan in charge, who can continuously transform the chaotic energy to meet the needs of any disciples.
However, disciples need to be tempered. How could Tongtian Jiaozhu and Hun Dun Daojun become nannies, supporting their disciples with all their hard work?
Who is the leader and who are the disciples?
Like the choices made by Master Tongtian and Taoist Priest Hun Dun, the Hun Yuan Wu Ji Saints and Hun Yuan Wu Daluo Jinxians from all sides did not choose to help their disciples.
The "Catastrophic Ending of the Dharma" is a rare opportunity for tempering oneself. For a cultivator, being able to persevere through it will be of great benefit.
In the future, they will surely become pillars of their respective sects!
Therefore, no supreme being chose to take action at this time.
The demon world was peaceful and the Nine Netherworld seemed to have calmed down as well.
When Master Xinghe appeared in the endless abyss deep in the Nine Netherworld, he found that the various alien races in the underground world, which were usually very ferocious, had also become quiet and obedient.
The seal of the general has always been there.
The zombie clan also seemed to have no intention of taking action, allowing their king to be sealed in the "City of the Dead".
The staff of the Nine Netherworld also began to downsize.
Some redundant Yin gods began to retreat into "Fengdu City" and entered the Taoist temple of Fengdu Beiyin Emperor, preparing to reduce energy consumption by sleeping and hold on as long as possible.
The "Catastrophe of the End of the Dharma" had no effect on Master Xinghe. He immediately entered the treasure chest left by Pangu.
This is the most suitable place for retreat. When heaven and earth are silent, he stays here for retreat, so that he can deal with the affairs of the Nine Netherworld as soon as possible.
Huang Feihu may not be able to hold on, as this is a place that Jiejiao values very much.
Master Xinghe is here in person to ensure absolute stability here.
And in the thirty-three heavens, these thirty-three great worlds are currently also the main gathering places for various forces.
Basically, all the power is concentrated here.
The defense is extremely tight, preventing others from entering their respective worlds.
Maybe in the future someone will not be able to hold on any longer and will take a risk and attack one of the Thirty-Three Days.
In this situation, all the major forces have naturally thought it through. Except for close relatives, no other outsiders are allowed to enter, thus cutting off this possibility at the root.
The heavenly court was also affected.
The big men among the Six Emperors of Heaven have already considered developing towards the border of chaos.
The army under the command of Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole in Zhongtian appeared at the border of chaos early on. The Jade Emperor followed suit and pulled back his reserve forces hidden in the "Taoshan Secret Realm" in the Earthly Immortal Realm, preparing to develop on the edge of chaos.
As for the several great emperors of the Chan sect, they did not move for the time being. They wanted to wait and see how far-reaching the impact of this "end of the law" would be and whether it would affect the survival of the Heavenly Court.
In the "Purple Star Heaven", the Great Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole of the Central Sky still sits here, suppressing the destiny of the Heavenly Court; in the "Tushita Palace", the Jade Emperor has never left and is still refining his elixir.
With the presence of these two great figures, the entire heaven is still very peaceful for the time being, and the heavenly soldiers and generals at the lower level are not affected too much.
This is the current situation of the four realms of the prehistoric world.
Time flies, and thousands of years have passed in a flash.
The immortal power in the earthly immortal world has almost disappeared.
Even the existence of earthly immortals seems to have become myths and legends.
In today's world of immortals, there is no unified empire anymore, and the Ming Dynasty has long since vanished into thin air, becoming a thing of the past.
At present, all sects in Dongsheng Continent have become extremely weak.
And Buddhism suddenly sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain and flourished again.
In the absence of immortal power, these monks relied on their eloquence to deceive mortals into believing their lies. In terms of momentum, they completely overwhelmed the Human Sect, the Orthodox Sect, and the Unorthodox Sect.
The three Xuanmen religions have almost lost their influence.
The sect was divided into many parts, and there was no longer a unified sect name. Instead, it was divided into many different sects.
For example, in Jiejiao, the sects currently circulating in the earthly immortal world are Shenxiao Daozong, Maoshan and other sects; while in Renjiao and Chanjiao, there are Qingwei Sect, Quanzhen...
Within the Xuanmen sect, everyone has their own opinions. No one can convince others, and naturally there is no sect that others respect as orthodox.
The various factions could not win the argument and often fought.
However, the fighting power is already extremely low. Each faction can send out people at the level of refining essence and transforming into spirit, and they can be called real people.
If the immortals who were avoiding the disaster heard this scene, they would probably be speechless.
Among all the forces, those who practice Qi and transform it into spirit are elders, masters at the level of the head of the sect; those who practice refining essence and transforming it into Qi are the main force in the sect, disciples of high status.
Only those mortals who are proficient in martial arts are considered inner disciples.
Over the past ten thousand years, the Earthly Immortal Realm has regressed from a world of cultivation to a low-level martial arts era.
Life became increasingly difficult for all parties.
The natural spiritual energy of the Demon Realm, the Nine Netherworlds, and the Thirty-three Heavens has long been insufficient to give birth to immortals. Now, even if one is gifted, it is extremely difficult to advance to the stage of Lianxu Hedao by one's own strength.
As for Lord Chaos in the demon world, he was comprehending the murals and gained many insights.
Having seen the evolution history of the prehistoric world, it is natural that the Taoism of Lord Chaos is much more powerful than his own self, True Man Yun Jing.
After years of deduction, he already knew everything about ancient and modern times, but the murals concealed the facts about the ferocious beast's calamity, and never described the appearance and deeds of Shen Ni.
This made Lord Chaos slightly disappointed.
However, through these contents, he could basically be sure that Shen Ni had always been alive and had lived in the Earthly Immortal Realm until the end of the Conferred God Tribulation.
During such a long period of time, Lord Chaos certainly did not believe in the Chaos Demon God, so he did nothing but became a traveler, presenting the history of the ancient times to future generations in the form of pictures.
And when the Conferred God Tribulation came to an end, Shen Ni went directly to the Demon Realm!
Such a level of Taoism shocked the Taoist Primordial Chaos even more.
You know, being able to find the Demon Realm back then was an unimaginable achievement.
At least Hongjun Daozu is not capable of finding the Demonic Realm!
Later, Daozu Hongjun sealed off the Demon Realm. Was he preventing the Six Saints and him from entering the Demon Realm?
At this time, Dao Lord Hun Dun was somewhat suspicious, wondering if Dao Ancestor Hong Jun had discovered something and wanted to track down Shen Ni in the Demon Realm.
Did he succeed?
From the time when the Demon Ancestor Rāhu swore the Heavenly Dao oath and manifested the Demon Realm, to the outbreak of the "Dao Xiao Mo Chang Liang Jie", such a long period of time occurred, and time and space were reversed, and nothing can be traced back.
The history of the demon world hides many secrets.
"What a pity! All of this cannot be investigated! We don't know whether Hongjun has ever seen Shen Ni, and what happened between them is unknown!"
With a slight sigh, Lord Chaos stood above the huge palace, looking up at the last unfinished painting. He didn't know if this secret would be revealed one day.
"No matter whether you, Shen Ni, are still paying attention to this place silently, I want this stone palace of yours today!"
After comprehending everything, Lord Chaos said softly.
He was not afraid of offending Shen Ni. At present, his Taoism and magic power were strong enough. Even if he was not a match for Shen Ni, he did not believe that Shen Ni could kill him like Pangu did!
He didn't care about this kind of threat at all. After all, the cause and effect had been established. At worst, he would just fight with Shen Ni in the future!
Ever since he knew that beings like Shen Ni and Yang Mei still existed, he felt a sense of heroism in his heart and had long thought of having a battle with the many Chaos Demons who had fought against Pangu in the past.
"Boom!"
He did what he said. Lord Chaos walked out of the stone palace and entered the seabed. He waved his sleeves and stretched out his hand. The huge palm fell and grabbed the top of the stone palace. He was about to pull this stone palace out from the dark seabed.
The enormous force caused undercurrents to surge throughout the ocean. Hurricane force winds formed, the sky and earth changed color, and strange phenomena occurred frequently.
"Huh? What happened?"
Sitting in the central continent of the Demon Realm, Yuanshi Tianmo suddenly woke up from his retreat, opened his eyes, and looked in the direction where the energy leakage was most severe.
"It's Hun Dun Zi! What kind of stone palace is that? What secrets does it contain?!"
Having seen through the infinite time and space, Yuanshi Tianmo suddenly looked up and discovered the actions of Chaos Daojun, which made his heart tighten.
Back then, the King of Basashi appeared in the Demon Realm unexpectedly, which made all the saints and Hunyuan know that there was a deep secret in the Demon Realm.
Now, has this secret been revealed by Lord Chaos?
Thinking of this, Yuanshi Tianmo could no longer sit still. He stretched out his arm to grab in the air, and with a "swish", a crack appeared in the sky. The next moment, Yuanshi Tianmo entered the crack and came to the bottom of the sea.
"Chaos, what are you doing!"
After Yuanshi Tianmo appeared, he immediately shouted angrily at Chaos Daojun.
He is the lord of the demon world, the supreme ruler!
Now, this youngster Hun Dunzi actually broke the rules, secretly sneaked into his territory, and stole a treasure from the demon world. How could Yuanshi Tianmo treat Hun Dun Daojun well?
"Haha! It turned out to be the evil corpse of Second Uncle Master!"
Taoist Primordial Chaos chuckled and glanced at Yuanshi Tianmo. His big hand was still reaching out to the stone palace. His vast magical power was refining the stone palace, trying to shrink it and put it into his pocket.
"What a young man! You are so arrogant!"
Seeing that Hun Dun Zi did not stop his actions because of his arrival, Yuan Shi Tian Mo became furious and his face turned cold.
"Haha! You are not the Second Uncle. For the sake of the Second Uncle, I will spare your life. Leave immediately!"
Lord Chaos sneered and directly scolded him.