Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1039 - 122: Peculiar, Good News

The Spirit of the Holy Emperor Venerable was climbing toward a certain dome. His perception extended along the resplendent, crystalline karma lines.

Then, he began to call upon this vast "karma net."

"Reincarnation!"

The karma net responded to the Holy Emperor Venerable's call, gathering all the thoughts related to the word "reincarnation" before him.

This was another wonder of the Divine Country.

However, it could only collect many leaked thoughts and ideas, and could not monitor everyone's inner world simultaneously.

If he could directly control the minds of all, the Holy Emperor Venerable could start refining it all and wouldn't need to painstakingly seek to perfect the secret techniques of the Divine Country.

Then, many people responded to him.

He searched through these thoughts one by one, discarding those familiar, native "reincarnation" concepts of this planet.

What remained was a group comprising many low-level cultivators.

"Reincarnators..."

This was yet another exceedingly vague concept.

——A new belief?

——The so-called "mysterious and unfathomable Reincarnation Realm Master," was it a pretext by that mysterious Evil Demon to establish a Divine Sect and collect Incense Fire Power?

The Holy Emperor Venerable delved deeper but only found some vague information.

For instance, "Reincarnation Realm Master" and "powerful."

"An incomplete Divine Sect?"

The Holy Emperor Venerable's consciousness locked onto a group of so-called "reincarnators." His Spiritual Sense traversed the void, directly scanning those suspicious individuals.

Then, once again, he was astonished.

"These people have deep marks of chiseling within their bodies."

"That enemy also knows methods similar to mine!"

The Holy Emperor Venerable considered whether he should kill all these so-called "reincarnators." However, he abandoned this seemingly tempting idea.

"Even if I truly kill this group of people, he could easily infiltrate another batch. Thus, direct killing is unwise." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"Just as my Divine Country is a flaw to me, this 'reincarnator' is also a flaw to you."

"As long as you seek to integrate the power of these people, you will inevitably show yourself, thereby exposing yourself to me!"

The Holy Emperor Venerable began to search for the second key piece of information he had gathered.

"Luofu Xuanqing Palace."

More karma lines converged. The Holy Emperor Venerable merely touched them lightly and suddenly opened his eyes in shock. He shouted, "Tao Guanhong!"

"I am here."

A Unification Stage Cultivator immediately appeared before the Holy Emperor Venerable. This man was the Martial Arts Unification of the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao. He kowtowed and said, "Does the Holy Emperor have any orders?"

"Luochen Sword Palace has issues," the Holy Emperor Venerable said. "You people should have those fellows hand over what they've hidden."

Tao Guanhong hesitated slightly and did not inquire what was hidden, saying, "That seems irregular... The Holy Emperor could simply issue a decree for Luochen Sword Palace to offer the treasures, and if Luochen Sword Palace disobeys, accuse them of defying the decree. That would be better than this... acting without reason."

"As far back as five thousand years ago, I stated that certain things I will obtain at all costs," the Holy Emperor Venerable's voice carried authority. "After obtaining that item, the numerous cultivators of Luochen Sword Palace not only failed to offer it to me but hid it for their own enjoyment. This is a grave crime of disrespect and deception of the lord. This alone suffices to sentence Luofu Xuanqing Palace to death ten times!"

"Spoken of obtaining at all costs five thousand years ago..." Tao Guanhong pondered for a few seconds, then showed a joyful expression, bowed to the ground, and praised, "Congratulations to the Holy Emperor, felicitations to the Holy Emperor. Indeed, the Holy Emperor's Qi Fortune is astounding, obtaining the clues related to the treasure of Luofu Xuanqing Palace!"

Since the Holy Emperor Venerable had been deliberately controlling his final breakthrough, the group of Ancient Method Practitioners on Spirit Phoenix Island naturally believed the Holy Emperor Venerable had not yet been able to break through the final barrier, to become an Immortal.

Yet for an awakened Banished Immortal, becoming an Immortal was readily achievable — even if the body known as the "Holy Emperor Venerable" perished, his essence belonging to the Immortal could transcend tribulation and retread the Immortal Path. To him, with infinite life, becoming an Immortal again was inevitable. What he pursued now was no longer "longevity," but the "combat ability" to defend his Longevity Dao Fruit. The reason he delayed the breakthrough was merely to maximize the extraction of resources from this planet.

The Holy Emperor Venerable ordered sternly, "Quickly go!"

Tao Guanhong obeyed and departed. After sending Tao Guanhong away, the Holy Emperor Venerable once again began deducing this matter.

"Many from Luochen Sword Palace have traces of practicing a mana refining Law Gate. This Law Gate, the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao once acquired, confirms that it is the cultivation technique of the Luofu Xuanqing Palace's 'Grand Tempering of One Qi'."

"The cultivation technique of Luofu Xuanqing Palace surely did not appear out of thin air. The information transmitted by the waste of Ruyi Daoist School before death particularly mentioned 'Luofu Xuanqing Palace' and the battle ten thousand years ago, after which traces of Luofu Xuanqing Palace's cultivation techniques appeared in Luochen Sword Palace..."

"This is definitely not a coincidence."

"But, what does this even explain?"

"Is Luochen Sword Palace aware? Or are they just another pawn of some evil force, unaware of it themselves?"

"But that evil force knows the Divine Country Technique. With his understanding of the Divine Tao, he's aware of my ability to oversee the entire Spirit Phoenix Island."

"Did he intentionally expose the Luochen Sword Palace?"

"Why?"

"'Reincarnation'... 'Luofu Xuanqing Palace'... What is the connection between these two?"

The Holy Emperor Venerable did not ponder for long. Shortly after, Tao Guanhong appeared once again before the Holy Emperor Venerable. Kneeling on the ground, he presented a piece of jade with a tone of slight disbelief, as if he couldn't fathom the ease of this occurrence: "Reporting to the Emperor, this is what Luochen Sword Palace obtained."

The Holy Emperor Venerable was somewhat puzzled: "Luochen Sword Palace just handed it over?"

Tao Guanhong was equally baffled: "Indeed. Luochen Sword Palace's Great Elder Mei Sicheng mentioned that the entire Luochen Sword Palace dared not bear any ulterior motives towards the Emperor and earnestly hoped for the Emperor's compassion. This item was obtained by a fortunate coincidence, initially intended for their own contemplation for several years, to imprint some of the True Intent within it, and then to offer it to the Emperor. If the Emperor sent someone to ask, naturally, they would not dare to hide it. If it weren't for the restrictions on outsiders entering the Phoenix Tomb, Mei Sicheng would have definitely come personally to admit his error."

The Holy Emperor Venerable accepted it and inspected it, only to let out an exclamation of astonishment.

Inside this jade, there was a True Intent inheritance of three main cultivation techniques and several sword techniques and mystical arts. The inheritance of the two main cultivation techniques he had seen before, namely "Yin Yang Chaotic Hole Lingxiao Record" and "Red Tripod Upper Profound Three Cave Technique."

The main cultivation technique from Luofu Xuanqing Palace that could be listed alongside these two is self-explanatory.

— "Chaos Daluo Heaven Scripture"!

He asked, "What do you think?"

"Mei Sicheng's words are understandable. But... there is still a suspicion of deceit against the Lord..."

The Holy Emperor Venerable knew halfway through that he couldn't say anything constructive. As the saying goes, "Attending to a king is like attending to a tiger," a typical subject should cultivate the habit of speaking less when possible. He shook his head and continued asking, "Did Mei Sicheng say how this came to be?"

"A rebellious disciple of Luochen Sword Palace, Lian Yichen, once took on a disciple. This disciple a few months ago, due to offending the sect's elder, had to hand over this precious jade and offer it to the sect to ensure his survival."

The Holy Emperor Venerable frowned: "Disciple..."

"The individual's name is Xia Li."

"Xia Li..." The Holy Emperor Venerable closed his eyes and conjured this name in his mind. His spirit extended through the karma once more.

In that instant, he knew many things.

— Including the deliberately left traces by Wang Qi and the fabricated illusions he created.

Then he "saw" a figure.

A young man, thin, stern, with a strong killing intent in his sword intent...

This was the Holy Emperor Venerable's skill. He could extract information about a person from the shared impressions of others.

Then, he furrowed his brow once more;

No, something was off.

This guy didn't seem to have any "karma line" entangled.

Not that Xia Li wasn't affected by karma. The power of the Human Dao around him seemed constantly twisted by some powerful force. He couldn't chase after him through the karma line.

"Strange..."

This phenomenon was not unfamiliar to the Holy Emperor Venerable. A Unification Stage cultivator, once mastering the Divine Separation Sense Transformation and involving the Unity of My Method, their mana inherently surpassed everything. The Power of All Living Beings could not touch them, and even the unconscious aura emanated could distort the connection of the "karma line."

However, this "Xia Li" was clearly only a Core Formation Stage cultivator, and only at the Early Sage Core Formation.

"So, he must either be a Unification Stage cultivator or a Void Refining Period cultivator, a Demon God, or he has a high order magic artifact suppressing..."

The Holy Emperor Venerable had a thought. He gestured into the air, then used mana to manifest an image of a young man performing a sword dance. He said to Tao Guanhong, "Guanhong, you once witnessed the cultivators of Luofu Xuanqing Palace in your youth. Look at this boy's sword dance."

This image was either derived from the shared memories of numerous Luofu Xuanqing Palace cultivators or extracted from the memories within the Divine Country. Tao Guanhong glanced at it, then exclaimed in horror: "Emperor, this... is remarkable, truly remarkable!"

"The sword techniques of Luochen Sword Palace all follow a path of lightness and agility, seeking not sword power, but sword intent and skillful heart. But this boy's sword dance, though the stance is still of Luochen Sword Palace's sword technique, seeks grandeur. Moreover, his many small habits with the sword show he is extremely adept at sword Qi..."

"These characteristics do not match Luochen Sword Palace's sword techniques at all. Instead, they remind me of... the Luofu Xuanqing Palace from ten thousand years ago."

"The Innate Five Taos naturally place importance on the transformation of Qi." The Holy Emperor Venerable snorted coldly. He casually manifested a black ring and said, "You, go to Luochen Sword Palace once more and inquire if they have seen this ring."

This mysterious ring was a Half Immortal Artifact, also qualified to distort the "karma line"!