Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 997 - 81: Brewing

Guan Wuji lost count of how many times he's awoken. These days, he's often trapped between slumber and wakefulness, unable to escape. This awakening didn't last long either. Soon, he slipped back into a coma.

In the haze, his soul continuously traps his consciousness in the last scene before he passed out, repeating it endlessly.

For a Unification Stage Cultivator, dreaming is not exactly a good omen. It mostly means he has lost absolute control over his own soul, unable to command his massive thought capabilities, his magic body unstable.

Guan Wuji seemed to face the Holy Emperor Venerable once again.

The Holy Emperor Venerable's expression was calm, as though he was facing not a Unification Stage Cultivator, but an ordinary mortal. He said, "My old friend only seeks realm, not mana. Just as well, your mana can be temporarily lent to me then… consider it the taxes for my protection of the Wuji Sky Sect over thousands of years."

Though he spoke in a negotiating tone, Guan Wuji could tell that the other had no intention of negotiating at all.

He had no room to refuse.

At this moment, Guan Wuji suddenly realized. The Holy Emperor Venerable's overwhelming, omnipotent aura, akin to the Heavenly Dao, ultimately subdued his spirit. To prevent his aura from being stolen, he roared to the sky in anger. This thunderous roar, powered by the essence stored in his throat, directly penetrated the heavenly vault, causing the entire Forbidden City Phoenix Tomb to tremble slightly, even the ground reinforced by arrays failed to immediately channel the power into the earth veins. Among Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao disciples, those with cultivation below the Nascent Soul Stage were shaken until their limbs went soft, almost collapsing.

This roar incited some courage in him and broke the imperial city's imposing aura. The Holy Emperor Venerable slightly frowned. He didn't think that the breaking of intangible atmosphere had any impact, but someone yelling before him was rather impolite.

Guan Wuji roared ferociously: "Master of Heaven Splitting Dao! I respect you as a Mahayana Cultivator, that's why I treated you with courtesy. Don't assume that I, Guan, am easily bullied!"

As he spoke, he lunged forward, ape-like arms extended, and then his fists pounded fiercely, transformed into unparalleled heavy blows. He moved with his fists, seeming to merge into the pair of hard fists on his arms. The Qi Shock Wave seemed to turn into tangible Sword Qi, stacking up, rushing like a flood out of Fengtian Hall's door, the massive vibration reverberating through Fengtian Hall.

The momentum of the punches engulfed everything, the Gang Qi Essence vividly connecting, enveloping the vital points around the Holy Emperor Venerable. In Guan Wuji's eyes, the Holy Emperor had nowhere to escape.

But in the next instant, the Holy Emperor Venerable suddenly disappeared.

Then, two vibrations fused into one.

One sound was the vibration from Guan Wuji's twin fists, reverberating throughout the Forbidden City Phoenix Tomb.

And the other sound, was the vibration from Guan Wuji's back hitting the ground.

High Order Cultivators' battles far exceeded the speed of sound. Sound only gets the chance to explode after the battle ends.

Guan Wuji roared frantically, trying to get up. But then he fell again. He looked at his own hands in disbelief. Just now, all his cultivation was scattered by the Holy Emperor Venerable. He could feel the scattered essence within him, but couldn't command it.

Reluctant to give in, he tried to push his Power Valley to the limit. But as soon as he initiated the thought, his foundation collapsed rapidly like a sandcastle. His whole body felt warm, yet he couldn't muster any strength.

At some point, the Holy Emperor Venerable was already seated back on the dragon bed. Leisurely taking a silk handkerchief from the hand of a Golden Core Stage guard nearby, wiped his hands, then burned it with a Spiritual Fire.

"Take him down, treat him properly. Don't skimp on elixirs or anything. Nurture him for ten days, when the Sky Supporting Warrior matures, then send him away." The Holy Emperor Venerable calmly handed a bell, seemingly a Communication Magic Artifact, to the attendant: "Leave it to Lord Wu Qi then. Let him, after seven days, take this person and trade with the one holding the other part of the bell."

Then, the greatest humiliation of Guan Wuji's life happened. He was actually picked up by a mere Golden Core Stage Cultivator, like a chick, delivered to a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator like a piece of cargo!

Here, the nightmare ended.

Then, it replayed again.

Unsure how many times later, Guan Wuji truly awoke.

His body felt warm, but… his extremities began to feel cold. Meanwhile, his heart was unbelievably hot. It seemed now, the heat of his entire body was supplied by his heart.

But, Guan Wuji knew it was false.

Unification Stage Cultivators' life is sustained by mana. Their whole body temperature is equal.

His body was not normal.

"Hehehe…" Guan Wuji laughed bitterly. He caressed his chest and said: "This Holy Emperor Venerable, this is… certainly… using my cultivation to raise Gu..."

Perhaps it's the last burst of consciousness… He could feel his heart seemed to be connected to something. His whole being appeared to transform into a giant placenta, with his heart vein as the umbilical cord, nurturing an immensely evil entity—no, it was about to take shape.

This thing was already stirring, nearing ripe fruition.

He touched himself again. Maybe it's out of a sense of propriety in theft, or disdain for the belongings of a mere Unification Stage Cultivator, Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao hadn't taken his Storage Bag. This gave him a glimpse of hope.

But soon, he was plunged into despair—deeper despair.

Evil Exorcism Talismans—He couldn't activate those High Order Talismans missing most of his Essence.

Elixirs—Some of the elixirs' potency couldn't be refined, some didn't work at all.

Even the Evil Extermination Immortal Spirit Jade, a rare item he painstakingly acquired and regarded as his lifeline, had no effect on this thing.

"Hehehehe, I've cultivated for thousands of years and lay dormant for three thousand, believing I could rise to the heavens in one leap. Yet, in the end, I only birthed such a thing?" Guan Wuji laughed bitterly: "Ahahahahahaha... The Heavenly Dao is unfair, I, Guan Wuji, am unwilling! I am unwilling!"

At this moment, he finally remembered the ring on his finger.

Although the power contained in this ring was indeed very weak, it was... his last hope.

"I'll trust you this once..." he growled lowly, placing the ring on the index finger of his right hand.

A faint stream of power flowed into his body, bringing a hint of warmth. But that was all; there was nothing special.

Nothing happened.

Guan Wuji once again despaired.

The weak stream of power circulated slowly, gaining speed. After a full circulation, it suddenly doubled. Then, on the second, third circulation... each time it circulated, the power grew slightly stronger, further magnifying this slight progress.

Then, the mechanism preset by Wang Qi gradually took effect.

First, a voice resonated by Guan Wuji's ear: "Do you want to know the meaning of cultivation? Do you truly want to... live?"

"Who are you?" Guan Wuji exclaimed in shock: "Where are you?"

This was just a recording by Wang Qi and couldn't answer him. Along with the circulation of that power, algorithms began guiding the mana within him. More and more "installation packages" were released from the ring, which acted like a "hardware USB stick." This was the trick of this ring's design; to those who didn't understand the dataized cultivation method, the ring was just ordinary. Only those who practiced dataized cultivation could grasp its significance. Wang Qi's mana, imbued with the Divine Plague Curse Technique, was like bestowing an entry-level dataized cultivation method upon someone.

Mana Compiler... Installing...

Cultivation Plugin... Installing...

Divine Tao Plugin... Installing...

Heart Demon Curse Power... Infection begins...

Obstacle detected. Searching entire database for comparison and judgment... Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao Sealing Technique "One Paper Ban across the World." Searching for a solution...

Luofu Xuanqing Palace Unsealing Method, initiating operation...

Guan Wuji felt his body suddenly lighten; the mana he couldn't control started to change, like floodwaters rushing out of a dam. He forcefully suppressed his urge to scream.

The current power was only at the Golden Core Stage... still not enough... still not enough...

This time, Wang Qi's voice reappeared in his consciousness: "By now, you must know that the Holy Emperor Venerable captured you for nurturing Gu. This process, I cannot reverse. You may never regain your mana. However, I can give you one last chance to prevent the Holy Emperor Venerable from obtaining your power. How about it?"

——What else can I do... I will never let the Holy Emperor Venerable benefit from me, even in death!

"Additionally, I'll give you one more hope. You will have Mahayana Realm power at that time. As long as you fly east to Fusang Island, someone will save you…"

Wang Qi's voice gradually faded away, and a dangerous gleam appeared in Guan Wuji's eyes.

"I see; you are forces on the side of the 'Heterodox'..."

"Hehehe... Hahahaha... The ones who swept away the Holy Infant Sect and forced 'Righteous Skill' to this little island to struggle for survival, the Heterodox, huh? Very well, you have power, thus you are strong."

"Let me come and test your power then..."

At this moment, an intent entered his mind, a True Intent Inheritance of a Divine Tao Skill.

In some corner of Heaven and Earth, there was an Immortal Dao Shared Leader, practicing the Emperor Dao Skill to ascend, known as Emperor...

The Emperor had twenty sons... Each son was a founder of a sect, establishing a strong and flourishing lineage... 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

But one day, half of the Emperor's sons rebelled...

And the skills of those traitors were specifically targeted at the Emperor Dao.

"Divine Tao Power... specifically counters Emperor Dao... and it's a rare War God position..."

Guan Wuji licked his lips. This power... was truly too suitable for him.

He would now push the cultivation technique, this "Skull-snatching Taotie Treasure Appearance· Swallowing World Battle Dog True Skill," to its extreme!