Starting With 100 Million Lives-Chapter 657: The Miserable Immortal Realm

"It's because of the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern!"

"The Purple Gold's Profound Pattern is so amazing, it allows for 38 small realm advancements overnight, it's simply astonishing!"

"So it turns out he was just too lazy to upgrade before."

"I knew it, how could the possessor of the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern not rise in realm."

"Turns out it was thick accumulation for a sudden burst and astonishing surprise!"

This time Brother Cheng doesn't even need to 'explain' it himself.

The Palace Masters eagerly jumped in to 'educate' everyone as if they were the ones who had advanced.

After listening, the Great Hall Master said her eyes felt like they were blinded.

Could such a thing really exist in the world?

This is just too ridiculous, isn't it?

It completely shattered her understanding of cultivation.

She felt if she couldn't understand, her long-held cultivation principles might collapse.

"Advancing so many realms, must have required quite a bit of Profound Power, right? Were the Profound Origin Fruits from the past decade enough?"

For the past ten-plus years, the Divine Hall had been distributing Profound Origin Fruits to Brother Cheng as a Great Sage's remuneration.

Compared to other Guard Stewards, these Profound Origin Fruits were indeed numerous.

Yet even a decade's worth of pay was far from enough for someone to reach the Earth Profound Ninth Layer.

Brother Cheng shrugged: "Because of the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern, one share of my Profound Power turns into ten shares."

The Great Hall Master was nearly at a loss for words.

"So you've advanced through so many realms, don't you need comprehension?"

"Because of the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern, my comprehension flows like a spring."

The Great Hall Master's eye twitched.

"Then the Profound Qi you absorb, don't you need to convert it into Profound Power?"

"Because of the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern, my conversion speed is as fast as lightning."

The Great Hall Master was defeated by him.

Whatever you ask, it's always because of the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern.

This Purple Gold's Profound Pattern is really miraculous.

Not only does it possess the power of the pattern itself, but it can also conjure Ultimate level Profound Technique, generate Profound Power, instantly convert, and automatically provide realm comprehension...

A multifunctional and comprehensive integration!

The Great Hall Master felt this was too absurd, but she couldn't find any flaws.

Again, the point is, only Jiang Cheng has the Purple Gold's Profound Pattern, and others can't verify it.

After another round of praise that inflated Brother Cheng, everyone finally got to the main topic.

He really had reached Earth Profound Ninth Layer, which raised an important issue — he really was going to leave the first layer.

This caught the Palace Masters off guard, they hadn't prepared mentally.

"Sage Jiang, are you really going to the upper layer?"

"Yes, isn't the Profound Qi in the upper layer richer, more suitable for cultivation?"

Brother Cheng's biggest goal is still to find Lan Ti.

That is, the 'Gu Yue Xinji' mentioned by the Great Hall Masters earlier, she's in the upper layer, and he certainly wouldn't stay here.

Moreover, he also plans to take her back to the Immortal Realm in the future.

As for how to return, he hasn't thought it over, but he must go back.

At this moment, Sect Leader Jiang was unaware that the Immortal Realm had been suffering an unprecedented disaster since the day he entered the Profound Realm.

That day, to trick Brother Cheng into the Ruins Cave, the heads of the Six Realms had collectively closed the seal of the Great Array, temporarily releasing the Ruins Cave from its restraints.

Although they only closed it for a moment before reopening the sealed array, an irreversible disaster had already been caused.

After driving away 'First Demon of the Six Realms' Jiexin Jiang Cheng, the Six Realms faced an unprecedented enemy in the Shadow Race.

During this wave, it is conservatively estimated that hundreds of thousands of the Shadow Race entered the Immortal Realm from the edges of the Ruins Cave.

This mysterious race has several extremely evil special abilities — immunity to Immortal Soul attacks, immunity to most effects of the Power of Rules, possession, and parasitism.

These abilities leave the Six Realms in an utter mess.

All Immortals in the Immortal Realm cultivate the Power of Rules, and the Shadow Race's immunity to most of its effects means weakening all attack power.

Currently, only some top-tier Immortal Emperors, Demon Emperors, and special clans can barely contend with them.

And the possession and parasitism make them extraordinarily tricky to guard against.

Maybe one day, the teammate fighting alongside you has already changed its core.

The Shadow Race is not devoid of intelligence.

On the contrary, they're extremely cunning, able to quickly disguise as the original host after possession and parasitism.

Thus causing even more destruction.

Lastly, since they can be immune to most effects of the Power of Rules, defeating them doesn't mean they can be thoroughly killed.

These combined abilities have created the most terrifying enemies the Immortal Realm has faced since its founding.

As of now, the area around the Ruins Cave has fallen and is completely occupied by the Shadow Race.

More and more of the Shadow Race are leaving the Ruins Cave and invading here.

The once prosperous Immortal Realm now has many Immortal Cities completely deserted.

Not because the Shadow Race exterminated them, but because everyone has either fled or gone into hiding.

Some special Secret Realms and areas in the Immortal Realm have become the final refuges.

For example, Celestial Sword Mountain and Earth Sword Mountain.

Due to being special products of the Dao of Heaven and Earth, the Shadow Race suffer backlashes here from various Sword Heart intents.

That doesn't belong to the Power of Rules and can inflict extraordinary harm on this race.

Aside from Celestial Sword Mountain, Demon Realm's Three Great Dragon Valleys, Profound Qilin Mountain, Immortal Light Cliff of the Everlasting Hall, and Observatory Island of the Nine-Star Demon Hall all have similar effects.

After suffering a few times, the Shadow Race avoided these special Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands.

At this time, at the borders and outskirts of Celestial Sword Mountain, countless Immortals are densely gathered here.

Some of them were Sword Cultivators who went in when Brother Cheng opened the bridge to Celestial Sword Mountain.

When they gained understanding from Celestial Sword Mountain, the world outside had changed, and they couldn't go back.

Most are other Immortals who later fled here.

Now everyone's routine is quite simple.

Usually, they live around Sword Mountain, fortunately, Immortals long since stopped needing basic sustenance, so surviving isn't difficult.

If the Shadow Race comes, everyone retreats inside the two Sword Mountains to seek understanding and refuge.

After the fall of Celestial Sword Palace, Celestial Sword Mountain is considered unclaimed, open for anyone to enter.

Among these countless Immortals, the disciples of the Feixian Sect are rather special.

Not far from them, the inverted Gui Cang Quasi-Emperor Bai Mei, sitting cross-legged in the Void, exuded an unshakable grief.

"It seems this is the legendary cataclysm, a slight carelessness and the Immortal Realm might cease to exist."

"Indeed, this cataclysm is extremely rare."

"Initially, when I heard Sect Leader Jiang was Jiexin, I was skeptical. Now it seems there is indeed destiny acting in the shadows."

"Let's hope he finds fortune amidst misfortune!"

These people had received immense kindness from Brother Cheng back in the day, so even if he was Jiexin, they stayed loyal to him.

But others were different.

Their discussion had barely settled when a cold snort was heard from afar.

"Fortune amidst misfortune?"

"This cataclysm was all brought about by him!"

A high-crowned man, surrounded by tens of thousands of Immortals, swung his purple robe's sleeve irritably, saying with hatred, "This calamity, he is the main culprit!"

Gui Cang and the others looked and recognized him as the Golden Feather Immortal Emperor, who had escaped to this area a few years ago.