I'm in Shrouding the Heavens Practicing Eternal Life

After several months of cultivation, my divine powers were complete, but the road ahead was uncertain.

Although I had great ambitions, actually establishing an immortal sect proved somewhat difficult.

“When the gate to the Immortal Realm opens, it brings down Immortal Realm essence energy and laws.”

“The essence energy isn't much of a concern. Although the Immortal energy in this world is of a different type, the quality is sufficient. The Eternal Life method isn't picky, so I don't need to worry about the essence energy.”

“But how to acquire the laws? Where can I find the Immortal Realm laws for the Eternal Life method?”

The Eternal Life method's laws…

Luo Mo looked inward and saw the imprints of the Three Thousand Great Daos on his soul, faintly forming the shape of a gate—the mark of the Gate of Eternal Life.

“Using the Immortal Realm essence energy of Zhetian and the Dao imprints of the Three Thousand Great Daos to construct an immortal gate. Since the Immortal Realm won't give me baptism to enter the Secret Realm of Immortality, I'll build an immortal gate myself and accumulate power to baptize myself, complete the sublimation, and enter immortality.”

Luo Mo had tried this before, but the follow-up power was far from sufficient, only condensing a vague shadow.

Now that he had entered the tenth level of Divine Power, cultivating this great secret realm to its peak, he could try again.

Whoosh!

The pool water, heavy as a mountain, surged upward. Luo Mo raised his head to the sky, looked at the distant chaos, and slowly thrust out a fist.

This punch was incredibly slow, but Luo Mo's body seemed to transform into a rainbow, with various colored streams of light surging towards his fist. The pool water churned, decomposing into mist and haze, which was the dense water vapor and immortal energy, pouring into Luo Mo's pores and being absorbed by him.

The essence energy in this small world suddenly became chaotic, surging wildly. Luo Mo transformed into a black hole, frantically devouring essence energy.

Those who were diligently cultivating and refining the Arctic Immortal Light woke up and silently retreated to the corner, not wanting to cause trouble for Luo Mo.

Thump!

The fist imprint landed in the void, and the entire small world shook slightly, as if a huge heart was beating. A blazing light was imprinted in the void.

With that one punch, Luo Mo's body withered. One of the thirty-three colored lights on his body disappeared, and his vast accumulation was exhausted, leaving only a blazing fist imprint in the void, the space taking a long time to heal.

He became skin and bones, that punch seemingly draining him dry. Fortunately, the essence energy here was abundant, and he was standing on the pool where the Azure Emperor was born, with a constant supply.

A quarter of an hour passed before the essence energy of heaven and earth and the pool water beneath him replenished Luo Mo. His withered body became full again, his essence energy saturated, but he immediately thrust out another punch slowly, his entire cultivation transforming into essence energy and surging towards his fist.

Thump!

The small world shook again, and everyone felt their hearts and souls tremble with it.

Such a punch had no destructive power; in fact, it could be said to possess exquisite creation power. Receiving such a punch would definitely bring great benefits.

The third punch was unleashed after Luo Mo rested for a period, again imprinting a blazing light.

Repeating this cycle, the essence energy in this small world constantly declined. The original blessed land eventually turned into a world resembling the end of days, with various essence energies and Dao principles being devoured and refined by Luo Mo to replenish his consumption.

The Transformation Immortal Pool behind the stone gate released water, continuously surging towards Luo Mo.

Thirty-three punches in a row, Luo Mo almost exhausted himself. With each punch, a blazing light imprinted the void, and the radiance of his body diminished by one point.

After thirty-three punches, Luo Mo had exhausted all the colors within him. Then, he drew the Violet-Gold Dao Sword, absorbed a wisp of essence energy from it, and took out the God-Eating Insect Gauntlet, also absorbing a wisp of essence energy from it.

The Three Thousand Great Daos, the Great Domination Art, and the Great Kingly Conquest Art, because the sea of consciousness could only accommodate thirty-three types of Three Thousand Great Daos, and there weren't enough slots, he placed these two Three Thousand Great Daos on magical treasures. The Great Domination Art was still to make room for the Great Karma Art.

Thump!

Thump!

Two more punches were unleashed, creating two more blazing lights.

By this time, everyone could roughly see what was happening. It was a gate, constructed of blazing Dao light, but it was still very illusory and had not yet condensed into a solid form.

“A gate composed of the Great Daos? What kind of secret technique is this?” Gouzi asked Ye Fan instead of those tools, because he found the peaceful aura on the tools somewhat strange, making him dislike them.

“I don’t know.”

Ye Fan simply stared at those blazing Dao imprints, feeling their beauty. Each one seemed to contain infinite mysteries, and some of them felt familiar, similar to the Blood Soul Secret Art and the Human Immortal Secret Art, with similar auras.

In other words, Luo Mo possessed thirty-five types of supreme Dao techniques like the Blood Soul Secret Art and the Human Immortal Secret Art?

Good heavens, how can we compare?

Having obtained the Blood Soul Secret Art and the Human Immortal Secret Art, Ye Fan deeply understood the power of these two methods, which were definitely far superior to the Nine Secrets, because the Nine Secrets did not exceed the Eight Forbidden Domains, while these two secret techniques could. With enhancement, even the Eight Forbidden Domains could still improve strength. So far, he had not yet collected all the divine materials and blood energy to refine the divine furnace to suppress the acupoints.

Ye Fan gave him a disdainful look, inwardly despising this dog for not understanding Luo Mo.

In the distance, Luo Mo retrieved the thirty-three lights from the gate shimmering with Dao light. The lights entered his sea of consciousness, re-condensing into the Dao Venerate's Heaven and Earth Dharma Image. The remaining two were the Great Puppet Art and the Great Domination Art.

He believed that the Great Kingly Conquest Art was more beneficial to improving his own strength, so he stripped out the Great Puppet Art, allowing the Great Kingly Conquest Art to integrate into the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image.

The composition of the Dao Venerate's Heaven and Earth Dharma Image was updated. Although the appearance remained unchanged, the internal essence energy subtly changed. The connections between the various great formations became closer, the operation of various essence energies became smoother and more orderly, and the deployment of power became more efficient. This was the effect of the Great Kingly Conquest Art, which was stronger than the Great Puppet Art in terms of combat power enhancement.

At this time, the gate shimmering with Dao light had become a gate shimmering with precious light, with only two brilliant lights entwined on it. The part of the form that was condensed was a collection of vast essence energy. The immortal gate that Luo Mo created for breakthrough was mainly composed of essence energy and Dao principles. The Three Thousand Great Daos were taken back by him, and what remained was essence energy, vast essence energy.

In the future, if his essence energy was insufficient during battle, he could use this as an emergency.

It was a backup hidden energy source.

This was the prototype of the immortal gate he had built himself, but based on the current progress, it would probably take three hundred Three Thousand Great Daos to condense it, forming a complete gate.

Three hundred… I don't know how many years it would take to cultivate.

Moreover, this was just a path he had deduced. Whether it would succeed was still uncertain, although his calculations showed a high probability of success.

Without Immortal Realm essence energy, he would supplement it himself. Without Immortal Realm laws, he would cultivate the Three Thousand Great Daos to supplement it, simulating the Gate of the Immortal Realm. When the Gate of the Immortal Realm was perfected, opened, and dropped essence energy and laws to baptize himself, Luo Mo could sublimate in one fell swoop and enter the Secret Realm of Immortality.

If successful, when he stepped into the Secret Realm of Immortality, refining all the essence energy and Great Daos of the Gate of the Immortal Realm, what kind of power would it be to possess three hundred and thirty-three Three Thousand Great Daos?

Advancement was a transformation. It was a pity that there were no other Eternal Life method cultivators here, or they would be so surprised to see such a scene. Who would break through like this?

Hong Tianjing, who cultivated ninety-nine divine powers, could only look up in awe.

It was just that collecting resources would become a long task again, and many of the resources needed for the Three Thousand Great Daos were very peculiar, and this world did not have them.

It couldn't be said that they were completely absent, but Zhetian method cultivators didn't need them, and no one collected or developed them. Luo Mo had to collect them himself.

When he was weak, collecting cultivation resources was still simple, but now that he wanted to find a way to enter the Secret Realm of Immortality, the resources required, whether in terms of quality or quantity, were much more than before.

“Sigh!”

Even he couldn't help but sigh.

Having developed to this point, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image of the thirty-three Three Thousand Great Daos could casually crush the Holy Lords of the major holy lands and entangle with Sages, but this was just the beginning. To construct the immortal gate he had deduced, he needed a full three hundred Great Daos.

Luo Mo looked at the Great Domination Art and the Great Puppet Art on the immortal gate, feeling somewhat lost. Then, he extracted a Great Dao from his Heaven and Earth Dharma Image, the Great Summoning Art, because he needed to make room for the Little Destiny Art that he was about to cultivate.

The other Three Thousand Great Daos within him could not be moved, at most replaced, choosing a reasonable combination to maintain the strongest state of the thirty-three Three Thousand Great Daos.

3 / 300.

This task was more than just difficult.

Seeing that Luo Mo had finished cultivating, everyone came over from the corner of the small world.

This world was only tens of thousands of miles in radius, and it had been sucked by Luo Mo into a place resembling the end of days. The patterns arranged by the Gouchen Ancient Emperor were still operating, slowly guiding immortal energy from the chaos to restore this place.

“How is the refining of the Arctic Immortal Light going?”

“Reporting, Fellow Daoist, all the fellow Daoists in the Sendai realm have completed the refining, merging with their primordial spirits. Others will need some time.”

The First Great Bandit, the Old Undying, replied.

“Well, we are leaving.”

Luo Mo waved his hand to collect the tools, then looked at Ye Fan and the Black Emperor, “We are leaving. Ye Fan, pack the Black Emperor into a box. I don't want him to see.”

Clang!

Ye Fan reacted extremely quickly, the Myriad Manifestation Mother Qi Cauldron was offered, and the Black Emperor was buckled inside.

“Woof! What are you doing? Is there something you can't let people see…”

The Black Emperor protested in the cauldron, but Luo Mo just said, “Seal it tightly.”

“Okay.”

Ye Fan understood what he meant. The old site of Yaochi had been managed very well, with medicine kings piled up inside. He didn't want the Black Emperor, this dead dog, to see it, after all, it's not that he was afraid of thieves stealing, but he was afraid of thieves coveting.

Luo Mo imprinted the coordinates here, and then together with Ye Fan summoned the power of the Void Divine Pot, returning directly to the old site of Yaochi.

Afterward, Ye Fan took the black dog back to the Yaoguang Holy Land, while Luo Mo headed to the Yaochi Holy Land.

With the matter concluded, he needed to inform them so they wouldn't worry.

Yaochi Holy Land.

The female disciple responsible for guarding the holy land was pleasantly surprised to see Luo Mo. "The successor of Source Heavenly Master has arrived! Please, come in quickly. I'll immediately inform the Queen Mother and the Holy Maiden."

The commotion some time ago was quite significant. Luo Mo displayed an exceptionally strong cultivation, surpassing even the older generation. Wherever he went, he enjoyed treatment akin to that of a Holy Master.

Especially in Yaochi, the news that the Holy Maiden had feelings for him wasn't a secret. She had even persuaded the Queen Mother to mobilize the imperial weapon, the Western Emperor Pagoda, for him. If there wasn't something fishy going on, no one would believe it.

Moreover, after the last incident, Luo Mo had already become Yaochi's quasi-Guardian Daoist, only needing to go through the formalities. The Queen Mother had long instructed that he should be treated as a Guardian Daoist upon his arrival.

A group of female disciples followed Luo Mo inside as if watching a rare spectacle, dispersing only in front of the Queen Mother's palace.

The Queen Mother was very happy to see Luo Mo return. "It's good that you're back, good that you're back."

She was afraid that Luo Mo might encounter some unforeseen event while chasing Duan De, who possessed an imperial weapon.

"Was the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar retrieved?" the Queen Mother asked, not holding much hope.

After all, it was an imperial weapon, and its control had been seized using the secret technique of offering sacrifices to the weapon's soul. It should be difficult to retrieve it.

"It was retrieved."

The Queen Mother asked without much hope, but Luo Mo took out a dark, ancient jar with a mark on it that seemed to be smiling yet crying. A wisp of extreme power faintly emanated from it.

"My lineage's founder is also in this magic jar. I knew Duan De was lurking in the dark, so I took measures and left a backup plan. Duan De's temporary suppression won't last long. I didn't chase far before the magic jar returned on its own."

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Queen Mother said "good" three times in a row because the importance of an extreme imperial weapon was self-evident. Being able to retrieve it was a great thing for Yaochi.

"Luo Mo is back!" A group of Yaochi's Supreme Elders rushed over.

"It's good that you're back."

"Amazing, truly a young prodigy."

"Is this the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar?"

"The magic jar was retrieved?"

Their gazes were drawn to the magic jar, unable to shift away for a long time.

This was an extreme imperial weapon. Being able to retrieve it was the best possible outcome.

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "That Daoist Duan De thought he had seized an opportunity, but little did he know that Luo Mo was prepared and left a backup plan when he took the Source Art founder in."

Although no one knew what the backup plan was, the evidence was right there, so they assumed it was a secret technique of the Source Art lineage.

"Great, that's wonderful."

"That Daoist even wanted to seize the imperial weapon, what wishful thinking."

… …

"You're back."

Gu Manlu's appearance made the Supreme Elders automatically make way, the old aunties all showing maternal smiles.

With the chaotic world approaching and the Primordial races gradually awakening, having a powerful cultivator like Luo Mo could ensure Yaochi's peace. They were happy to see it happen.

Everyone was happy that Luo Mo had returned. The Supreme Elders discussed holding a grand banquet to formally announce Luo Mo's identity as Yaochi's External Guardian Daoist, inviting guests from all directions to celebrate.

Being able to blast apart even a king's divine weapon, he was definitely a king. Although he was from the Source Art lineage, his combat power was genuine. Gaining such a strong ally was cause for great celebration.

Back then, the Source Heavenly Master traveled everywhere, not fearing even Sages. If Luo Mo could become a Source Heavenly Master, where in the Northern Region couldn't he go?

Even if the Source Heavenly Master had the curse of misfortune in his later years, that was still in his later years. He could be safe for the next few thousand years in between.

Yaochi sent out invitations, convening a Yaochi Grand Assembly in a month to publicly announce this matter.

Yaochi greatly welcomed the addition of a strong individual, even willing to let Luo Mo view the Western Emperor Scripture, binding their interests together.

The most outstanding part of the Western Emperor Scripture was the Dao Palace chapter. The Dao Palace nourishes the five gods, the five gods generate the five energies, and the five energies preserve the physical body. Therefore, the Western Emperor Scripture also had its own unique method for nurturing life.

Allowing a strong ally like Luo Mo to comprehend the Western Emperor Scripture and live longer was very much in Yaochi's interests.

Although Luo Mo already had the Western Emperor Scripture, he gladly accepted Yaochi's kindness and invited them to observe the Yin and Yang. Yaochi somewhat declined, only allowing Gu Manlu to observe.

"We are not plotting for your two ancient scriptures, we only wish to forge a good relationship between the Source Art lineage and our Yaochi."

"Since that's the case, why not accept my kindness? The two ancient scriptures were obtained by chance and are not particularly precious to me."

Under the eager gazes of a group of old aunties, the Queen Mother accepted after declining twice. Currently, these two human race ancient scriptures were trending towards becoming widespread.

Just like the Dao Scripture, which was widespread in the Eastern Wilderness, only the versions cultivated by ordinary people were incomplete.

During this month, Luo Mo quietly cultivated in seclusion.

He took out clusters of light, swallowed them, and then refined them. These were the weapon souls that Duan De used to seize control of the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar, which could be refined into the Great Treasure Refining Technique to enhance this Three Thousand Great Daos.

Then, he took out a pile of treasure bones, all of which were exotic beasts containing the bloodline of the Four Spirits. Each type of treasure bone had nine roots, which were taken from Wang Teng. Although Wang Teng had already refined them, he was a human and had not been able to completely refine these treasure bones. Luo Mo extracted them using the Great Origin Art's method of returning to the origin.

After Wang Teng refined the Four Spirits treasure bones, he had the ostentatious display of nine Azure Dragons, nine Divine Phoenixes, nine White Tigers, and nine Black Tortoises, but his utilization of this power was very low.

Even if not from the perspective of the Eternal Life Method, but simply from the perspective of the Shrouding Heaven Method, Wang Teng belonged to the type of person who would not perfectly utilize the treasure bones.

After all, he was not a demon race, and he could not use many of the powers of the Four Spirits treasure bones, only having the function of the Four Spirits protecting the Dao.

Luo Mo opened his mouth and inhaled at these forty-nine thirty-six treasure bones. The treasure bones all transformed into pure essence energy and were absorbed into his sea of consciousness, quickly refining them. He was someone who accepted everything and could utilize any kind of resource.

As the Four Spirits essence energy was refined, many small runes emerged in the Gang energy, each rune being in the shape of a small Azure Dragon, small Vermilion Bird, small White Tiger, and small Black Tortoise. Then, they were arranged according to the formation of the Eternal Life Method. Soon, a new Three Thousand Great Daos appeared.

A spherical shield appeared around Luo Mo, faintly revealing turtle shell-like patterns, like a small world, separating reality.

Three Thousand Great Daos, the Great Bodyguarding Technique, this was a Great Dao that was said to be most capable of defending against offensive divine powers such as Great Slaughter, Great Severance, and Great Collapse. In terms of defensive ability alone, it was even above the Five Emperors Canopy, only not having as many functions as the Great Five Elements Technique.

The Four Spirits phantoms flickered from time to time, not having Wang Teng's flashy display, but it seemed to be separated by a world of thickness, a true turtle shell-level defense.

Having cultivated another Three Thousand Great Daos, Luo Mo replaced the Great Wither and Flourish Technique, always leaving a position for the Little Destiny Technique.

4/300, one step closer to the goal.

In the following time, he had been comprehending the Little Destiny Technique, but even if he entered the realm of the tenth level of Divine Power, defying the heavens and changing fate, and could glimpse a trace of destiny, truly learning this Little Destiny Technique still required a long period of comprehension, condensing the runes of the Little Destiny Technique in his sea of consciousness before he could cultivate this invincible divine power.

Once he cultivated the Little Destiny Technique, he could use a special function of the Little Destiny Technique:

Burning life!

Burning lifespan, this was the consumption method of the Little Destiny Technique, which could both suppress opponents and be used for cultivation, quickly mastering divine powers.

However, this extravagant cultivation method generally required reaching the Longevity Secret Realm. The lifespan in the Divine Power Secret Realm had a limit, less than ten thousand years, which was not enough. Upon reaching the Longevity Secret Realm, the lifespan became boundless, and burning tens of thousands of years of lifespan was just a small matter.

Cultivating to the Zhouguang realm of the Longevity Secret Realm could also change the flow of time. One breath in the outside world was thousands of years in the inner world. Only Longevity could withstand such consumption.

Luo Mo still had a garden of Medicine Kings, so he might have to refine some more life-extending precious pills to prepare himself for entering the Longevity Secret Realm.

With the time of the Yaochi Grand Assembly approaching, Luo Mo ended his cultivation.

"Greetings, Superior."

"Greetings, Superior."

The female disciples of Yaochi were already addressing him as such, after all, the major event to be announced at this Yaochi Grand Assembly was him becoming the External Guardian Daoist, and all the guests had been notified.

"Have you heard? The Yunqing Sect was slaughtered!"

"I only heard the news of the Fire Cloud Valley being destroyed. Doesn't the Yunqing Sect have a Great Power?"

Several female disciples were talking, and Luo Mo, with his powerful hearing, heard them from afar.

"Even a Great Power Sect Leader is no match for a Primordial creature. I heard he was slapped to death with one palm."

"The news of the Primordial creatures emerging is increasing. Many sects in our Northern Region have suffered."

"It is said that they want Source mines. Some Primordial creatures say that these Source mines used to belong to them."

"Hmph, just because they say so, does that make it so?"

The destruction of sects had become a topic of conversation for the Yaochi female disciples.

They were not worried because Yaochi had an imperial weapon guarding it, and now there was Luo Mo, an External Guardian Daoist, joining them. Not only was he powerful, but he also possessed the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar. From this perspective, even the Primordial races were nothing to fear.

"But I heard that the Primordial races have Primordial Kings slumbering, equivalent to our human race's Sages," a female disciple said.

The weight of this sentence was somewhat heavy. After all, they were Sages, and just these two words could make people breathless.

"Let's not talk about it, let's go and prepare quickly, otherwise the guests will arrive soon."

"There's still one day left."