The Secret Way of Immortality

“Wuming, why do you know that the Heavenly Dao is about to descend?”

Ren Qing felt a little scalp tingling, while his mind was racing, recalling the timeline of his contact with Wuming.

In the beginning, after the Moon Elder's ascension method spread, Wuming was obviously interested, and the change in attitude was related to the Beast Pen War.

To be precise, it was after the Supreme Heavenly Demon seized the body of Dipamkara Buddha that Wuming realized the Supreme Heavenly Demon's intention and underwent Heavenly Demonization.

Dipamkara Buddha is also known as Dipamkara Tathagata, and Dipamkara Buddha is obviously involved with the Buddhist Heavenly Dao.

The Supreme Heavenly Demon used Dipamkara Buddha as a springboard to attack the severely injured Dipamkara Buddha, and finally broke away from the Corpse Disintegration Immortal to achieve the Heavenly Dao.

Wuming had two paths in front of him at the time.

One was to participate in the Immortal Conferred Ceremony and compete for the Moon Elder's Immortal position.

The other was to actively undergo Heavenly Demonization, communicate with the Supreme Heavenly Demon, and use the new Heavenly Dao to become an immortal.

With Wuming's chaotic mind, Ren Qing was not surprised that he chose the Supreme Heavenly Demon. If it were him, he would also take the risk.

But Ren Qing couldn't help but sigh, even when Wuming was in madness, he could still rely on the Corpse Immortal as a buffer to absorb the aura of the Heavenly Demon.

Wuming extended the process of his own Heavenly Demonization to a hundred years, only to gain a glimmer of hope.

Ren Qing didn't know whether Wuming's choice was good or bad. Even if he ascended to the Great Demon Heaven, it didn't mean he could escape unscathed.

Wuming made a cracking sound, and as his body swelled, one hideous black goat after another emerged from his flesh and blood.

He replied calmly, "The distorted Heavenly Dao is being pulled towards the present world. No living being can escape fate, including you."

"Zhenyuanzi, you should have cultivated the Disaster Elimination Technique, right?"

"Yes, I obtained it by accident."

Ren Qing knew that Wuming could sense the existence of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation, so he didn't hide it.

"Good, good, good."

"Ascend to the Great Demon Heaven as soon as possible. Our techniques share the same origin. Avoiding disaster will give you a better chance. Remember, ascend as soon as possible."

A series of human faces appeared on Wuming's chest, their appearances corresponding to himself at various stages, as if recalling long-sealed memories.

His limbs turned to ashes, and he was not far from disappearing completely.

Wuming closed his eyes in pain, venting the despair in his heart: "I have been in contact with the Heavenly Dao five times, comprehended techniques four times, and ascended the Immortal Ladder once. I can see… I can see…"

"The Three Dao Ancestors break through the barrier, and all living beings twist in a frenzy."

"Everyone's gone mad, everyone's gone mad!!!"

Wuming shouted hoarsely, "Zhenyuanzi, as the Heavenly Dao's descent approaches, I see more and more!!!"

"No one can avoid the favor of the Heavenly Dao!!!"

The more hysterical Wuming became, the more Ren Qing could feel the despair in his words.

Many cultivators only came into contact with the Immortal Ladder for a few short breaths, and they lost control of their bodies and souls due to the aftereffects of the Three Dao Ancestors.

Ren Qing found it hard to imagine what it would be like to have the Three Dao Ancestors suspended in mid-air.

It was estimated that it would be even more bizarre and unpredictable than the Peach Blossom Garden shrouded under the head of the Mother of All Things, and there would be nowhere to escape.

Even Ren Qing couldn't help but feel powerless, a sense of helplessness, because the time left for him was too short.

His face showed unwillingness.

Given ten thousand years, even if the information flow could not advance to the Heavenly Dao, Ren Qing would definitely have a chance to go further by relying on the five Corpse Disintegration Immortal techniques.

Wuming was panting heavily, sensing that most of his body had gone to the Great Demon Heaven, so he naturally felt a sense of fear in the face of the unknown.

At this moment, he couldn't help but stare at Ren Qing in confusion.

After Ren Qing learned that the Heavenly Dao was about to descend, although his expression clearly showed panic, his emotions remained calm, as if he still had a backup plan.

"Zhenyuanzi, ascend, let's sit in the Great Demon Heaven together."

Ren Qing didn't agree, but instead asked, "The descending Heavenly Dao should include the Supreme Heavenly Demon, right?"

Wuming was silent for a few breaths before saying, "The Yuanshi Tianzun, the Daode Tianzun, the Lingbao Tianzun, and the Supreme Heavenly Demon will all appear."

"But… it doesn't mean that the strength of the Three Dao Ancestors is superior to the Supreme Heavenly Demon, otherwise the Daode Tianzun would not have been beheaded."

"Are you saying that the Daode Tianzun was killed by the Supreme Heavenly Demon?"

"When the Supreme Heavenly Demon advanced to the Heavenly Dao, the Daode Tianzun came to interfere, so there was a dispute between the two, and the new Heavenly Dao gained the upper hand."

Ren Qing was noncommittal about Wuming's statement.

The Daode Tianzun's ability to descend into the present world was probably brought about by the Supreme Heavenly Demon, after all, the Supreme Heavenly Demon was once a part of the Daode Tianzun.

Don't look down on the Daode Tianzun just because he's missing a head, it might not even be considered a serious injury.

Ren Qing had clearly seen the headless Daode Tianzun through the Forbidden Jailer's ascension to the Immortal Ladder, and he didn't seem to have a weak aura.

Wuming only had a head left, and his voice was slurred as he said, "Zhenyuanzi, you're not thinking of staying in the present world, like them?"

"Who are they?"

As soon as Ren Qing finished speaking, Wuming completely disappeared, and the giant tree supporting the two withered away, its flesh and blood turning into dust and spreading out.

He canceled the Law, Heaven, and Earth, and the black goat skin immediately fell to the Heavenly Aberrant realm.

Most of the black goat skin was damaged, and the fur was full of holes. Even if it could repair itself, it would take at least several decades.

Ren Qing threw the black goat skin into his stomach world, opened up two new Heavenly Palaces to settle it, and nourished it with the collected Heavenly Demon aura.

Before he could leave the range of the Beast Pen.

The soil at the bottom of the giant tree suddenly showed an abnormality, and purple-red blood seeped out, eventually forming several strangely shaped figures.

The figures generally had distorted organs, and their realms were all in the Heavenly Aberrant realm.

Their limbs had been transformed into tentacle-like shapes, their heads resembled black goats, and their brains were exposed, constantly wriggling.

As soon as they came to the outside world, their aura quickly decreased, and their flesh and blood continued to collapse, as if they were very unsuited to the environment.

Ren Qing used the Heavenly Demon Tribulation to maintain the loss of their presence.

The "them" that Wuming spoke of should be these few people.

Ren Qing didn't take the other party's Heavenly Aberrant realm cultivation lightly, carefully examined their bodies and souls, and then understood the reason.

The characteristics of their bodies and souls were very strange. They had parts of the black goat, and there were also traces of radiation from the purple light of the Mother of All Things.

Not surprisingly, it should be a deliberate attempt to bring their bodies and souls closer to Heavenly Daoization.

Ren Qing called them "Heavenly Dao Believers", because the Heavenly Dao Believers would often kneel to the sky and call out to the Three Dao Ancestors.

Perhaps the Heavenly Dao Believers could only stop their flesh and blood from collapsing if they lived in the Peach Blossom Garden.

They came to the remains of the giant tree to collect information, and recorded it on paper with their tentacles, and the contents were all related to ascending to the upper realm.

After a while, the aura of the Heavenly Dao Believers fell below the Yang God realm, and their movements slowed down.

"So they are the masterminds."

Ren Qing narrowed his eyes and looked north towards the head of the Mother of All Things.

A wisp of fungal soul wrapped in incense drifted into the sky, sweeping over the area covered by the head of the Mother of All Things, and sure enough, he found a clue.

The bamboo forest had bamboo shoots shaped like goat horns, connected to coffins buried underground.

Inside the coffins were Heavenly Dao Believers like lumps of flesh. Even if their consciousness was blurred, they were praising the Three Dao Ancestors and chanting scriptures with strange tones.

The Heavenly Dao Believers were supporters of the Three Dao Ancestors, actively adapting to the environment transformed by the Heavenly Dao.

Bang!

A muffled sound came from the coffin, and a Heavenly Dao Believer exploded, and his memory was roughly digested by Ren Qing's Toe Leaving Technique.

The origin of the Heavenly Dao Believers was related to the Supreme Heavenly Demon.

They were sacrifices from when the Supreme Heavenly Demon advanced, and because they felt the terror of the Heavenly Dao, they fell into an inescapable madness.

The Supreme Heavenly Demon disappeared after advancing, and the Heavenly Dao Believers went to the head of the Mother of All Things.

They discovered the rules of ascension in the purple light, and then established a gathering place, sending mortals to the upper realm as sacrifices, wanting to please the Three Dao Ancestors.

The Heavenly Dao Believers had no intention of ascending. Their purpose in life was to dedicate themselves to the Heavenly Dao.

Ren Qing felt sad for them. In the eyes of the Three Dao Ancestors, the Heavenly Dao Believers were just a group of ubiquitous ants.

It was useless for them to sacrifice more mortals, because the Three Dao Ancestors didn't care.

Ren Qing suspected that after the Three Dao Ancestors descended, the Heavenly Dao Believers would likely become survivors, a group of "cockroaches" who eked out an existence.

He stood silently on the top of the mountain.

The giant tree gradually disappeared over time, and in the end, not even a trace was left. The Heavenly Dao Believers re-entered the soil and left the Beast Pen.

Even Wuming could only choose to escape and ascend, so how could Ren Qing have the confidence to protect himself from the disasters brought about by the Three Dao Ancestors.

"Must I ascend to the Great Demon Heaven?"

Ren Qing sighed deeply. Believing in the Supreme Heavenly Demon meant that he had to transform into an indescribable thing and become a lackey of the new Heavenly Dao.

"A thousand years…"

Advancing to Corpse Disintegration Immortal would consume one million years of lifespan, and a thousand years should barely be enough for one technique.

But the problem was that the Corpse Disintegration Immortal was also powerless in the face of the Heavenly Dao.

"No, I must make preparations in many ways."

"Ascension, the worst option, also cannot be abandoned. I must also find a way to speed up the recovery of Heavenly Daoization and establish sufficient protection."

"There are too many things to do…"

Ren Qing had never felt so suffocated before, and he felt inexplicably at a loss.

It took him a full ten days to sort out his thoughts. Wuming communicated with the Supreme Heavenly Demon by raising black goats.

To ascend to the Great Demon Heaven, he must start raising black goats as soon as possible.

Ren Qing planned to start in his stomach world, specifically assigning the Forbidden Jailer to be responsible. The collected Heavenly Demon aura should already be enough.

After receiving the task, hundreds of thousands of Forbidden Jailer cultivators were mobilized.

One beast after another was sent to the underworld. In the prisons filled with Yin energy, black goats were bred using the Heavenly Demon aura.

Ren Qing looked at the groups of black goats in the prison. Because the black goats had the possibility of dying suddenly during the process of infusing the Heavenly Demon aura, the number had to be sufficient.

"No, this Supreme Heavenly Demon thing is too evil."

Seeing the scale of the black goat herd growing, Ren Qing quickly called a halt to the plan.

It should be known that Wuming needed several Earth Immortals among the black goats for his ascension, so raising them in the stomach world was indeed unsafe.

But raising black goats outside had the risk of them getting out of control.

Wuming himself was a black goat, so he could ensure that the rest of his kind wouldn't riot.

While Ren Qing was thinking, his eyes fell on the black goat skin, and his eyes lit up. He immediately issued the task of refining the black goat magic weapon.

Magic weapons were definitely easier to control than living things, and he could also use techniques to set up hidden moves.

Ren Qing placed the location in the Beast Pen where Wuming ascended. Even though it was scarred, it was indeed extremely far from various gathering places.

With a thought, a Go board appeared in front of him.

With one move, a large number of cultivators from the stomach world projected into the present world. The vanguard was mainly composed of zombie cultivators, intending to do manual labor.

A Yin Gathering Array covered a radius of a hundred miles, and the thin Yin energy converged towards the center.

After receiving the nourishment of Yin energy, the zombie cultivators didn't need to rest at all, and could carry out heavy outdoor tasks day and night.

Before long, the Beast Pen looked like a construction site.

The zombie cultivators wielded various magic weapons, digging the ground from top to bottom. Every minute, piles of rubble were transported out.

Ren Qing didn't intend to raise black goats on such a grand scale as Wuming.

Ascension was a backup plan, and he would definitely not try it unless absolutely necessary, so it still had to be done in secret.

Digging the cave took a full ten days. With the busyness of hundreds of thousands of zombies, the scale finally reached Ren Qing's expected level.

After the cave entrance was sealed, it was immediately shrouded in deathly silence.

During this period, the Forbidden Jailer's refiners were not idle either, and the iron cages used to hold the black goats were refined one after another.

The black goats that Ren Qing planned to use for ascension were all transformed from magic robes.

The black goats transformed from magic robes looked no different from normal black goats, but in reality, they only had a goat skin and did not have internal organs or bones.

Ren Qing deliberately relaxed the restrictions on the magic weapons, allowing the black goats to autonomously absorb the Heavenly Demon aura. The instinctive ferocity would definitely gradually return, so he still had to make certain restraints.

The iron cages were engraved with the Eight Directions Locking Immortal Array, but they could only hold Heavenly Aberrant realm black goats. Earth Immortals were definitely unrealistic.

For Ren Qing, it was enough for the time being. Even if the black goats rioted, the bodies composed of magic weapons would be easier to deal with.

The iron cages were suspended in the cave, and one listless black goat after another was locked inside. The black goat skin replaced Wuming's position, right at the top of the black goat herd.

Ren Qing began to increase the Heavenly Demon aura content in the cave to stimulate the black goat herd.

At the same time, the cave still retained tens of thousands of Forbidden Jailer cultivators. They wore magic robes that resisted the Heavenly Demon aura and were responsible for screening the faster-advancing black goats and concentrating them for cultivation.

The black goat breeding center was considered to be successfully established in its initial form.

Ren Qing handed over the follow-up improvement work to the Forbidden Jailer, and he began to study how to recover Heavenly Daoization faster.

He did want to refine a few more existences similar to the Flesh Body Tathagata.

But only the scriptures of the Tathagata Buddha could be used to conceive the Flesh Body Buddha. The scriptures of the Dipamkara Buddha and the Maitreya Buddha were useless.

It could be seen that among the Buddhist Heavenly Dao "Three Lifetimes Buddha", only the Tathagata Buddha had been erased. The other two still had remnants of existence.

Cold sweat couldn't help but break out on Ren Qing's forehead. The Supreme Heavenly Demon replaced the Past Buddha "Dipamkara", so the Future Buddha Maitreya Buddha might interfere when the Heavenly Dao descends.

Should he use the ability of the Flesh Body Tathagata to transfer karmic fire and let others help him bear the Heavenly Daoization?

But the consumption of a million years of lifespan, even if divided equally among a million living beings, would cause serious body and soul alienation and loss of control.

Moreover, the efficiency was too low, so Ren Qing had never tried it before.

Earth Immortals were also unable to withstand it. Moreover, Ren Qing still wanted them to help him establish a shelter to see if he could avoid the gaze of the Heavenly Dao.

Ren Qing licked his lips and couldn't help but look towards the distant north.

The head of the Mother of All Things.