The Secret Way of Immortality

When Ren Qing first began his seclusion, he could still sense the activity within the refuge, and even perceive the sunrise and sunset within his stomach world through the Heavenly Dao Tree.

He also clearly heard the hymns celebrating the arrival of the Yuanshi Tianzun.

The Yuanshi Tianzun's bizarre Heavenly Dao aura emanated from the ground tens of thousands of miles above the refuge, having just set foot in this world.

But as he delved deeper into cultivating the Three Purities Heaven, his condition deteriorated rapidly.

His skin and flesh subtly displayed signs of mutation, only at the Martial Realm level, but the root of the mutation was difficult to trace, leaving Ren Qing feeling as if he were sinking into a quagmire.

Ren Qing could feel his body gradually losing control, the surface flesh completely occupied by the mutation, fortunately, his bones and internal organs were unaffected.

But he could not suppress the mutation, and had to forcibly consume it with his body, resulting in the excessive growth of flesh and blood, and his body continued to swell.

Soon even Ren Qing's five senses began to decline, and his joints were blocked by the proliferation of bone.

The flow of the Three Purities aura through his meridians became faster and faster, causing a stinging pain in his flesh and bones, as if intentionally accelerating the mutation.

Ren Qing wanted to summon the information stream, but found it useless.

His heart was filled with apprehension. If the information stream was truly the culprit, it meant that the old Heavenly Dao was not completely dead and wanted to use Ren Qing as a scapegoat.

Ren Qing had previously realized that the information stream was involved with the old Heavenly Dao, and had already taken precautions, otherwise his cultivation would not have focused on body tempering.

However, the Three Purities Heaven actually cultivated on its own, forcibly pushing Ren Qing towards the realm of Heavenly Dao.

The root of the mutation was definitely the information stream, and the Three Purities Heaven also had the effect of promoting mutation. Ren Qing understood that he had to dispel the Three Purities Heaven, at least to stabilize his realm at Corpse Disintegration Immortal.

Most importantly, Ren Qing could not communicate with the Fleshly Body Buddha, making it impossible to transfer the mutation of his body and soul to the Fleshly Body Buddha.

Ren Qing slowed down the circulation of the Three Purities Heaven's great cycle, then decomposed the aura into branch spell auras, and finally returned it to the dantian.

The Three Purities aura gradually decomposed, and he regained control over his spells.

Although it was still difficult to communicate with spells, he could use the supernatural powers related to his life by relying on the spell aura collected in his dantian.

Ren Qing secretly rejoiced that the mutation was not very serious, only maintained at the Martial Realm level.

With his immortal body "Myriad Forms of Living Beings", he could digest the Martial Realm mutation in a moment, hoping that no more problems would arise.

When one-tenth or two-tenths of the Three Purities aura dissipated, the Martial Realm mutation naturally disappeared, and his body returned to normal.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a more serious mutation followed, the degree of mutation equivalent to the Half-Corpse Realm.

Under the urging of the Three Purities aura, the mutation instantly occupied Ren Qing's skin and flesh, and moved towards the bone marrow, catching him off guard.

Immediately afterwards, his perception of the outside world became intermittent.

Ren Qing had no words to express his suffering.

He could feel Song Zongwu and others trying to help him suppress the mutation, but the source of the mutation was in the information stream, which could not be dealt with by pills.

Ren Qing therefore understood that the mutation brought by the information stream did not come out of nowhere.

Martial Realm mutation, Half-Corpse Realm mutation, next would probably be Ghost Messenger Realm mutation, and Yin Messenger Realm, Yang God Realm...

The price that Ren Qing had once used the information stream to exempt was preserved by the information stream, and now he had to repay it all at once.

Ren Qing looked slightly helpless.

In this case, because he mastered a large number of spells, the degree of mutation was probably ten times that of ordinary cultivators.

The Half-Corpse Realm mutation had already begun to weaken and dissipate.

But Ren Qing could not guarantee that his body and soul would not be destroyed by the out-of-control mutation. Once his consciousness was completely lost, the old Heavenly Dao might be able to revive through his body.

With the hundreds of millions of people in his stomach world, the old Heavenly Dao could use it to rebuild order, what a trick of substituting one thing for another.

When things came to a head, Ren Qing became extremely calm instead.

He became an immortal and attained enlightenment with the help of the information stream. The relationship between the two was originally one of mutual use. This tribulation was destined as early as when he was in the Firewood Hall.

Even if Ren Qing knew in advance that the information stream had hidden tricks, and had some concerns, he would probably still use the power of the information stream.

After all, individuals are too small, and it is almost impossible to become an immortal.

Just look at Nameless, no matter how talented ordinary mortals are, it may take them a lot of hard work to become an immortal, and they may not succeed in the end.

Ren Qing took a deep breath, thinking about how to break the situation.

He could be sure that the information stream transformed from the old Heavenly Dao did not possess intelligence, but was more like a set program containing the Heavenly Dao.

Then there were loopholes to exploit.

Moreover, after Ren Qing advanced to the Yang God Realm, he relied on Shi Fengdu's immortality, and the Fleshly Body Buddha absorbed karma fire, so the mutation stored in the information stream should not be too strong.

As long as he survived the Yang God Realm and completely dispersed the Three Purities Heaven, he could turn danger into safety.

Ren Qing glanced at the spell aura in his dantian, enough to release each supernatural power once, and supernatural powers were the key to his comeback.

He still had a chance to turn the tables, but the disaster brought by the Yuanshi Tianzun was indeed an unavoidable variable.

Ren Qing could not move now. If he experienced another drought, the fire poison plus mutation would probably make him wish he were dead.

His scalp tingled, hoping that the disaster would not lead to a deterioration of the situation.

Ren Qing decomposed the massive Three Purities aura little by little, while waiting for the arrival of the disaster, but the result was a bit unexpected.

There was no obvious change in the refuge, but the number of defending cultivators was decreasing.

When Ren Qing digested the Half-Corpse Realm mutation, the refuge was already empty, and the intact buildings fell into silence.

He could vaguely sense that some cultivators had tried to move his body not long ago, but the mutation of his body and soul caused his flesh and blood to grow together with the city walls, and ultimately failed.

Most of the cultivators in the refuge withdrew to the stomach world, and a small number of cultivators seemed to have gone outside the refuge.

Ren Qing was confused.

Even if there was a reason, the Imprisonment Hall should have returned to the stomach world in its entirety if it encountered danger, and it was impossible to rashly go outside.

The Imprisonment Hall could not abandon the refuge.

Ren Qing wanted to use his remaining five senses to check the situation of the refuge, but as the Ghost Messenger Realm mutation eroded his internal organs, his consciousness suddenly fell into the struggle of losing control of his body.

Human faces grew on the surface of the organs, and blood vessels turned into tentacle-like shapes.

The five internal organs were chanting strange scriptures, staring at the direction of the niwan palace with greedy eyes.

Ren Qing tried his best to endure the discomfort. Once his reason collapsed, his internal organs might break away from his body and become independent individuals.

After his hearing was completely lost, strange murmurs sounded in his ears.

The veins on Ren Qing's forehead bulged. The influence of the whispers on the soul was indescribable, and even caused the seven spirits to show signs of collapse.

He couldn't help but silently recite the Eyeless Method, his consciousness retreated to the niwan palace, and he didn't even care about the condition of the seven spirits, just ensuring the stability of the three souls.

If the three souls did not make mistakes, the seven spirits would not be out of control even if they were more chaotic.

Ren Qing's strategy was obviously correct. As time passed, he managed to survive the Ghost Messenger Realm mutation.

He knew what it meant to live like a year. When consciousness was on the verge of losing control due to mutation, every breath seemed to last a year.

Just as Ren Qing wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, the information stream did not give him time to rest.

The Yin Messenger Realm mutation followed, and he only heard the sound of bones colliding throughout his body. His flesh and blood quickly became distorted and expanded, and even Ren Qing didn't know what he had become.

Ren Qing still followed the previous experience, directly giving up his flesh and bones, his consciousness retreated to the niwan palace, protecting the remaining three souls.

The Yin Messenger Realm involved the fusion of strangeness, and Ren Qing did not make any effort at the time. Now it was time to settle the score.

Ren Qing couldn't help but feel apprehensive about the Yang God Realm mutation. The Yang God Realm involved the Immortal Ascension Ladder, and he used the information stream to directly face the three Dao Ancestors. The mutation contained in it was conceivable.

The human soul "Youjing" was instantly lost.

The human soul is also known as the Yin God, and its image is a ghost wearing an official robe of the underworld, but as soon as it came into contact with the mutation, the official robe became tattered, and deformed and terrifying limbs grew out.

The Yin God suddenly turned into rotten flesh composed of human hands, wriggling and crawling in the niwan palace.

Before Ren Qing could react, the earth soul "Shuangling" mutated.

The appearance of the Taoist immortal did not last long, and heads squeezed out of the flesh and blood from the ends of the ribs, and miserable screams were endless.

Ren Qing only had the heavenly soul "Taiguang" barely supporting him.

He glanced coldly over the niwan palace. If he chose to use the supernatural power Death Begets No Life, forcibly reorganizing his body, the Three Purities aura would be gone, and it might have miraculous effects.

But Ren Qing could only resign himself to fate in the face of the Yang God Realm mutation.

It was best to save Death Begets No Life for when he was forced to use it. Once used easily, he might fall into a vicious cycle.

There were also mediums for rebirth outside, but they were undetectable disease strains.

After the drought was almost over, Ren Qing released a large number of disease strains, heading from the hard soil layer to the surface.

Ren Qing watched as the heavenly soul was about to show signs of mutation, and endured the restlessness in his heart, using his first trump card.

Zhi Li Technique's World is Like a Dream.

He did not want to spread the disease strains, but used supernatural powers to take his soul to the deep dream realm.

The deep dream realm is not the dream small world unique to the Great Dream Master. Ren Qing, who mastered the Zhi Li Technique, can also enter and exit.

It's just that Ren Qing doesn't have the Great Dream Master's methods, and may be deeply trapped in it.

But from the current situation, the deep dream realm is indeed the best choice, at least it can have enough time to deal with the mutation.

Distorted light and shadow flashed before his eyes, and colorful lines intertwined with each other.

In a daze, Ren Qing's soul came to the space where light and shadow were distorted.

Before he could observe the surrounding situation, the heavenly soul became weak due to the erosion of the mutation, and the two souls and seven spirits desperately wanted to assimilate the heavenly soul.

But fortunately, it was in the deep dream realm, lacking the source of mutation.

Ren Qing stayed on the thirteenth floor. Going further down might completely lose him. The limit of the Great Dream Master was at least around the thirtieth floor.

He patiently started from the seven spirits, gradually seizing the soul body eroded by the mutation. Even if the body outside could only support him for a breath, there were thousands of years in the deep dream realm.

If someone was in the thirteenth floor of the dream realm, they would see several groups of light and shadow chasing each other.

Ren Qing moved around, dodging the encirclement and interception of the mutated souls.

Because he knew that he could not make mistakes. A mistake would lead to eternal doom, and his soul would sink into the deep dream realm forever.

Ren Qing could not place his hopes on the Great Dream Master.

It is still unknown what the Imprisonment Hall is encountering. If the Great Dream Master accidentally dies, it may be millions of years before a cultivator comes to the thirteenth floor of the dream realm.

Ren Qing smiled bitterly. Staying in the deep dream realm for millions of years, his consciousness would definitely be wiped out.

He slowed down his movements slightly. The two souls thought they had seized the opportunity and rushed over, but Ren Qing passed through the gap.

The heavenly soul opened its mouth and swallowed the corpse dog spirit, and its body suddenly swelled up a circle, but correspondingly, it inherited the mutation of the corpse dog spirit.

Ren Qing was not flustered at all. The heavenly soul, as the head of the three souls, could not be compared to the volume of the seven spirits, and the mutation could not shake the foundation.

While suppressing the mutation, he played the rest of the souls around.

The more souls Ren Qing devoured, the more flexible his speed became, and he became more and more comfortable in the deep dream realm.

He had already begun to plan what to do after leaving the deep dream realm.

Ren Qing spent hundreds of years, and after confirming that the soul was completely free of mutation, he carefully returned to his body.

The first layer of the dream realm only has a single entrance and exit, but the dream realms are intertwined, and the second layer of the dream realm has fifteen entrances and exits.

The thirteenth layer of the dream realm has more than five thousand six hundred entrances and exits.

It was easy for Ren Qing to go deep into the dream realm, just go down, but it was not so easy to leave the dream realm. A slight carelessness would lead to retreat instead of advance, and the soul would be completely lost.

That's why he had never entered the deep dream realm, because he cherished his life.

Ren Qing was extremely cautious in every step, but it was inevitable that there would be mistakes. When going from the fifth layer of the dream realm to the fourth layer of the dream realm, he came to the eighth layer of the dream realm due to a mistake.

He broke out in a cold sweat at the time. If he accidentally entered below the hundredth layer, he wouldn't know how he died.

In the end, it was a surprise but no danger, but at the moment when Ren Qing returned to the niwan palace, the seven spirits fell into mutation again, and the earth soul was also invaded one after another.

Seeing this, Ren Qing was relieved instead. The speed at which the soul fell was obviously slower, indicating that the mutation was not endless.

He guarded the clarity of the niwan palace with the heavenly soul and the earth soul as the center.

The Three Purities aura was also decomposing, and soon there was another chance to stretch his supernatural powers, but Ren Qing did not act rashly.

No matter how strong the Yin Messenger Realm mutation was, there was also an upper limit. What truly tested him was the Yang God Realm.

After waiting for decades, the Yin Messenger Realm mutation did indeed gradually subside.

Taking advantage of the normal interval between his body and soul, his consciousness checked the inside of the refuge and found that there were traces of fighting between cultivators in many places.

The only thing Ren Qing could confirm was that the fighting did not lead to excessive casualties, and it seemed that the Great Dream Master had stepped in to quell the chaos.

"Could it be that the disaster accompanying the Yuanshi Tianzun is some kind of man-made disaster?"

Cultivators lost their minds? Strange objects controlled cultivators? Or did strange objects hide in the refuge and cause fighting to occur?

Before Ren Qing could investigate further, a crack appeared in the tortoise shell of his upper palate.

"Omen of Death"

Since Ren Qing reached the Corpse Disintegration Immortal, this was the first time he had encountered a hexagram above the great ominous sign. The omen of death indicated that his body and soul were in danger.

Ren Qing's body would collapse in less than half a breath, and flesh and bones would continue to grow, turning into an indescribable multi-headed flesh pillar.

He did not dare to hesitate at all and immediately used Death Begets No Life.

His body immediately turned to ashes, and his soul chose to parasitize on the farthest disease strain, and the Yang God Realm mutation was forcibly stopped.

Ren Qing did not have to worry about not finding the refuge. Even if he could not connect to the stomach world, there was still a hidden path to the world in the mirror.