Becoming a true immortal through my descendents' praying

Qi Fortune, intangible and traceless, is difficult to fathom.

Only the Heavenly Mechanism Sect and their arch-enemy, the Reverse Flow Sect, have studied it; other sects and cultivators can't detect it at all.

When seeing others obtain treasures and opportunities, people often say, "This person has great Qi Fortune."

During congratulations, they also say, "May your lucky star shine brightly, and your Qi Fortune be everlasting."

But no one really knows what Qi Fortune truly is... or how misfortune comes about.

Qi Fortune arrives very naturally; it comes into your possession reasonably and logically, as if it was always meant to be yours.

But actually, it's a gift from destiny.

Even in modern times, many people cannot distinguish whether their achievements are a gift from destiny or the result of their own efforts...

Qi Fortune attacks are the most invisible and traceless.

Did Lei Zhen guard the Transmission Array alone for four years because he was strong?

Yes... but not entirely.

At least he hadn't reached the level where he could withstand the likes of Feng Yi, a top Golden Core cultivator; it's just that Feng Yi couldn't kill Lei Zhen, which would eventually lead to a build-up and outbreak of misfortune causing him great backlash.

For the Feng family, who have lost several Golden Core cultivators over the years, this is unacceptable.

They cannot afford to fail.

So, they waited for the Reverse Flow Sect to create a one-time Time Treasure for them, allowing them to take down Lei Zhen in one go.

If Yang Shi and the others hadn't intervened, they might have been able to kill Lei Zhen without injury and invaded the Danai Dynasty ten years ago.

The accumulation of misfortune is also invisible and traceless... only after many encounters with Lei Zhen did Feng Yi and the others discern the pattern.

Back then, Lei Zhen, with his dying breath, manifested the Heart Demons of the three demon leaders, heavily injuring them—this was the result of entangling with someone laden with top-tier misfortune for too long...

If not for the Feng family's possession of the protective treasure, the Ancient Jar, they might not have escaped...

Misfortune is traceless and elusive; without active defense, you won't even know it has arrived, a series of small coincidences combining into a final deadly strike...

This past month, strange occurrences have been frequent in the Demon Alliance...

Some minor demons inexplicably went mad, fled, got injured, or died...

The demon clan was already chaotic, and after ten Golden Core Great Demons were killed by missiles that day, the morale was shaken, and issues cropping up were quite normal. Xuan Jiao and the other Golden Core Great Demons began organizing their troops.

Yet still, strange occurrences persisted... Xuan Jiao only felt that luck wasn't on his side, with a constant feeling of depression in his heart with no outlet since he crossed the spatial rift in the Demon Realm according to the instructions of the Night Demon Palace.

Many of his friends and subordinates died...

He considered himself an affectionate demon, treating his subordinates like blood brothers.

Lately, Xuan Jiao often dreamed of those deceased Golden Core Great Demons...

They were blown apart, with fragments of viscera on their faces, shouting:

"Xuan Jiao, you caused us so much misery~~~"

Recently, his cultivation wasn't going smoothly either; he constantly felt uncomfortable...

"Perhaps avenging them has become my obsession..."

Thus, he eagerly wanted to attack the city, to give an explanation to the deceased Great Demons!

He didn't think anything was wrong; in fact, he felt that such appropriate pressure was also motivation for himself.

At the same time, he noticed that those ten Great Demons had bloodshot eyes and were very irritable lately.

"It seems everyone is holding a grudge inside!"

...

The Shadow Demon named Tim, who lost half of his body to Yang Fujian's sword, had a flexible body that could change in myriad ways and was also a high-rank demon clan member.

If it were another member of the demon clan, after taking Yang Fujian's sword imbued with the power of the Flood Dragon Demon... they would have been decapitated directly.

Tim thought his luck was good, but after losing half his body, all his abilities declined.

However... Shadow Demons can absorb shadows to recover their bodies.

The stronger the person, the faster his power recovers.

The demon clan at the Golden Core stage certainly wouldn't let him absorb from them; even another Shadow Demon was only willing to pass over some Demonic Qi to help heal him, but didn't want to share their own shadow.

This is the source of the Shadow Demon's power.

But... the demon clan doesn't understand!

A bunch of dead muscle freaks, what do they know about the great Shadow Demon Art!

So... Tim spent this past month often chatting with the Golden Core Great Demons in the Demon Alliance.

Benefiting from his Night Demon Palace member identity, the Shadow Demon was quite knowledgeable, and those Golden Core Great Demons were very fond of making friends with Tim.

Every day, Tim stood under the shadows of these massive Golden Core Great Demons... smiling happily.

He felt his power was recovering quickly, even approaching surpassing his previous realm!

During the month, he was always thinking about one thing.

"Why do these big dumb oafs have red eyes every day... like someone owes them money, restless, unable to reach the grand Dao."

"If I could absorb all these big oafs' shadows, surpassing that Night Demon wouldn't be impossible."

"I've long not liked him!"

"If I were tasked with guarding the 'Undying Demon Heart', I definitely wouldn't lose it!"

Within a month's time, Tim had already fully recovered his power and even broke through his realm, reaching the sixth layer of the Golden Core!

His power had already surpassed another Shadow Demon, but there was still some distance from overtaking the Night Demon leader.

At this moment, a faint dark light shone in his eyes:

"After I was severely injured, he didn't even want to lend me a bit of his source power... what kind of brother is he?"

"The power from the same source is the key to my promotion. If I could obtain all his power... I would completely surpass the Night Demon!"

....

"It shouldn't be like this..."

In the Feng family's position, Feng Yi looked at his own hands, feeling something wasn't quite right.

"The three of us together still couldn't break the formation... is my skill this weak?"

Over ten years ago, he was blocked by Lei Zhen; today, he was stopped by Bright City.

He was a dignified Golden Core nine layer, and even on the Spirit Miao Continent, his power was top-notch. Except for the sect leaders and deputy sect masters of the Ten Great Immortal Sects, almost no one could beat him.

He originally thought he could easily sweep through the Danai Dynasty by cooperating with the Night Demon Palace, then move on to sweep the Fierce Sun Dynasty, unify the Twelve Dynasties step by step, then use the demon clan to attack the Spirit Miao Continent, and finally achieve a great enterprise.

During this process, if he had a great opportunity, perhaps he could even aspire to the Nascent Soul Dao... by then, even the Ten Great Immortal Sects would be helpless against him.

He could create a millennial enterprise for the Feng family!

But... why was even a small Danai Dynasty so difficult to conquer?

Feng Yi began to doubt himself.

"Am I... getting old, is my spiritual power declining without me realizing it?"

Feng Yi was already 435 years old, with the Golden Core life span only being 500 years, which was also one reason he was in such a hurry to make his move... if he waited any longer, it would be too late to advance to Nascent Soul.

He must advance within these 65 years!

If not then... his life would end, and everything would turn into nothingness.

Previously, Feng Yi thought everything was under control. Using the oracle left by the ancestor, he learned of the coming era of great contention... It was a perfect opportunity to lead the Feng Family to rise and change the landscape of the Spirit Miao Continent.

But the crucial step was his promotion to the Nascent Soul Stage...

However, consecutive setbacks made him involuntarily doubt himself.

'Can I still advance to the Nascent Soul?'

In Feng Yi's heart, there was a faint sense of defeat, and behind him, a black mist appeared faintly, transforming into the form of Lei Zhen, who laughed and said:

"Give up, you have been severely injured by the heart demon I've become, and your progress is halted for this lifetime, hahaha!"

The bizarre appearance and taunting words made Feng Yi furious.

"Nonsense!!!"

A sudden burst of airflow erupted from Feng Yi's body, blowing away the Feng Family cultivators who were forming an array!

Puff puff puff!

Instantly, dozens of nearby Feng Family disciples were injured, and the constructed array started to tremble. For a moment, they were suppressed by the Bright City cultivators, leading to chaos.

"Husband, what's wrong?"

Ye Liyue flew over, discovering Feng Yi's abnormal state.

At this moment, under the sensing of his spiritual sense, the heart demon Lei Zhen had already disappeared, as if it was just an illusion.

His expression was slightly unpleasant.

Originally, he had always worried that his heart demon was not completely eradicated, and now it unexpectedly emerged again.

"I saw Lei Zhen..."

"He's already dead... We'll never see him again. With our heart demons eliminated, we only need to remain steadfast in our actions, so as not to burden ourselves with worries."

Ye Liyue comforted him.

Feng Yi wrapped his arm around Ye Liyue's shoulder: "I got fixated..."

The pair, husband and wife, leaned on each other, but in the seemingly open-minded Ye Liyue's eyes, there was also a faint red aura. Her heart was not at peace...

She really wanted to tell Feng Yi that she dreamed yesterday—dreamt of the children they had before...

But at this time, Feng Yi obviously couldn't have more concerns.

So after giving Feng Yi encouragement, Ye Liyue said no more.

The Demon Army of Feng San was fiercely battling against those in Bright City, appearing quite normal... However, inside, they seemed to harbor some peculiar thoughts.

"Uh... Is Xiao Zhen really that powerful?"

Yang Fuqing couldn't help but ask.

Yang Qiangjing's lips curled into a confident smile: "Rest assured, Aunt... I'm clear about his abilities, just as I'm clear about my body."

Her entire body emitted a faint red light, floating upwards.

An extremely negative and dangerous aura exploded!

Yang Fujian seemed to sense something.

Clang!

The sword was unsheathed!

"You're not the real Jing! Where is my little Jing?"

Yang Fujian noticed that the Yang Qiangjing in front of him had no physical entity!

Yang Shi was also shocked!

"A trick with the fake prince? When was little Jing swapped!"

At this moment, Cat Soul Feather's eyes lit up with a purple glow.

"[Mysterious Eyes]!"

"Let me see who you really are..."

She directly charmed Yang Qiangjing; anyone enchanted by her would speak whatever was asked.

'Yang Qiangjing' blinked slightly, lifting the corner of her mouth.

"Cat Grandma, this trick doesn't work on me~"

"Everyone, don't panic, this is just my malice, my main body is still in the control room."

"Now that things are so busy, I can't exactly leave..."

Everyone looked towards the control room, where Yang Qiangjing tilted her head slightly, waving at them.

She was there commanding everyone to manipulate the array and the Demon Army of Feng San.

Only then did they realize... Although Yang Qiangjing was participating in the meeting, the array of Bright City didn't stop at all and continued operating madly!

The Yang Family: "!!!"

At this moment, a chilling sense of fear surfaced in their hearts!

Everyone was a cultivator, but at this moment they actually felt a bit scared...

Especially Yang Fujian, who was bewildered upon seeing two daughters.

He flew to the control room and pinched Yang Qiangjing.

"Dad! It hurts!"

Yang Fujian returned to the city wall and said, "The one in the control room is real..."

'Red Yang Qiangjing' looked speechless: "It really hurts, okay! Martial cultivators are always so rough!"

At this moment, everyone realized that these two Yang Qiangjings were one person, and finally relaxed.

"Little Jing... How did you achieve this Body Outside Body? What do you mean by malice?"

Yang Fuqing was very surprised.

At this time, Yang Qianglin and Yang Qiangyuan, who had been acting as background, waved their hands frantically!

"I know I know!"

"It's Lord Shuo's [I Split Pill]!"

Yang Qiangjing shook her head: "That elixir splits one's spiritual power into a Body Outside Body; it's actually just a... summoning technique. What I did was self-splitting."

"Stop keeping us in suspense, just hurry up and explain, as long as you don't say you've reached the Divine Separation Stage, Dad can accept it."

Yang Fujian chuckled.

Seeing Yang Qiangjing remain silent, a tightness gripped his heart.

"You didn't really reach the Divine Separation Stage, did you???"

"Oh... oh, no, of course not, I just got a bit distracted operating the control room's array, my mind wandered, this whole body thing... it's a long story."

"I'll keep it short; it's because I was pressured by my brother... Being with him every day aroused various malicious thoughts in me, which are negative emotions like arrogance, envy, wrath, sloth... etc., severely affecting my study pace."

"But these malicious thoughts were small, so I temporarily stored them all in the corner of my divine sense, where all the books I've read are kept, letting them flip through and reminisce from time to time."

"As time passed... so many years have gone by, my brother and I have both come of age, and the malice in the corner of my divine sense has grown very large, so I thought of taking it out, which resulted in what you see now."

"It's actually quite useful."

"So, rest assured everyone, my brother will definitely draw out all their malice... Let's just let the bullets fly for a while."