Longevity Chronicles

Similarly in the midst of an on-site breakthrough, Tao Qian and Zhong Ziyang were starkly different.

The latter had fallen demon, turning the sky a blazing red.

Tao Qian, however, seemed to have become an immortal, as if he was about to ascend amidst the rosy glow of the dawn.

Cavernous Mystery Realm!

This realm was indeed the most crucial among the Nine Cultivation Realms, distinguishing ordinary cultivators from powerful ones.

Loose Cultivators stepping into this realm could be called experts, possessing divine powers almost capable of moving mountains and shifting peaks.

For disciples of the Great Sects, it was even beyond imagination.

Especially for an "outlier" like Tao Qian, who could fight with cultivators of the Cavernous Mystery Realm even when he was at the Perfect Transcend Mortality stage and even triumph.

Now that he had truly ascended to Cavernous Mystery, he was naturally different from before.

Most crucially, as a Spirit Treasure Cultivator, every breakthrough brought benefits, and Master Tao had often reaped significant gains.

At the moment, he could sense the depth of his mana, which he could not measure momentarily, and the world around him appeared distinctly broader, clearer, and more lucid. All secrets and mysteries were unveiled in Tao Qian's eyes.

Under normal circumstances, Tao Qian would have explored slowly during his spare time.

But in this moment, he was unwilling to delay even for an instant.

Of course, there was another matter that would have been significant, but now it seemed irrelevant.

That was the dropping of his disguise, fully exposing his identity.

Every cultivator stepping into the Cave Realm underwent a transformation, their divine soul, spirit mind, and essential spirit all experiencing changes, and during this process, all physical alterations, disguises, and covers were forcibly removed.

The [Secret Demon Transformation Technique] that Tao Qian cast on himself was no exception.

Thus, both the righteous and the evil watched as within the glow of the dawn, a figure renowned as "Master Skull Smashing Lin Runiu" of the Secret Toad Sect, instantly transformed into a youthful Daoist glowing with immortal light, handsome and clear, as if an immortal.

That Spirit Treasure Immortal Radiance, with a rainbow light spanning thousands of miles, instantly revealed his true origins.

Undoubtedly a Spirit Treasure Cultivator!

And on the side of the evil demons, among those five incomparably seductive daughters of the Devil God, the Red Robed Demoness Yin Susu, watched Tao Qian, dumbfounded.

Across the battlefield, despite the distance, she screamed hysterically:

"Tao Qian!"

"Little thief."

Even the dullest person could hear the obsessive resentment in her scream.

This woman, she probably wanted to eat Tao Qian's flesh?

As other cultivators thought this, Tao Qian did not pay any attention to Yin Susu. He did not even have time to count the gains from his breakthrough, let alone deal with the Devil God Princess who almost tainted his innocence.

Muttering to himself, Tao Qian wore no expression of either sorrow or joy on his face; he simply watched Zhong Ziyang and Ying Qingdi, who were still fighting, and the last group of Yellow Robed Lamas emerging from the Evil Lake.

He turned to Lin Bujue, Chen Xiyi, and Qi Daozhen, apologizing:

"Brothers, as you can see, I am both Lin Runiu and the Spirit Treasure True Inheritor Tao Qian."

"Forced to assume a false identity to join the society, now that I've revealed my roots, I must leave soon to prevent bringing disaster upon the Ancestor Dragon Society."

"But before I go, I must refine these Hundred Yellow Robed Lamas."

After saying this, Tao Qian didn't wait for his fellow Daoist brothers to respond.

Suddenly, he raised his hand to summon the Yu Ding and the Valley God Gui, looked at them seriously, and finally showed a smile, saying:

"Not long ago, I was suspicious of these two treasures, their power and mana seemed incomparable to the [Mountain and River Map]; how dare they claim to be among the Nine Provinces' Twelve Artifacts?"

"It was because of my mindset. To cultivate the immortal Dao, one must first cultivate the Human Dao. Saving others also means saving oneself; I only thought of gathering treasures and saving myself, no wonder the Divine Treasures were only willing to show a single layer of power, which probably was given considering the Human Dao Fortune I accumulated."

"Immortal Dao values life, boundlessly saving people; Tao Qian has learned his lesson."

As he spoke, Tao Qian already started to act.

Regardless of right or wrong, everyone was still dazed at this moment.

Only when Tao Qian took action did they start to comprehend, what exactly had happened?

Inside Shangyang City, amidst the battleground of immortals and demons, right and wrong, the most notable person was indeed one of three.

The first two, Ying Qingdi showed his true nature as Evil God's Offspring, and Zhong Ziyang mutated due to his Dao Heart crumbling, while the third, Master Skull Smashing, publicly revealed his true identity after his breakthrough. Unexpectedly, behaving as a descendant of the Toad Sect while actually being a Spirit Treasure Daoist.

Tao Qian!

Anyone who was not ignorant knew the weight this name held.

The title of "First Heavenly Pride of the Daoist" might be somewhat exaggerated, but if one were to tally his achievements, the major incidents caused by him, and the great calamities he solved, the shock would be even more intense than hearing the title "First Heavenly Pride of the Daoist."

Not to mention Southern Yue, not to discuss Demon City.

Just the event of "Yang Sui Uprising" alone was enough to make this name be recorded in history books.

Note that even Li Wanshou, the old monster who acted as a stepping stone in this grand event, was nothing significant; what truly shook people's hearts was Tao Qian's destruction of the hard-acquired Mountain and River Map, thereby sending the over two-thousand-year-long Longevity Heavenly Dynasty's reign and ancestral system into the grave.

Even though there are many restoration turmoils in the northern provinces currently, confronting the south.

But, Tao Qian's accomplishments could not be erased by anyone.

Now that he had appeared, and in such a grand manner, naturally, no one could overlook him.

One of Tao Qian's old acquaintances, the Shaoqing Witch Shi Yingqiong, immediately showed a delighted expression upon seeing him, shouting:

"Brother Tao is actually here, good, truly good."

"Since parting in Demon City, Ying Qiong has missed Brother Tao terribly."

"Being able to fight side by side again is indeed Ying Qiong's fortune."

Shi Yingqiong was cold and unmatched in killing, showing a cold face to everyone.

Only towards those Daoists she recognized did she show considerable warmth.