Chapter 1405
While astonished by the unknown power, the Celestial Doctor also felt a deep dread toward the original body of this vessel.
Thus, taking advantage of Xuanyuan Tuo's severe injuries and his unconscious state, the Celestial Doctor began to tamper gradually with his body.
The Celestial Doctor knew that Xuanyuan Tuo was under the protection of that mysterious murmuring force. Therefore, he did not resort to ordinary methods but instead relied solely on the [Heavenly Soul Reincarnation] technique, which forged a connection between the two dual souls, using himself as the medium to slowly infiltrate.
In some sense, he was Xuanyuan Tuo, and Xuanyuan Tuo was him. However, due to the mysterious power enveloping the Xuanyuan Clan's bloodline, Xuanyuan Tuo, who was supposed to lose his independent consciousness, still managed to retain control over his body.
The stronger Xuanyuan Tuo grew, the stronger the Celestial Doctor became alongside him.
As the injuries gradually healed, Xuanyuan Tuo slowly regained consciousness and escaped from the Ocean of Darkness.
The mysterious disappearance of six Immortal Realm experts naturally caused a massive uproar.
However, the Ten Sects had deep foundations. Although this loss had already shaken them to the core, it was not enough to utterly ruin them.
Xuanyuan Tuo had a faint premonition that he would soon face the true trump card of the Ten Sects.
But for some reason, Xuanyuan Tuo seemed to have overestimated the Ten Sects. Until the moment he achieved the Immortal Sovereign status, the Ten Sects never organized a substantial counteroffensive. They merely withdrew their forces, consolidating their own territories.
They let the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals slowly devour the outer smaller factions surrounding the Ten Sects.
When Xuanyuan Tuo finally attained Longevity, the laws of the Xuan Huang Heavenly Earth forever changed.
The old methods ceased, and the new method became the sole path for cultivation across the land.
Xuanyuan Tuo's ideals and ambitions, long harbored within his heart, finally came to fruition. For every person in the world who wished to cultivate, there were no more obstacles.
Although he had foreseen that when cultivators multiplied in number, the resources required to ascend via the new method would eventually become a bottleneck for their progress.
Still, in Xuanyuan Tuo's mind, he already had contingency plans in place.
He absorbed the power of [Golden Governance], which allowed him to manipulate the Xuanhuang Realm, continuously generating various wondrous objects, Cave Heavens, and even the Essence of Heaven and Earth.
Internally, the Xuanhuang Realm kept evolving, its life force endlessly unceasing.
Externally, it annexed and absorbed the remnants of the Immortal Cultivation World still surviving in the Star Sea, replenishing its resources.
As the number of cultivators using the new method grew larger and larger, Xuanyuan Tuo's strength continued to climb ever higher.
Even though the path of immortality had already been severed, he could reach the peak of the Star Sea. At that time, he planned to repair the ancient array left behind by the Ancient Xuan Tian Sect and, with the Xuanhuang Realm, first escape the Immortal Ruins' grasp.
Once he reached a relatively safe zone for a period, he would then harness the power to reverse the Principle of Heaven and Earth granted to him upon achieving the Immortal Sovereign status, to continuously reshape the Xuanhuang Realm.
According to Xuanyuan Tuo's calculations, it would only require several dozens of Immortal Sovereigns united in joint effort to build the Xuanhuang Realm.
With their combined might activating the power of ancient arrays, perhaps they could leap over the High Wall!
Xuanyuan Tuo, whose title was Celestial Dharma Bearer, while continuously accumulating and enhancing his own strength, was secretly examining the cultivators within the Xuanhuang Realm who could shoulder great responsibilities.
He paid no attention to qualifications, focusing only on their temperament and character!
For those who passed his tests, the Celestial Dharma Bearer would discreetly intervene, helping them comprehend the contrary-to-reason methods and directly achieve the Realm of Eternal Life!
Indeed, Xuanyuan Tuo had identified several young people worthy of entrustment.
But before he could act, an unforeseen catastrophe struck the Xuanhuang Realm—Incompatible Cultivation!
This sudden upheaval in Heaven and Earth truly caught Xuanyuan Tuo off guard.
He wielded the Path of [Golden Governance]; the principles of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Earth should have been entirely within his grasp. Yet, inexplicably, such a change occurred...
Xuanyuan Tuo understood—it must be the Xuanhuang Heaven Path unexpectedly awakening a force capable of countering the Path of Golden Governance.
The Great Supreme Lord Xuan Huang!
This name suddenly surfaced in Xuanyuan Tuo's spirit consciousness.
Toward this newly ascended Great Supreme Lord Xuan Huang, Xuanyuan Tuo harbored little malice. In fact, he even contemplated seeking him out for a conversation.
But alas, this Supreme Lord, relying on the power of the Xuanhuang Heaven Path, remained well-hidden.
Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Tuo had to divert his energy to resolve the disarray left behind by the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals after the Incompatible Cultivation catastrophe descended.
The Ten Great Immortal Sects, with their deep foundations, contained disciples with varied cultivation practices. Order still remained and prevented them from instantly crumbling.
However, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, despite its rapid expansion of cultivator numbers, primarily relied on Xuanyuan Tuo's personally deduced [Heavenly Net Divine Technique].
This all-encompassing, master-one-law, Heavensreach technique, under the tribulation's arrival, tragically became the death knell for many within the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals!
The Alliance, having been established only recently, was fundamentally a loose coalition formed by new-method cultivators. Besides Xuanyuan Tuo's personal prestige being exceptionally high, the others lacked the influence to command respect. When the catastrophe struck, the Alliance spiraled into a terrifying state of mutual infighting.
The Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, seen as a major threat by the Ten Sects, thus collapsed before the Ten Sects even launched their attack!
Through this event, Xuanyuan Tuo deeply realized the significance of strong foundations.
The Alliance's rise, though seemingly grandeur, lacked sufficient accumulation. Its capability to withstand risks was utterly inadequate. At the slightest storm, it would snap and break.
Xuanyuan Tuo now struggled to rescue and preserve any remnants of the Alliance's vitality while simultaneously searching for the Great Supreme Lord Xuan Huang.
Yet, having created the new method, if he lacked command of the [Golden Governance], he and the Xuanhuang Heaven Path were essentially at odds.
This meant that the Great Supreme Lord Xuan Huang naturally bore enmity toward him, as irreconcilable as a feud between mortal enemies.
"The misunderstanding runs deep. This is a case of judging deeds but not intentions." Xuanyuan Tuo felt a twinge of regret.