Chapter 58 : Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Dao Spirit

“That is normal. They likely entered the Body-Melding Immortal Cave, failed to withstand the Immortal Source Power, and were erased by it.”

With just a glance, Lu Xunxian understood how the three had died. He shook his head as he spoke.

But Luo Qianxue caught an important term in Lu Xunxian’s words: Immortal Source Power.

Thinking of something, she could not help swallowing nervously as she asked,

“Master, what is this Immortal Source Power?”

“You do not need to know that yet. Once you ascend to the Immortal Realm, you will naturally know.”

Clearly, however, Lu Xunxian had no intention of telling Luo Qianxue about it. Seeing this, Luo Qianxue could only give up on asking further.

Just then, Lu Qingyun tugged on Lu Xunxian’s hand, looked up at him, and pleaded,

“Daddy, can we let those three grandpas rest in peace? They look so pitiful, just sitting there like that.”

Children were always innocent and pure, innocent to a fault.

If it were anyone else, they probably would not have been able to fulfill Lu Qingyun’s request, but Lu Xunxian was no ordinary person.

“All right. Daddy will let them rest in peace.”

Lu Xunxian smiled, then looked toward the corpses of the three old men. The instant he raised his hand, a mighty force buried their bodies beneath the earth of the Body-Melding Immortal Cave.

Of course, Lu Xunxian collected all the Storage Rings on them first.

Things like Storage Rings could neither be brought into life nor taken into death. He might as well treat them as payment for letting the three rest in peace.

After this small interlude, Lu Xunxian continued onward with them. Before long, they arrived at the farthest point the Extreme Void Saint Emperor had ever reached: a depth of thirty-eight li.

Yet when Luo Qianxue looked at Lu Xunxian, she still could not see the slightest sign that he felt any pressure.

One had to remember that Lu Xunxian was still bringing others with him. Back then, the Extreme Void Saint Emperor had been alone, yet he had still been unable to go any farther once he reached this point.

But Lu Xunxian hardly seemed to feel anything at all. Even if he could only use the strength of the Peak of the Saint Emperor Realm, he was still far beyond those Saint Emperors.

Soon, Lu Xunxian brought them to the fifty-li mark within the Body-Melding Immortal Cave.

After arriving there, he did not continue leading them deeper. The energy there was already sufficient to strengthen their physical bodies.

Luo Qianxue’s worldview had already been overturned by this point. Only after Lu Xunxian stopped did she finally let out a sigh of relief. If they had kept going any deeper, her poor heart would not have been able to take it.

“The energy here is enough for your cultivation. Stay here. I will continue onward and take a look.”

With a wave of his hand, Lu Xunxian laid down a formation there. As long as Luo Qianxue and the others did not step beyond a hundred zhang, there would be no danger at all.

“Master, you still intend to go deeper? This is already deep enough, is it not? If you go farther in, I am worried you will be in danger.”

Luo Qianxue looked deeply worried. She was genuinely concerned for Lu Xunxian’s safety. After all, ever since the Body-Melding Immortal Cave had appeared, no one throughout history had ever been heard of reaching its end.

But Lu Xunxian merely waved his hand, his tone calm.

“Do not worry. This Body-Melding Immortal Cave is nothing to me. With my strength, reaching the end is entirely possible. You only need to cultivate here at ease.”

Once the formation was completed, the violent Immortal Source Power within the cave was transformed by Lu Xunxian into a gentle force that the three of them could absorb.

After finishing all this, Lu Xunxian looked at Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun and instructed them,

“Xiaoyao, Qingyun, Daddy has something to do. You two stay here and cultivate with Sister Qianxue, all right?”

“Mhm, Daddy, I understand. I will protect little sister, so you can go without worry.”

Lu Xiaoyao thumped his chest and made his promise to Lu Xunxian.

The more Lu Xunxian listened, the more he felt there was something odd about that line, but since Xiaoyao was his son, he said nothing.

Lu Xunxian then walked straight out of the formation’s protective range, and the wild, chaotic Immortal Source Power immediately surged toward him in endless waves.

Yet the moment it approached Lu Xunxian, it was blocked by the Dao Resonance around him. It did not even stir the corner of his robe.

Just like that, Lu Xunxian continued deeper and deeper until he soon disappeared from Luo Qianxue’s sight.

Although Luo Qianxue was extremely worried, she could only choose to trust Lu Xunxian. She then began cultivating inside the formation together with Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun.

It had to be said that Lu Xunxian’s attainments in formations were now also terrifyingly profound.

Inside the formation, Luo Qianxue could feel it continuously tempering her physical body, making it stronger and stronger.

Her face was filled with shock. At this rate, if she cultivated inside the Body-Melding Immortal Cave for ten years, her physical body would likely grow strong enough to rival that of a Saint Emperor!

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The violent Immortal Source Power could not hinder Lu Xunxian in the slightest. Step by step, he went where others could never reach, and before long, he arrived at the very end of the Body-Melding Immortal Cave.

At the end of the cave was an enormous cavern. Floating in the air at its center was a gigantic golden sphere, radiating an incomparably dazzling brilliance.

By now, the Immortal Source Power here had reached an utterly terrifying level. Forget Saint Emperors—even if a True Immortal arrived here, they would be killed by the Immortal Source Power in an instant.

“Interesting. Wan Zhong, can you tell what this thing is?”

Lu Xunxian’s tone carried a trace of amusement as he asked.

As soon as he spoke, the Immortal King of Myriad Weights floated out from within Lu Xunxian’s body. But the instant he emerged, he almost got annihilated by the Immortal Source Power. Had Lu Xunxian not blocked it for him, he would likely have been erased on the spot.

“Hiss, it is actually this thing!”

At the sight of the golden sphere, the Immortal King of Myriad Weights could not help sucking in a cold breath.

Never mind his current state—even at his peak, he would have had to be extremely wary of this thing.

“So what exactly is it?”

Seeing even the Immortal King of Myriad Weights react this way only made Lu Xunxian even more interested.

“Reporting to Master, this thing is called a Dao Spirit in the Immortal Realm.”

“It is said that Dao Spirits are born in response to the power of the Heavenly Dao. From the moment of birth, they possess the strength of the True Immortal Realm, and as time passes, a Dao Spirit will ultimately grow to the Immortal Emperor Realm.”

The Immortal King of Myriad Weights hurriedly explained. One had to know that for ordinary people, let alone cultivating to the Immortal Emperor Realm, even reaching the True Immortal Realm was something they could spend their whole lives chasing without ever attaining.

But a Dao Spirit was born with the strength of the True Immortal Realm, and at its peak, it could reach the Immortal Emperor Realm. It stepped from birth onto an endpoint others could never reach. It was an existence of terrifying potential.

“However, Master, there is one thing you must be careful of: the birth of a Dao Spirit will inevitably draw the attention of countless mighty figures in the Immortal Realm.”

“When that time comes, Tiansheng Continent will inevitably be plunged into a storm of blood.”

At this point, the expression of the Immortal King of Myriad Weights grew extremely grave.

When a Dao Spirit was born, it would cause an enormous disturbance. At that time, the mighty experts of the entire Immortal Realm would likely notice the commotion here.

And most importantly, when a Dao Spirit was first born, it was a being without any intelligence. With only a little effort, it could be easily controlled.

In other words, whoever subdued the Dao Spirit would effectively gain an Immortal Emperor as a future backer!