A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 118

Chapter 117 Situation, Arrival, Settlement, Planning

Several months later, a flying boat sped across the central waters of the Inner Star Sea.

Two figures walked one after the other on the boat.

“This Inner Star Sea is truly vast. Just traveling from the southwest corner of Kui Xing Island to the central waters, and even using the flying boat technique of a Core Formation cultivator like a Sha Dan clone, took more than five months.”

This distance already exceeded ten million miles.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would need more than half a month to fly normally.

And between the Inner Star Sea and the Outer Star Sea lies a deep abyss that would take a Core Formation cultivator at full speed at least five years to cross.

It’s hard to imagine how vast the Outer Star Sea is.

No wonder there are several level ten demon cultivators comparable to late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and countless high-level demon beasts.

“It was truly remarkable that Fairy Ice Soul and the others were able to snatch the Inner Star Sea from the demon beast kings of the Outer Sea for humans to inhabit.”

As for why they wanted to occupy the Inner Star Sea?

In his abandoned draft, there were three settings.

The first was the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, more accurately, the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo.

The inner star sea was suitable for the growth of Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

The primordial energy here periodically nurtured and transformed new Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. After ten

thousand years of cultivation, the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo became the Golden Thunder Bamboo.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo was one of the three great divine trees, helpful in suppressing demonic and evil methods. Since the once-super-powerful “Evil Dragon Clan” physically destroyed most of the Golden Thunder Bamboo artifacts in the Spirit Realm and its countless subordinate smaller realms, the Golden Thunder Bamboo became extremely rare. Even in the Spirit Realm, the Golden Thunder Bamboo was a rare treasure, difficult for even Mahayana cultivators to obtain.

Since the human realm had a source of Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, the Ice Soul Fairy and others naturally hoped that the rising stars of the human race in the lower realm could make good use of it.

Thus,

a balanced model was formed between the inner star sea dominated by humans and the nearby outer star sea dominated by demons.

The second setting in the abandoned draft was

the Rainbow Grass,

also known as the Demon-Attracting Grass.

The Demon-Attracting Grass thrives in coral reef environments, and is even more concentrated in a few specific areas of the Inner Star Sea.

This spiritual herb does not enhance cultivation, but every hundred years, when its leaves unfold, it emits a strange, peculiar odor. Once consumed by demonic beasts or insects, the demonic beasts’ reproductive capacity increases dramatically.

The Chaotic Star Sea already teems with demonic beasts, making it extremely difficult for humans to establish themselves there. If the demon race were to acquire this “weapon,” coupled with the gradual departure of Nascent Soul cultivators returning from the Spirit Realm, it’s likely that within a few thousand years, humanity’s foundation here would be lost.

Furthermore, the existence of the Demon-Attracting Grass greatly increases the risk of the demon race multiplying rapidly and eventually sweeping across the entire human realm, threatening several continents.

This realm is the human realm, not the demon realm.

The Ice Soul Fairy and other cultivators from the lower realms naturally cannot allow the demon race to grow stronger while humanity declines.

Therefore,

the Rainbow Grass cannot be used by the demon race.

Its production area must be firmly controlled by the human race.

Humanity needs more demons as cultivation resources, so they use the Rainbow Grass to cultivate more demon bloodlines.

If humanity feels there are too many demons, then the Rainbow Grass will temporarily disappear.

This is the mindset of ancient cultivators.

Finally, there’s the third setting from the abandoned draft:

the Void Heaven Palace.

To be precise, it’s one of the few remaining Spirit Gardens in the human realm,

and definitely the largest.

Located between the boundary wall and the human realm, the Void Heaven Palace receives firsthand spiritual energy and stellar radiance drawn from outside the boundary. Due to its unique geographical conditions, the spiritual energy within the Void Heaven Palace is always abundant. This colossal Void Heaven Palace not only operates on its own but also continuously produces various rare treasures for future generations.

With the Void Heaven Palace serving as a human instance within the inner star sea, humanity has a stable channel for producing Nascent Soul cultivators and numerous longevity-extending elixirs.

These three arrangements serve two purposes: one to defend against the demon race as a backup

plan, and another to prevent the rise of the demon race.

Another was to mentor the younger generation and prevent the decline of humanity.

These three contingency plans were interconnected.

Unfortunately, humanity in the Inner Star Sea had been peaceful for tens of thousands of years, becoming complacent and only concerned with their own small territories.

The Star Palace, as the dominant

force, began suppressing dissent and targeting other factions at every turn.

Internally, the seclusion of the Heavenly Star Twin Saints had created chaos.

The Six Paths Supreme Saint of the Demonic Path was a ruthless and restless ruler. Centuries ago, he nearly turned his younger sister, also a Nascent Soul cultivator, into a corpse for cultivating the Six Extremes True Demon Art—truly ruthless.

Wan Sangu of the Righteous Path was no better.

She joined forces with the Demonic Path to oppose the Star Palace, aiming to overthrow its absolute dominance in the Inner Star Sea.

All were ambitious and restless individuals.

Of course,

if they succeeded, there would be no further explanation. However,

the infighting among the four great cultivators of the Star Sea led to widespread internal strife, not only failing to elevate humanity but also nearly causing a critical shortage of great cultivators.

The demon race of the Outer Star Sea almost reaped a huge advantage.

If the Noble Bird rises in the Outer Star Sea and joins forces with the Level 10 Golden Flood Dragon King, the human race of the Inner Star Sea will be doomed.

The Golden Flood Dragon King is also an ambitious schemer

, and crucially, he harbors immense malice towards humanity.

The rising Noble Bird and the Level 10 Golden Flood Dragon King, one specializing in physical strength, the other in speed and agility. Even ordinary Grandmaster cultivators would suffer greatly if they faced each other alone, let alone in the Inner Star Sea, which lacks a Grandmaster to protect it.

…

Withdrawing his thoughts,

Han Li calmly looked at a massive island thousands of miles away.

Rather than an island, it was more like a small continent. The

island was over ten thousand miles in size, and in its center, a mountain peak two or three hundred thousand feet high rose straight up, piercing the clouds and towering above this vast, boundless sea.

This was the Sacred Mountain of the Star Palace.

Up close, the sacred mountain resembles a giant sword piercing the sky and embedding itself directly into the azure sea.

From a greater distance, the sacred mountain and the giant island appear as the hilt and hilt of the sword, respectively.

“What a magnificent sacred mountain, what a magnificent city.”

Stepping onto the island’s soil, Han Li couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Before the colossal island and towering peaks spanning tens of thousands of miles, he felt like an ant. The sheer grandeur of it all left him bewildered.

Normally, when he flew, he would traverse at altitudes of a thousand or even ten thousand feet.

But those thousands, even tens of thousands of feet were merely the instep of his feet before the sacred mountains and towering peaks before him.

Even Taiyue Mountain in Huangfeng Valley of Tiannan seemed insignificant compared to the Star Palace Sacred Mountain.

Incomparable, utterly incomparable…

And Tianxing City was a super-large city occupying the entire island.

It was said that its population accounted for one-tenth of the total population of the Inner Star Sea.

Due to its exceptional spiritual veins, ranking among the top three in the Inner Star Sea, and its advantageous central location, it became the main city of the Star Palace, a behemoth power among the Star Sea’s human race.

Of course…

Besides the giant island where Tianxing City is located, the Star Palace also occupies eight sea areas on the outer perimeter of the Inner Star Sea, which has already been explored, and four sea areas in the central circle. In each sea area, it has established directly administered sub-islands on the three largest islands.

This means that the Star Palace’s influence encompasses a significant portion of the Inner

Star Sea. The Kui Xing Island sea area in the southwest corner is one of the many outer sea areas belonging to the Star Palace.

Kui Xing Island is one of the twenty-four outer islands.

Normally, the Star Palace, occupying such a vast sea area, is already a behemoth. However, in earlier years, the Star Palace secretly expanded its influence, establishing many branches unknown to outsiders, such as the White Water Sword Sect. Through these branches, it subtly and gradually eroded the territories and resources of various forces.

The idea was good, but unfortunately, Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing, the two Saints of Tianxing, encountered problems.

These two, who have been famous for nearly a thousand years, chose to cultivate the problematic Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. Due to the depth of their cultivation, they are now unable to easily leave the area within ten thousand miles of the Holy Mountain.

Unable to leave the sacred mountain of Tianxing City, the two Heavenly Saints, before the news leaked out, only had a deterrent effect and could no longer control the righteous and demonic paths.

In other words, the Inner Star Sea at this time was actually on the verge of turmoil.

It was just waiting for a spark to ignite the Reverse Star Alliance.

On the surface of this sea, large ships sailed against the wind and waves.

On board were mortals and cultivators.

There were Qi Refining cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators.

This place could be described as a mixed bag.

After arriving in Tianxing City, Han Li waved his hand and spent 1,600 spirit stones to buy two permanent identity tokens.

As a Core Formation cultivator, the Fiend Core clone could reside permanently in Tianxing City for free, so naturally, he didn’t need to pay these spirit stones. However, he still bought one for Qu Hun.

Only with a permanent identity token could one stay in Tianxing City for an extended period.

Otherwise, they would be periodically locked down by Tianxing City’s super island-protecting array and subsequently investigated.

At that time, once identified as a spy… it wouldn’t be something that a few spirit stones could resolve.

To avoid attracting attention, he and the Fiend Core clone initially entered the city separately, not together.

After entering the city, Han Li gazed at the Holy Mountain.

From the foot of the mountain to its waist, the entire mountain was densely covered with countless ancient buildings. Some pavilions and towers were tens of feet high. Up close, they must have been exceptionally magnificent.

Before he could even release his divine sense, no fewer than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators had passed by him.

“Interesting, the proportion of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the city seems to be much higher than in Huangfeng Valley…”

This was only the outer edge of the city.

In the Tiannan region, the ratio of Foundation Establishment cultivators to Qi Refining cultivators in major sects is generally above 1:20,

even 1:30 .

Including independent cultivators and family forces, it might reach 1:40 or even 1:50.

For example, Huangfeng Valley has as many as 12,000 to 13,000 Qi Refining cultivators, but only about 400 Foundation Establishment cultivators, a ratio between 1:20 and 1:30.

However, in the Chaotic Star Sea, there is no such large ratio difference.

Along his journey, the ratio of Foundation Establishment to Qi Refining cultivators was usually 1:15.

Upon arriving in Tianxing City, the ratio further narrowed to 1:10 or even 1:8 .

That is to say, for every 10 Qi Refining cultivators encountered, one would run into a Foundation Establishment cultivator. This

shows the “abundance” of Foundation Establishment Pills in the Chaotic Star Sea.

Previously, passing through a market, he inquired about the price of Foundation Establishment Pills, and they only cost a little over 200 spirit stones. (Comparable to over 1,000 spirit stones in Tiannan.)

That’s right.

Foundation Establishment Pills are that worthless here.

“It’s a pity. If I hadn’t fallen out with Huangfeng Valley, with the Foundation Establishment Pills I provided, they would definitely have soared. Becoming one of the top sects in Tiannan would have been just a matter of time.”

He had Huangfeng Valley’s protection.

Huangfeng Valley had his support.

Both sides could have benefited mutually.

Unfortunately, it ended badly. Of

course,

he wasn’t regretting it for himself, but for Huangfeng Valley, where he had lived for over a decade, and for the families he had befriended.

“First, let’s go to the Holy Mountain to choose a cave dwelling.”

He couldn’t let Xiaobai and Xiaoyu stay cooped up in their spirit beast pouches for too long.

“Then, let’s order the Demon-Attracting Grass…”

Ordering a hundred years in advance and having someone take special care of it would yield a large harvest of Rainbow Grass that would be ready to unfurl its leaves a hundred years later.

If they could find the Gold-Eating Insects, the first wave of spawning could meet the requirements.

As for feasibility?

“If I remember correctly, the Azure Cloud Sect and the Extreme Yin Island fabricated the identity of the ‘Insect Demon’ in their original trajectory to force out the original body. The Insect Demon is called the Insect Demon because of the overwhelming swarms of insects.”

These two sects were able to successfully create the Insect Demon character to frame the original body, and actually cultivate tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of dangerous spirit insects in a short period of time, undoubtedly by utilizing the growth-inducing power of the Demon-Attracting Grass.

In other words,

the possibility of rapidly cultivating a large number of Gold-Eating Insects exists, and obtaining a thousand-year-old Demon-Attracting Grass that has just begun to unfurl its leaves is entirely feasible.

It all depends on whether he can uncover the key.

Even without the small bottle, there are ways to survive.

And it might not be any worse than the original body who possessed the small bottle.

…

The Holy Mountain spirals upwards, forming one level.

It is divided into eighty-one levels in total.

The first fifty levels are open to countless cave dwellings for visiting cultivators; anyone with spirit stones can rent them.

The last thirty levels are only for Star Palace cultivators at least at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The highest level is the residence of the Heavenly Star Twin Saints.

The highest level has the most concentrated and purest spiritual energy.

It decreases progressively downwards.

Even a spiritual vein cave at the foot of the mountain can reduce the cultivation time of cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage by about one-fifth.

After the thirtieth level, cultivation speed can be increased by more than a quarter.

Above the fiftieth level, it can be accelerated by about one-third.

“Which caves above the thirtieth level of the Holy Mountain are still vacant?”

The Fiend Core clone asked the Foundation Establishment disciple handling affairs at the Star Palace.

“Senior, there are six on the thirty-first level… one on the forty-eighth level!”

“How many spirit stones would it cost to rent the forty-eighth level for a hundred years?”

“Three thousand six hundred…”

“Give me the vacant cave on the forty-eighth level. Here are three thousand six hundred spirit stones.” The Fiend Core clone waved his hand, and a small pile of spirit stones appeared before the Star Palace disciple.

“Senior has good taste. The spiritual energy of the cave on the forty-eighth level is quite abundant. Please wait a moment, Senior, I will go and complete the check-in procedures.” The Star Palace staff member smiled.

Three thousand six hundred spirit stones can be rented for a hundred years.

In other words, it would cost thirty-six spirit stones annually as rent.

Thirty-six spirit stones had considerable purchasing power in the Chaotic Star Sea, equivalent to over two hundred spirit stones in Tiannan.

Fortunately, it was worth it.

Accelerating cultivation speed by about thirty percent was certainly worthwhile.

“Take me to my residence,”

the Fiend Core clone gestured.

“Zhang Yan, take this senior there.”

“Yes, Uncle-Master.”

The Fiend Core clone was then led to the new residence by a young disciple of the Star Palace.

Han Li followed at a distance.

The journey was uneventful.

Just before the Qi Refining stage disciple from the Star Palace was about to take his leave, the Fiend Core clone waved his hand, giving him ten low-grade spirit stones and some high-quality low-level pills:

“Thank you for your hard work on this journey, young friend.”

With his current discernment, he could easily distinguish the quality of a low-level cultivator’s spiritual roots.

With just one glance, he could tell that this young man was neither a pseudo-spiritual root nor a triple-spiritual root.

Most likely, he possessed dual spiritual roots or a special physique.

With such potential as a minor genius, coupled with the spiritual veins of the Star Palace Sacred Mountain, forming a Core within a century wouldn’t be particularly difficult.

Making a good connection now might prove useful later.

For example, he could tell him more about Tianxing City.

“Thank you, senior.”

The young man accepted the tip, sniffed the pills in the bottle, and was overjoyed.

These pills were undoubtedly made from precious spiritual herbs over a hundred years old.

He wasn’t a family cultivator; otherwise, he would have received family investment to cultivate diligently on the Sacred Mountain, instead of doing dirty work here.

But he firmly believed that with his talent and hard work, he could definitely rise above others.

He remembered this senior who was so kind to him.

Once he formed his Core, he would definitely befriend him.

“By the way, young friend, do you know where to place the Rainbow Grass?”

“Senior wishes to have his spirit beasts breed a large number of demon beast cubs?”

“Indeed.”

“Then why don’t you head to the northwest coast of Tianxing City? There are over a dozen families there dealing in Rainbow Grass; you’re sure to achieve your goal. By the way, among those families, the Xu family is the most fair…” the young man said with a smile.

Han Li, hidden in the shadows, and his visible Fiend Core clone, also smiled upon hearing this:

“Alright.”

(End of Chapter)