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Chapter 3180 The Root of the Calamity

"Clang!"

The broken sword landed on Shen Changqing's throat with a crisp, metallic sound, leaving only a white mark but failing to penetrate his skin's defenses.

As if unaware, the purple-clad beast moved again with ghostly speed, and in less than a moment, it had almost touched every vital point on Shen Changqing's body.

But a pity.

An attack from a Celestial Emperor of the later stages.

It is difficult to break through Shen Changqing's current physical defenses.

Refining the weapon into one's body!

It cannot be broken by anyone who is not at the peak of the Immortal Emperor level.

Just as the purple-clad demonic beast was about to attack again, Shen Changqing reached out with his right hand, easily pinched the broken sword between two fingers, and then gave it a powerful shake, causing the incomplete imperial artifact to shatter.

then.

With a casual flick of his wrist, Shen Changqing easily pierced the latter's skull with the broken sword.

Even so, the purple-clad beast was still alive. Shen Changqing didn't want to waste time with it, so he raised his hand and unleashed a palm strike, instantly causing the beast's body to explode.

As the purple-clad demonic beast perished, a dark gold storage ring fell to the ground.

Shen Changqing reached out and grabbed the storage ring in his hand.

Divine thoughts probed in.

Everything inside is on full display.

The storage ring contained only a stone tablet and a recording stone.

Shen Changqing's divine sense landed on the stone tablet, and immediately an ancient Daoist aura erupted, with all sorts of information surging into his mind.

After a while.

Shen Changqing withdrew his divine sense from the stone tablet, looking at the weakening Daoist aura on it, his expression unchanged.

The Immortal Scripture of Dustlessness!

The legacy of the Dustless Immortal Sect, a cultivation technique at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm.

This way.

The identity of the purple-clad demon beast seemed quite obvious.

"Sect Master of the Dustless Immortal Sect!"

Only someone with this kind of status could possibly carry the complete inheritance of the sect.

but.

The Immortal Scripture of Dustlessness is good.

But it was useless against Shen Changqing as well.

After all, the Wuchen Immortal Scripture is ultimately just a cultivation technique passed down at the Immortal Emperor level. Since Shen Changqing obtained the Ancient Immortal Scripture, he naturally looked down on the Wuchen Immortal Scripture.

but.

Shen Changqing could understand as well.

If this sect leader of the Wuchen Immortal Sect were at his peak, his strength would be considerable, at least at the level of the peak of the Immortal Emperor.

After all, the opponent has been in decline for so many years, and his physical body has decayed, yet he can still retain the strength of a late-stage Immortal Emperor. It is not surprising that he was at the peak of the Immortal Emperor level during his prime.

In a place like the Northern Star Domain, a sect with a peak Immortal Emperor presiding over it is undoubtedly one of the strongest.

Shen Changqing even had some doubts about whether the Wuchen Immortal Sect was the overlord of the Beichen Region in those ancient times.

Subsequently.

Shen Changqing looked at the photo-recording stone.

As his divine sense entered the recording stone, a deep voice immediately came to his mind.

"Later generations, when you obtain this image stone, the Wuchen Immortal Sect will have already been destroyed. I am Li Jingyi, the current sect master of the Wuchen Immortal Sect. I only regret that my cultivation is too low to protect the sect."

Although I am dying, I still leave behind the legacy of the Wuchen Immortal Sect. I hope you will obtain it and be able to revive the Wuchen Immortal Sect!

The voice faded away.

Shen Changqing then noticed that the gaze suddenly changed.

A vast immortal sect came into his sight.

Just a glance.

Shen Changqing could tell that this immortal sect was the Wuchen Immortal Sect.

Although it differs somewhat from where I am now, the general similarities are still apparent.

suddenly.

The sky collapsed.

A long gray river suddenly poured down, instantly submerging most of the Wuchen Immortal Sect. Any cultivator who came into contact with the gray river water instantly lost their nature and became beings who only knew how to kill.

In just a short while, the tranquility of the Wuchen Immortal Sect was shattered.

The other powerful figures from various sects were all bewildered by what had happened.

at this time.

A figure in purple robes appeared, gazing at the gray river that had submerged most of the Wuchen Immortal Sect. His expression showed both anger and horror.

"Evil!!!"

Although shocked, the purple-robed Taoist quickly recovered and organized the remaining cultivators to fight against the fellow cultivators who had been turned into demonic beasts.

Kill!

There was no stopping!

However, with the purple-robed Taoist leading the way, the victory in this war is gradually tilting in the direction of the Dustless Immortal Sect.

But then, the scene changed again.

Above the Wuchen Immortal Sect, which had transformed into a battlefield of carnage, a colossal being whose face was obscured suddenly appeared.

The purple-robed Taoist priest, his face filled with grief and indignation, said angrily, "Does the Venerable One truly refuse to grant our sect a way out?"

"The power of the evil has already infiltrated the Wuchen Immortal Sect. If such power is allowed to leak out, it will be a catastrophe."

Your Wuchen Immortal Sect is the root cause of this calamity; the outcome was already predetermined!

The immortal being spoke indifferently, and then immediately set up a Great Dao restriction, sealing off the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect.

This is the end.

The Wuchen Immortal Sect is completely isolated from the outside world.

Followed by.

Then the scene shifts again.

The Wuchen Immortal Sect was reduced to ruins.

Almost all cultivators were corrupted by the power of evil spirits, and completely turned into evil beasts that only knew how to kill.

His purple Taoist robe was stained with blood, and his gentle face was filled with hatred and resentment.

The other person turned their head and seemed to meet Shen Changqing's eyes, and the latter could clearly see the hatred in the former's eyes.

"When the calamity struck, our sect fought desperately to prevent the evil beast from spreading to all sides. Many disciples of the Wuchen Immortal Sect fought to the death, but ended up like this. I am naturally unwilling to accept this."

However… even an immortal emperor is but an ant before immortality; I am truly the eternal sinner of the Wuchen Immortal Sect!

……

The picture ends here.

Stopped abruptly.

Shen Changqing looked at the broken recording stone, then at the place where Li Jingyi had fallen, and then with a wave of his sleeve, all the scattered bones and remains were buried together.

Subsequently.

Shen Changqing found a stone tablet and placed it there.

The Tomb of Li Jingyi, Sect Master of the Dustless Immortal Sect!

After doing all this, Shen Changqing slowly said, "Having inherited your Wuchen Immortal Sect's legacy, I will bury your bones here, so that your corpse won't be left to rot in the wilderness."

Shen Changqing felt some emotion about the destruction of the Wuchen Immortal Sect, but not much.

After all.

Again.

Weakness is the original sin!

From the corruption of the sect by the power of evil spirits to the appearance of evil beasts, the Wuchen Immortal Sect has never retreated an inch. They have fought a bloody battle with their former comrades who have transformed into evil beasts, all in order to prevent the evil beasts from invading the Beichen Domain and causing devastation to other places.

But the mistake lies precisely in this.

The Wuchen Immortal Sect is too weak.

It was too weak to deal with all the evil beasts, nor could it resolve the pollution of the evil aura, let alone the arrival of the immortal being.

This.

This led to the downfall of the Wuchen Immortal Sect.

As for that immortal being, the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect was no different from ants, and whether they perished or not was of no consequence. He sealed them away without waiting for the Wuchen Immortal Sect cultivators to leave, just to save trouble.

There is no escape route.

Being constantly polluted and eroded by evil forces, watching helplessly as one gradually sinks into depravity, is that not also a kind of cruelty?

Therefore, Shen Changqing naturally understood Li Jingyi's final hatred.

The matter of the Dustless Immortal Sect.

This also made Shen Changqing understand.

Those immortals in the Nine Heavens Celestial Realm seem to be extremely wary of evil spirits.

to this end.

They even went so far as to seal away the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect.

but--

The gray river seen in the recording stone looks terrifying, but it pales in comparison to the gray river that invaded the Void Star Domain back then.

After all, if it were the aura of that spatial evil that was polluting them, the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect would probably have been instantly corrupted, so there would be no question of resistance.

As Shen Changqing continued to delve deeper into the Wuchen Immortal Sect, many evil beasts revived, but they posed no threat to Shen Changqing.

He even killed Li Jingyi, so what chance did he have against ordinary monsters?

When they finally arrived above the main peak of the Wuchen Immortal Sect, looking down from above, they saw a long gray river stretching across the sky and dividing the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect in two.

Countless malevolent beasts guarded the gray river, and the water churned, suggesting an unpredictable danger.

The moment he saw the gray river, an aggressive divine sense bombarded him, as if it wanted to completely devour Shen Changqing.

however.

Shen Changqing's cultivation has now broken through to the middle stage of Immortal Emperor, and his divine sense has further strengthened, making his power difficult to shake.

"As expected, the calamity power of the Wuchen Immortal Sect is much weaker than that of that other space!"

The word "evil" is used to describe the disaster.

This was something Shen Changqing learned from the photographic stone.

Even if he doesn't make a breakthrough in his cultivation, the evil power within this gray river will prevent him from being corrupted for the time being.

unless.

Shen Changqing ventured alone into the gray river, or like Li Jingyi, stayed here year after year, constantly eroded by the power of evil spirits; in that case, there was a possibility of him falling into ruin.

However, as long as one is careful, this level of evil spirit power poses little threat to Shen Changqing.

But that's the case.

Shen Changqing became increasingly wary of the so-called evil spirits.

Shen Changqing did not witness the scene before the space in front of him collapsed, so he naturally had little feeling about it.

But seeing the scene in the recording stone and witnessing firsthand how an ancient sect fell into ruin made Shen Changqing truly understand the terror of evil spirits.

Such things exist.

Even a wisp of breath can unleash a cataclysmic disaster.

According to the Blood Demon Sect's records, the evil spirits are the embodiment of calamities, and there is no exaggeration in that statement.

After taking one last deep look at the gray river, Shen Changqing turned and left.

His purpose in coming here was not to resolve the calamity afflicting the Wuchen Immortal Sect, nor was he capable of doing so.

If it were Jiuye himself who came, that would be fine.

however.

Jiuye stayed at the Xuantian Dao Sect.

Shen Changqing traveled to the Northern Star Domain alone.

As they spent more time together, communication between them became much easier. By now, Jiu Ye was able to listen to some of Shen Changqing's words and at least wouldn't follow him around like glue.

and so.

Nine leaves did not arrive.

Even if Shen Changqing had absolute confidence in his own strength, he couldn't possibly be so naive as to think that he could solve the source of the calamity in the Wuchen Immortal Sect.

Even the most immortal being from ancient times couldn't truly resolve the source of these calamities; the only solution was to seal it away.

If the other party had the ability to resolve this, they would have acted long ago, instead of setting up a Great Dao restriction that completely buried the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect.

In addition-

Shen Changqing's true purpose for this trip was to find the Ascension Altar and then discover the means to refine it.

……

Less than half a day.

Shen Changqing saw an ancient altar on the main peak.

The altar was dilapidated, but the Daoist principles it contained remained profound and unfathomable. Even with Shen Changqing's current level of understanding, he could hardly comprehend its mysteries.

"Ascension Altar!"

The moment Shen Changqing saw the altar, he recognized it as the ascension altar he was looking for.

There is no other reason.

On this altar.

Shen Changqing sensed that extremely faint wisp of cosmic energy.

This cosmic aura is different from that of the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm; it is the unique aura of the countless microscopic universes.

but.

The ascension altar before us was already severely damaged and no longer possessed its former power.

"The Ascension Altar is no longer usable, but the Wuchen Immortal Sect might have a way to build one. We need to search for it again!"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Changqing decided to put the Ascension Altar in front of him into the Seven Profound Divine Tower. Even if he couldn't find what he wanted later, he could at least study the Ascension Altar in front of him and maybe he could understand some mysteries from it.

The reason he didn't include it in the Heavenly Universe was because this was the Wuchen Immortal Sect, and Shen Changqing couldn't be sure whether the Ascension Altar had been tainted by anything it shouldn't have.

If we rashly take in the universe, and something goes wrong, that would be a huge problem.

But the opposite happened.

These hidden dangers will be eliminated once the Seven Mysterious Divine Tower is acquired.

So far.

Shen Changqing was unable to probe the depths of the Seven Mysterious Divine Tower.

He initially thought this treasure was an innate imperial weapon, but after seeing that the Seven Profound Divine Tower could deduce the level of a half-saint, he changed his mind.

If there is any problem, the power of the Seven Mysterious Divine Tower is sufficient to solve it.

If even the Seven Mysterious Divine Towers can't solve this, then that's another story.

Next.

Shen Changqing was walking within the Wuchen Immortal Sect. The place on the main peak where the classics and inheritances were stored was already dilapidated. Although some inheritances remained, they could not withstand the erosion of time, and all the Daoist charm had dissipated.

to this end.

Shen Changqing had no choice but to search in other places.

along the way.

Many evil beasts have been resurrected.

Shen Changqing killed them all one by one.

Whether it's a demonic beast from the Ancient Immortal Realm or a demonic beast from the Immortal Emperor Realm, they are all utterly helpless in front of him.

It was less than a day.

Shen Changqing killed no fewer than ten Immortal Emperor-level demonic beasts.

In this regard.

He was also somewhat shocked by the strength of the Wuchen Immortal Sect.

Not to mention that a sect in the Northern Star Domain has a powerful expert who is suspected to be at the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, it also has at least ten other Immortal Emperors.

Just this one point.

It is something that no other sect can compare to.

At least in the Northern Star Domain today, no sect can compare with the Dustless Immortal Sect.

Don't even mention being on par with them.

Even half of the Wuchen Immortal Sect might not have that many.

visible.

Just how powerful was the Wuchen Immortal Sect back then?

If he were alive today, he could at least become the overlord of the Northern Star Region.

Yet even such a powerful sect was ultimately cut off from its retreat by an immortal being and was directly destroyed in the calamity.

Whether facing immortality or calamity, the Wuchen Immortal Sect always appeared so weak.

Such power.

It's only relative.

at the same time.

Shen Changqing also discovered that other forces had entered this area.

Such situations.

He didn't stop it either.

Currently, this place is overrun by evil beasts, and the evil forces are still active. Entering rashly will surely bring disaster.

But Shen Changqing also knew that even if he tried to persuade them, no one would listen.

An opportunity is at hand.

How many people can truly resist temptation?

An ancient sect represents so much, whether it's resources or top-tier inheritances, it's enough to drive many forces crazy.

Shen Changqing couldn't stop such things, and he wouldn't try to stop them.

After slaying another Immortal Emperor-level demonic beast, Shen Changqing finally found what he wanted from the storage ring in the beast's hand.

"Secret Records of the Ascension Altar!"

Within a jade talisman, there was a technique called the Ascension Altar Secret Record.

This method is different from formations, cultivation techniques, and supernatural abilities; it is also different from weapon forging and refining techniques. It is a special secret method.

From this secret method, Shen Changqing finally understood how to build the Ascension Altar.

"Forging the Ascension Altar is not too difficult. As long as you find the appropriate materials and have the essence of the living beings in that universe as a catalyst, you can successfully forge it."

Having ascended from the myriad universes, my final request has been fulfilled. Now, I only need to find the necessary materials to begin crafting the Ascension Altar!

Shen Changqing smiled calmly, having obtained such a secret technique, this trip could be considered a complete success.

This way.

He also did not intend to stay in the Wuchen Immortal Sect for long.

After all, the power of evil spirits exists here, and no one knows what kind of trouble will follow.

There is one more most important point.

That means the immortal who set up the restriction back then may not have perished. If the other party is still alive and notices that the restriction has a problem, they might reappear.

Shen Changqing was also extremely wary of this immortal being who indirectly destroyed the entire Wuchen Immortal Sect.

With his current strength, he is not yet qualified to face an immortal being.

Even if it's just a half-saint at the first tribulation stage, it's not something I can deal with at my current stage.

The power of longevity.

One must at least possess the strength to step onto the Immortal Emperor's Stele to have a chance to even attempt a match, but that's all.

Prior to this.

Shen Changqing naturally did not want to meet Changsheng.

Moreover.

The immortal who destroyed the Wuchen Immortal Sect may not have been just a half-saint at the first tribulation. Even if he was a half-saint at the first tribulation back then, no one knows how far he has gone over the countless years.

and so.

To avoid trouble.

Shen Changqing naturally did not want to stay here any longer.

Immediately.

Shen Changqing was heading towards the outside world.

but--

As Shen Changqing was about to leave the Wuchen Immortal Sect, he saw a force fighting against a demonic beast.

The demonic beasts were numerous, and one of them, comparable to an Immortal Emperor, was among them. The force fighting against it was none other than the Jade Cloud Temple.

See this scene.

Shen Changqing flicked his finger, killing the Immortal Emperor's demonic beast.

Yunxiaozi, who was fighting, was startled when he saw this scene, but when he saw Shen Changqing's figure, his expression immediately became respectful.

"I've met senior!"

Shen Changqing glanced at Yun Xiaozi and said calmly, "There is great trouble within the Wuchen Immortal Sect. I suggest you do not get involved, otherwise it will be too late to regret it if something goes wrong."

After saying this, Shen Changqing left without waiting for Yunxiaozi to speak.

Offering a word of advice was already an act of goodwill; whether the other party listened or not was none of my concern. (End of Chapter)