Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!

Tan Shuchang's formidable reputation in the past was nothing to them, but since Tan Shuchang had taken the step that all cultivators had failed to take in three hundred years, the significance changed entirely!

After all, it was immortality!

At that moment, the world of cultivation was doubtless rocked by the sound transmission from Tan Shuchang, sending a vast number of cultivators rushing toward Jingzhou.

However, there was one person who was not at all surprised by Tan Shuchang's successful ascension.

That was naturally the hidden Secluded Spring Blood Demon.

"Hehe, worthy of being of pure blood, even the wrath of the heavens should pay respect to purebloods! Even if I wanted to ascend in this mortal realm, I'd have to continuously erode the will of the heavens. Purebloods need only eight hundred years of cultivation to ascend with ease, and they don't even face tribulation.

However, looking at it now, the purity of the True Immortal bloodline within Tan Shuchang is beyond my expectations!"

The Secluded Spring Blood Demon's gaze flickered continuously; he originally thought the families of immortals had allowed a pureblood to be conceived under the watch of a Purple-Gold Immortal out of respect, but now it seemed this pureblood might actually be the offspring of two Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortals!

If that was the case, after he assimilated the essence of Tan Shuchang's immortal source, he might just be able to peek into the realm of the Heavenly Gang Righteous Law!

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Hahahaha!" The Secluded Spring Blood Demon laughed wildly before continuing to conceal his presence.

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Heavenly Sword Mansion, the Family Head Dong's residence.

There used to be many cultivators here, even people from other branches, but now, only six people remained. These six were the previous generation's Family Head and his wife, Duan Wuya and his wife, and the Heavenly Sword scion along with a certain little girl.

The six of them gathered here and sent others away to consult Tan Shuchang about a question through a communication device.

But as soon as Dongdong had just relayed the question, the clouds in the sky began to drift down, forming a door in front of them. As the door was pushed open from the inside, the figure of a tall young man also emerged.

This man was clad in a mysterious dark robe, upon which the faces of spectral beings could faintly be seen. With every step, a golden lotus blossomed beneath his feet.

It wasn't until the man reached the ground.

"We pay our respects to Demon Lord Tan!"

Five of the six people there hastily offered their salutations. These five were naturally the previous generation's Family Head and his wife, Duan Wuya and his wife, and the last one was the Heavenly Sword scion.

The only one who didn't offer a salute was the little girl, preoccupied with staring at him, utterly indifferent.

This little girl even blinked at Tan Shuchang.

Then, she directly asked, "Why have you come here?"

"Tan Shuchang has seen all the fellow Daoists here, you need not be so formal." Tan Shuchang first clasped his hands in return, and then answered the little girl's question, "You are asking me for instruction for the first time. If I didn't come myself, wouldn't it seem terribly rude of me?"

After his spell had spread throughout the twenty-five states of Jiawu Realm, Dongdong had found Tan Shuchang at the earliest opportunity to consult on the method of achieving immortality.

"You just have to answer whether it's about accumulating a thousand years of cultivation..." Dongdong pouted slightly, puzzled.

"It is about accumulating a thousand years of cultivation." Tan Shuchang nodded, and he didn't explain further about the little girl's confusion; after all, it was rare for her to seek his instruction, and he had to make a note of it.

How else could he have recorded all the expressions and changes in this little girl?

"Ah? It really takes a thousand years of cultivation? Then who else can achieve this, besides you?" Dongdong asked, her little face showing some dismay.

After all, such a requirement was indeed daunting!

She might strive for three hundred years of cultivation, but a thousand years... was simply out of her reach!

"If my senior sister Xue Ning'er hadn't perished, given a few decades and sufficient resources for cultivation, perhaps she would have had a chance." Tan Shuchang thought for a moment before seriously answering the question.

After all, Xue Ning'er's talent for cultivation was truly formidable! With a superior Cultivation Technique, the "Sevenfold Demonic Body Scripture," and without a single cultivation resource, she managed to accumulate twenty-seven years' worth of cultivation within just three years.

Dongdong glanced at Tan Shuchang but said nothing.

Hearing this, Tan Shuchang thought for a moment, and then said, "If the cultivation strength of a thousand years seems too difficult, then according to my calculations, the cultivation strength of three hundred years might actually be sufficient, though it would entail taking a great risk."

Three hundred years of cultivation strength, simply could not quell the wrath of heaven.

However, this might just suffice to show one's sincerity to the will of heaven, thereby barely allowing oneself to achieve immortality. And this begrudgingly granted immortality... naturally comes with a price!

That price was the need to slay two former three-proofs Ascenders for the will of heaven within the next hundred years!

Otherwise, this immortality would turn into a hundred-year trial period!

"Three hundred years?" Dongdong's small face was expressionless, but her eyes flickered decisively, indicating she had made up her mind. Then, she asked somewhat curiously, "If the law of immortality you're going to talk about is just this one, why did you invite all the cultivators to Jingzhou? To facilitate the slaying of Emperor Yi's four sons, maybe?

But you didn't kill them last time at Black Heart Mountain, did you?"

"Ah, those four," Tan Shuchang said, his face serious. "Last time, with Big Sister stirring things up, I actually forgot about that matter for a while. I chose Jingzhou to give my sermon for a reason. If I don't do so, how is my immortality any different from walking in brocade clothes at night?"

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"That's it?" Dongdong glanced sidelong at him.

"Of course, isn't that worth considering?" Tan Shuchang replied.

Upon hearing this, Dongdong seriously tilted her head to think, and then nodded with a poker face.

She felt that the demon cultivator's words made a lot of sense.

In the Jiawu Realm, there hadn't been anyone who had achieved immortality in three hundred years. If she achieved immortality herself, especially when this method of immortality was not some profound magic but merely a hard push that greatly depended on one's talent, she would also want to give a sermon in the face of all the cultivators from around the world!

At that moment, seeing that Tan Shuchang had almost finished taking discreet notes, he clasped his fists to the other five people and then his figure began to fade into nothingness.

Having achieved immortality and with mana extending to every limb, Tan Shuchang's divine skills had become even more mysterious. The phrase 'near immortal' was indeed a fitting description for him.

He was leaving the Heavenly Sword Mansion now because he had to make a trip to Swordless Mountain.

His visit to the Heavenly Sword Mansion had another reason—it was conveniently on the way, and his method of riding the winds and clouds had undergone a new change under the stimulation of his mana.

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Atop Swordless Mountain.

Headmaster Qian was still astonishingly shocked by Tan Shuchang's achievement of immortality, and at the same time, he hesitated a little in the face of his disciples' requests.

Because the disciples of Swordless Mountain also wanted to go to Jingzhou to listen to the sermon about the law of immortality.

Suddenly, Headmaster Qian's expression changed slightly, and then he said to the disciples, "You don't need to seek my permission anymore, perhaps you might get to hear a sermon right at the gates of Swordless Mountain..."

Just after Headmaster Qian's words fell, layers of clouds stretched from the horizon to the highest peak of Swordless Mountain. And then, through the endless radiant light, a gigantic gateway slowly materialized.

At this moment, as this gateway opened, a figure in dark robes appeared before the eyes of all the disciples on Swordless Mountain.

However, with clouds obscuring the view, the disciples of Swordless Mountain could not clearly see the figure's face.

At that moment, this figure slowly descended, and with every step, golden lotuses bloomed in the void.

"Only when you embark on a solitary sword journey can you see the vastness of heaven and earth."

"Only when you rest through the years can you understand what immortality should be."

"Tan Shuchang, I have met with all the fellow daoists."

As his voice faded, the clouds dispersed, but Tan Shuchang, who stepped on golden lotuses, had instantaneously arrived at the gates of Swordless Mountain from the edge of the sky.

His ascent to the summit was merely to showcase his own skills.

And his approach through the mountain's gate was a matter of propriety.