I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 137 Seven Arrows of Nailhead
Liangjiang City, Tiandu Secret Realm.

The sky was dark and gloomy, with wisps of black smoke rising from the earth and gathering into patches of gray clouds.

A golden bolt of lightning, like a dancing snake, ripped through the sky. A deafening boom followed, but not a single drop of rain fell, and the entire world appeared exceptionally desolate.

A jet-black crack flashed across the sky, as if the heavens had been ripped apart by a god with brute force, yet a strange power repaired it.

The Heavenly Capital Secret Realm is a small, uninhabited space.

At this moment, there was no end in sight; wisps of yin energy swirled in the air, and blurry human-shaped afterimages drifted by.

[Arrival!]

Wang Tianzhong and ten other cultivators suddenly appeared on a desolate mountain, their bodies shivering as they were corroded by the yin energy.

Upon seeing the environment, so different from other secret realms, they exclaimed, "The Underworld?"

A phantom image of a jade seal appeared above Wang Tianzhong's head. He sensed the entire Tiandu Secret Realm and tried to find a faint connection, but he failed.

However, the jade seal is connected to the secret realm and can sense the situation of the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm.

He paused for a moment and then replied, "It is indeed the Underworld. Li Yin actually activated the Yin Spirit Banner, causing the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm to merge with the Shuzhou Dragon Vein."

"Not only is the space expanding, but the secret realm is also transforming into the underworld, and it has also incorporated a divine seal of the state, which is why a small number of yin spirits exist."

"........."

The underworld is the place where spirits reside.

The Heavenly Capital Secret Realm is currently transforming into the Netherworld. Although it has not yet completely turned into the Netherworld, it is causing discomfort to many living people and suppressing their strength to a certain extent.

Zhang Ding looked down over the vast wilderness, feeling the slow transformation of his internal energy and blood.

He frowned and said, "This is troublesome! We could have found Li Yin in less than half a day, but now it will take ten days to half a month."

Ten days or half a month is not a long time, but if the secret realm is completely transformed into the Netherworld, how much of one's strength will be left?

[Jade Seal - Pure Land!]

Wang Tianzhong waved his hand, solidifying the jade seal and sweeping away the chilling aura within a radius of dozens of meters, easily creating a pure land in the underworld.

He smiled and said, "Don't worry, the first Lord of the Underworld was also a living being, and naturally he had ways to avoid being corrupted by Yin energy."

"Overall, the benefits of transforming the underworld outweigh the drawbacks. The jade seal is now usable! It can transform underworld soldiers and generals, making them even more powerful."

The Yin Spirit Banner is responsible for construction, while the Jade Seal represents power.

With the establishment of the Underworld and the expansion of the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm, Li Yin gained more room to maneuver and hide, but the biggest beneficiary was the person holding the seal.

Qu Ling, dressed in white, asked with some curiosity, "Since establishing the Underworld is an altruistic act, why would Li Yin do it?"

Wang Tianzhong had no doubts about Li Yin's act of aiding the enemy. He said calmly, "From the time I left Xiuren Temple to Liangjiang City, I have been extremely cautious and have not revealed the slightest flaw. If Li Yin dares to show up, he will die."

"To create a hellish underworld and cut off one's own flesh to survive in order to postpone death, what's so strange about that?"

Having said that, Wang Tianzhong poured a wisp of divine essence into the jade seal, and a stream of black light descended from the jade seal, landing on the passing Yin spirit. He then uttered a low shout: "Pardon!"

In an instant, the scattered yin energy rapidly gathered.

The blurry humanoid spirit formed from black mist condensed and took shape after being sealed by the jade seal, becoming a ghostly soldier clad in black armor and wielding a long spear.

A chilling aura swirled around them; their eyes were resolute and fierce; their bodies were strong and powerful; their expressions were wooden and stiff. Their only flaw was that the Yin soldiers lacked high intelligence.

But soldiers are not strategists; they don't need high intelligence. They just need to mechanically execute orders.

Unafraid of death, feeling no fear, and able to gather and disperse like spirits, they could be used as elite, refined soldiers in the underworld. Qu Ling glanced at the underworld soldier, then poked it: "It actually has a physical form?"

The Yin soldiers and the Gods of the State are of the same kind, but the difference is that the Yin soldiers have a near-physical form in the underworld.

Zhang Ding also received basic information about the Yin Soldiers from the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm and said, "With the assistance of Yin Soldiers, you can use them to search the Underworld. Moreover, with tens of thousands of Yin Soldiers, what individual can withstand you? We don't need to take action."

Wang Tianzhong shook his head and said, "As a ninth-rank underworld official, the maximum number of underworld generals is two, and the maximum number of underworld soldiers is one hundred. He might be able to defeat Li Yin in battle, but his ability to conduct a full-scale search is insufficient."

"However, there is an even better option. It only takes five days to refine the Underworld and become the Lord of the Underworld, which will allow you to win without a fight."

"I ask you all to protect me. I just need to avoid being attacked by Li Yin for five days. The advantage is in my hands."

[Jade Seal - Refined.]

Wang Tianzhong activated the jade seal, and wisps of black gas descended into the ground, merging into the expanding secret realm.

Occasionally, a spirit might drift by and be transformed into a ghost soldier, stationed around the Pure Land to monitor any disturbances in the surrounding area.

Ten cultivators guarded the Pure Land, forming an impenetrable defense.

"........."

Tiandu Secret Realm, an inconspicuous valley.

Chen Jing and Xu Wu concealed their auras; the jade seal and the Yin Spirit Banner were two sides of the same coin, belonging to a set of magical artifacts.
Wang Tianzhong sensed it as soon as he entered the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm. The other party used the jade seal to refine the Yin Division and transformed the secret realm into a divine domain under their rule, so naturally they were also aware of it.

Xu Wu glanced at Chen Jing and asked, "They're here! How are we going to fight?"

They were at a disadvantage in terms of strength, numbers, and equipment. The only advantage they had was their cultivation level, but cultivation level was unrelated to strength; it simply meant they had better control.

For example, it can leave no trace and will not be detected by the Heaven-Summoning Technique cast by a cultivator at the First Realm. The Heaven-Summoning Technique also obtains far more information than a cultivator at the First Realm.

In the cultivation world, there exists a miasma of divine manifestation, where data and spirit are mixed, weakening the barriers between people.

It has many variations, unlike the rigid environment of real-world cultivation, and many fancy tricks can be easily performed.

This is precisely the purpose of the distortion of the rules in the cultivation world: to loosen restrictions, allow techniques and spells to be used, and thus discover more applications.

"Woo!"

Chen Jing waved the Emperor's Banner in his hand and summoned Yuan Qi.

He said, "It's up to you! Take the head of the army and kill Wang Tianzhong."

Unlike the chaotic spirits, Yuan Qi was a half-immortal, a deity of the state.

Without being granted a pardon, it actively devoured the Yin Dragon's spiritual energy just as the secret realm was transforming into the underworld, solidifying its illusory body and escaping its near-starvation state.

They are not ghost soldiers, but rather closer to the legendary ghost immortals.

Upon hearing Chen Jing's request for him to kill Wang Tianzhong, he revealed a smug expression: "Me? Although my strength has recovered to its peak, it has never been strong. At its peak, it's just so-so."

"He was learned in literature but not martial arts in his lifetime. If he appears in front of others, he will probably be transformed into a ghost general."

Chen Jing shook his head: "You don't need to do anything. Just intercept the Yin Dragon's spiritual energy and inject it into the straw doll."

"........."

A ritual to ward off evil spirits! A banner of malevolent spirits! Divine spirits of the land and the state! The secret realm of the Yin Dragon!
After obtaining the magical artifact, the Emperor's Banner, and learning the art of exorcising the heavens, Chen Jing learned about the gods of the land and the Yin Dragon Secret Realm, and thus deduced a killing technique—the Seven Arrows of Nailhead.

(End of this chapter)