I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 152 The Land of Azure Heaven
Shu Prefecture, Heavenly Capital Underworld.

Yuan Qi drew upon the spiritual energy of the Yin Dragon Earth Vein, converging it at a desolate mountain peak.

Using the authority granted by Chen Jing, they transformed the Heavenly Capital Secret Realm and built a city-state according to the blueprints. In just a few days, they constructed a gray-black ghost city with the words "Fengdu" hanging on the city gate.

The place was eerily quiet, shrouded in black mist, and even the light seemed to cast shadows upon it; it was not a place for the living to linger.

Within the city, there are armored ghost soldiers patrolling, and spirits being led on the bluestone paths. Unlike the incomplete and mindless spirits, these spirits have complete bodies and natural expressions, resembling living people.

The city gate.

The streets are paved with bluestone.

The ghost official led a spirit into the city and pointed to the unclaimed houses along the way in Fengdu, saying, "Your family performed a ritual for you. Your lifespan in the mortal realm has ended, but you still have a lifespan in the underworld to enjoy. You can choose an unclaimed house in the city to live in."

Behind the ghost official followed an old man-like spirit, whose eyes still held a hint of unease and fear, likely due to his recent death.

The old man stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his eyes scanning the unfamiliar ghost town. There was an indescribable desolation and coldness about it, and a look of worry appeared on his face.

Mustering his courage, he asked the ghost official, "Ghost official, there's neither food nor water in this city. How am I supposed to survive?"

The ghost official, who had only recently died, spoke up: "Aren't you a ghost now? Even in death, you still think about eating and drinking. Without a physical body, you won't suffer from hunger and cold anymore, so naturally you won't need to eat or drink."

"But then again, life as a ghost is boring, but it's not like there's absolutely no chance to eat and drink."

"Fengdu Ghost City sells all kinds of sacrificial food. As long as you have ghost money, you can satisfy your appetite. But not now, because the city lord hasn't had time to prepare it yet."

Offering food!

The chickens, ducks, and wine offered by one's descendants are something that can only be eaten by paying money.

Incense is also known as spirit money, and incense must be burned when offering food. The old man has a large sum of spirit money on him, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of money in the short term. However, there is currently no place to sell it.

He pointed to the gray houses in front of him and decided to settle down in Fengdu Ghost City.

He said, "I'm not picky! It doesn't matter whether I eat or not. I used to enjoy a couple of drinks when I was alive. I wonder if my children and grandchildren will burn more paper money for me."

"........."

Fengdu, the city center.

A magnificent, dark-black building stands tall, its interior decorated simply and plainly, with only a fierce tiger perched atop the main hall.

The moment the old man settled in Fengdu, the data on a jade slip on his desk was automatically updated.

[Name: Fang Laodun]

[Address: Liangjiang City, Xinhu County, Pingshan Village.]

[Eulogy: Born in the year of Guihai, passed away in the year of Yichou, at the age of sixty-one, with two sons and one daughter, honest and kind-hearted...]

[Lifespan in the underworld: 27 years.]

Li Yin did not check the information on the jade slip. The next moment, the contents of the jade slip appeared on the bamboo slip held by Yuan Qi.

Yuan Qi quickly registered the information, and used the bamboo slip to extract a trace of the old man's aura, which was then integrated into the Yin Dragon Vein of Tiandu so that it could enjoy the nourishment of spiritual energy.

The Underworld was newly established, and there weren't many capable people. Xu Wu was a living person, but he didn't have the Emperor's Banner and Pure Land with him, so he couldn't stay in the Heavenly Capital Underworld for long. He was responsible for contacting the Cultivation Temple to transmit information.

Yuan Qi was in charge of governing Fengdu Ghost City. Although he had lived for hundreds of years, he was merely a local official who had some education. He lacked the ability to govern a city, but maintaining order in Fengdu was not a problem.

The concept of the underworld has long been developed; all that's needed is to copy the process.

First, one determines the length of one's lifespan in the underworld. Incense offerings are made to prolong this life. When the lifespan ends, one crosses the Bridge of Helplessness, drinks the Meng Po soup, and is finally reincarnated into the Yin Dragon Vein.

"Woo!!"

Suddenly, Li Yin let out a low whimper. His languid tiger eyes shifted instantly, and Chen Jing's consciousness returned.

After dealing with the mundane affairs of the real world and formulating the development strategy for the laboratory, I handed it over to Yao Zhi and Xu Zui to execute, which wouldn't take up too much of my energy.

Upon returning to the world of cultivation, he immediately accessed Li Yin's recent memories to understand the changes in the Heavenly Capital Underworld during his breakthrough to the first realm of Destiny Cultivation.

[The Shu Prefecture's social and religious system already includes sixteen divine seals incorporated into the Heavenly Capital Underworld, fifteen village and community land god seals, and one county city god seal.]

The Taoist priest of Xiuren Temple used the Emperor's Banner as the main body to make countless smaller banners, which were then used to replace the ritual banners for summoning souls, thus guiding the spirits of the dead to the underworld in the Heavenly Capital.

[The Supreme God, without regard to personal gain, selected Xu Buyi, the third son of the Xu family of Linshan City, as a hidden dragon of Shu Prefecture, to secretly accumulate power.]

[The Ghost City of Fengdu currently has one hundred strong ghost soldiers, two ghost generals, one hundred ghost officials, and seven hundred and eighty-two souls who have been liberated.]

[Human Emperor Banner - Upgradeable (Condition: Celestial Evolution).]

【………】

Chen Jing quickly scanned the information.

The development and evolution of the cultivation world were largely as predicted. With a wave of his hand, he summoned a five-colored banner: [Human Emperor Banner!]

The pattern on the Emperor's Banner and Jade Seal was activated, and ghostly energy wove together a model of Fengdu Ghost City, which was immediately visible.

Above the ghost city, an octagonal gate leading to the heavens appeared, radiating a shimmering light from nothingness, with the glow of the Fire of Suiren overflowing.

He stretched his shoulders to loosen his muscles and said, "With double the time flow, we have a city in the Heavenly Capital Underworld, and the innate divine positions that Heaven needs are almost complete. It's about time!"

After saying this, Chen Jing's spirit body separated from the tiger's body and entered the Azure Heaven Realm through the Immortal Gate.

"Woooo!!"

In the endless, void of mist, only a cluster of firelight shines eternally like the sun.

Chen Jing drifted to the campfire and condensed the mental imprint of his observations, touches, and illusory insights gained from watching and touching the clouds at Yuntai Ridge. Using the red cloud state as the first phase transformation, he transformed into the innate 'Cloud God' and merged it into the Fire of Suiren.

In a mere instant.

The fire of Suiren shone a little brighter, and the mist that shrouded the sky was also slightly diluted by the intense firelight.

"transport!"

In addition to incorporating the characteristics of 'clouds', Chen Jing also added his own personal touches, including the setting of the Path of Good Fortune.

The will of Heaven is the will of man, and the will of man is the will of Heaven. If the red clouds, good fortune, and all living beings in the heavens do not have any thoughts of rebuttal and do not change the data of the operation of the Heavenly Way, then obtaining this divine position will bring them the blessing of fortune.

[Innate Divine Position: Cloud.]

[Note: Longevity (living as long as Heaven and Earth), Cloud Ancestor (the source of all clouds, capable of transforming into cloud form), Innate Heavenly Fortune (protection of Heaven and Earth).]

Status: In gestation.

Chen Jing's eyes were fixed on the Fire of Suiren, or more precisely, on a cluster of wandering flower seedlings within the flames, as the main god received information about the divine position.

He murmured, "Is this the power of immortality that the natives of the cultivation world seek?"

Cultivators in the real world have their own pursuits, and the natives of the cultivation world also have their own pursuits.

While the innate divine position may be corrupted, the natives do not care. Even before 'I' was born, they maintained a human-like existence through data, so they were naturally not afraid of adding new things.

In reality, living people strive to achieve immortality without losing themselves, while the natives in the illusion are already in a state of immortality, and what they seek is to come back to life. It's quite interesting and wonderful.

If we're being honest, the natives who can survive in the virtual world are the true celestial beings born without roots.

(End of this chapter)