Life span plundered, I became a detective and achieved immortality

"A fifth-rank Golden Immortal, achieved!"

Inside the Fire Phoenix Palace, on a purple cloud-patterned futon, Su Mo slowly stretched his limbs. Every inch of his bones emitted a subtle crackling sound, as if billions of stars were awakening and circulating within him. Even the sturdy immortal palace trembled slightly, and the flame runes on the beams and pillars rippled. He silently felt the surging power within him—the Primordial Immortal Power surged through his meridians like a rushing river, sometimes transforming into a dragon that coiled around him, its scales shimmering with primordial divine light; sometimes condensing into a pillar of light that shot into the sky, piercing through his limbs and bones; every piece of his flesh was filled with the essence of immortality. With every gesture, he could cause the surrounding broken rules to tremble spontaneously, emitting a faint hum, as if the heavens and earth were moving with him. A pressure far exceeding anything he had ever felt flashed over him, like a sleeping ancient beast briefly opening its eyes. The residual power alone was enough to make an eighth-grade Golden Immortal tremble with fear and his mind shake violently.

After consuming a full 15 billion units of Immortal True Spirit, the shackle between the fourth-grade perfection and the fifth-grade realm was finally broken, and Su Mo's Primordial Immortal Golden Immortal Body successfully stepped into the fifth-grade Golden Immortal realm. At this moment, his physical body could withstand the sharpness of a sixth-grade immortal artifact, and even if he was hit head-on by a seventh-grade Golden Immortal, it would only cause his blood and qi to surge for a moment before he could recover instantly.

"At this moment, even just his true form is not much weaker than some early-stage ninth-rank Golden Immortals."

Su Mo clenched his fist, a faint primordial divine light emanating from his knuckles, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to pierce through everything.

"If I use all my trump cards, my overall combat strength is no less than that of some second-tier quasi-immortal kings, and I am even quite confident that I can take them down and suppress them!"

The difference between a Ninth-Rank Golden Immortal and a Celestial King represents two entirely different levels of life. The gap between them is hundreds of times greater than the difference between a First-Rank Golden Immortal and a Ninth-Rank Golden Immortal, a truly insurmountable chasm. Therefore, some Golden Immortals in the ancient Immortal Realm further subdivided Quasi-Celestial Kings into nine ranks, with the first rank being the lowest and the ninth the highest. Legend has it that the cultivation and strength of a Ninth-Rank Quasi-Celestial King is already approaching that of an Eternal Celestial King, enough to withstand a blow from an Eternal Celestial King, and some even have a chance to escape.

After a long while, Su Mo finally suppressed his excitement, and the surging purple aura around him gradually subsided. With a thought, his consciousness sank into his natal immortal domain like flowing water, landing in that chaotic cage—the remaining sixteen seventh-grade Golden Immortals and five eighth-grade Golden Immortals were huddled in a corner, their immortal essence even thinner than before, their faces filled with nothing but fear and despair, numbness, and they had even exhausted the strength to roar.

"At most, another hundred billion years will be needed to completely obliterate the remaining sixteen seventh-grade Golden Immortals." Sensing the remaining essence within the bodies of the seventh-grade Golden Immortals, Su Mo pondered, his fingertips lightly tapping the purple cloud futon. "I wonder if by then I will be able to break through one grade with my Primordial Immortal Body and step into the realm of a sixth-grade Golden Immortal?"

As soon as the words fell, thousands of illusory spirits around the Chaos Prison opened their eyes simultaneously, their pupils flashing with primordial divine light, like millions of stars lighting up at the same time. They simultaneously formed hand seals, and streams of primordial power, as solid as tangible matter, surged from their fingertips, like swimming primordial dragons, baring their fangs and roaring as they pounced on the sixteen seventh-rank Golden Immortals, frantically devouring and obliterating their immortal essence.

"what......"

A series of piercing screams echoed within the cage. Under the full force of the thousands of illusory spirit bodies, the immortal essence of those seventh-grade golden immortals was rapidly eroded at a speed several times faster than before Su Mo's breakthrough. The already thin aura of essence dimmed at a visible rate, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

The five eighth-rank Golden Immortals trembled involuntarily at the sight, but were firmly locked by the Primordial Chaos Divine Patterns, unable to resist even slightly. They could only watch helplessly as the most outstanding bloodline descendants of their respective clans were devoured bit by bit, their eyes filled with resentment and despair.

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Time flies, and the chaotic currents traced silvery trails on both sides of the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship, like water flowing over reefs. In the blink of an eye, another 30 billion years have passed.

The Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship swept through the Yuanxu Sea with unstoppable momentum, sweeping all before it. The forbidden zones and forbidden areas along the way, which even made third- and fourth-rank Immortal Golden Immortals tremble with fear, were nothing but a formality in front of the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship.

The Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship was either able to foresee dangers and avoid them in advance, or it could directly crush obstacles into dust, never allowing the ship to truly fall into peril.

Although the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Boat was only a near-second-grade immortal artifact, barely qualified to cross the Yuanxu Sea, its master was the monster Su Mo.

Even if he were to unleash all his trump cards and his overall combat strength were comparable to that of a quasi-Immortal King, even if his true form were to rival the combat strength of a Ninth-Rank Golden Immortal, there would be very few places within the Yuanjin Immortal Kingdom where his safety could be truly threatened.

During this period, the thousands of illusory spirit bodies never stopped for a moment, and successively destroyed four seventh-grade golden immortals, causing Su Mo's accumulated immortal true spirit to snowball and surge wildly, directly breaking through the 60 billion mark, nearly 700 small goals.

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Soon, another five billion years will have passed.

"Puff..."

A soft sound rang out in the Chaos Prison, like a bubble bursting. As the sixth Rank Seven Golden Immortal exhausted the last bit of his original power and his soul was completely annihilated, the number of Immortal True Spirits in Su Mo's hand suddenly jumped, breaking through the 80 billion mark in one fell swoop, and finally settled at 868 small goals.

The next second...

"boom......"

A terrifying pressure, enough to make even a ninth-grade Golden Immortal tremble with fear, erupted from Su Mo's body like a volcano that had been dormant for billions of years. It carried the domineering aura of the primordial chaos and frantically attacked the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Suppressing Immortal Array that had been quietly set up in the Fire Phoenix Palace at some unknown time.

Around the Immortal Palace, 108 illusory spirits with combat power approaching that of a ninth-rank Golden Immortal stood solemnly like statues, carrying lifelike phantoms of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Demon Gods on their backs. They formed hand seals, unleashing their full power to suppress the ever-increasing aura and pressure, preventing it from leaking out in the slightest.

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An hour later.

The tremors within the Fire Phoenix Palace gradually subsided, and Su Mo's cultivation stabilized completely at the peak of the Fifth Grade Golden Immortal realm. The terrifying pressure that had surged more than tenfold seemed to receive some invisible summons, rapidly receding like a tide and sinking deep into his dantian. In the blink of an eye, he returned to his former state of simplicity, appearing no different from an ordinary cultivator, except for the occasional flash of primordial divine light in his eyes, revealing his unfathomable strength.

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After a while.

Su Mo slowly opened his eyes, his gaze clear as water yet as deep as the starry sky, reflecting the trajectory of chaos. Feeling the surging power within him, a faint smile appeared on Su Mo's lips, a hint of curiosity in his eyes: "I wonder what level my overall combat strength is at now? Third-tier Quasi-Immortal King, or fourth-tier?"

The perspective of an eighth-rank Golden Immortal is ultimately too limited. Their understanding of the classification and combat power of Quasi-Immortal Kings is mostly based on hearsay, mixed with too much speculation and exaggeration, and cannot be taken seriously or used as an accurate reference.

"No rush, I will find out sooner or later."

Su Mo gently shook his head, suppressing his curiosity. He slowly closed his eyes, ceasing his thoughts. The purple aura surrounding him subsided once more, like a bottomless ancient abyss, undisturbed by any ripples. Only the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship continued its journey through the Yuanxu Sea, the light of the fire phoenix totem tracing an unwavering path in the chaos, pointing directly to the desolate star abyss.

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In the blink of an eye, another 10 billion years have passed.

Within the chaotic prison, as the essence of the last seventh-grade Golden Immortal dissipated into specks of light, all the captured seventh-grade Golden Immortals were gone, mercilessly obliterated by the Spirit Void Illusion. Su Mo's divine sense swept over the chaotic prison containing only five eighth-grade Golden Immortals, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes—the remaining eleven seventh-grade Golden Immortals only allowed his Primordial Immortal Golden Immortal Body to break through to the fifth-grade perfection realm, failing to forge a sixth-grade Golden Immortal Body as he had hoped.

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Time flies, and an entire century has quietly passed, like sand slipping through your fingers.

The tense atmosphere hanging over the eighth-rank immortal forces of the Nine Flames Star Abyss, Void Star Abyss, and other major star abysses has dissipated somewhat. After all, more than an epoch has passed, and that mysterious force has not made another move. Many forces are gradually speculating that it is likely only targeting the four eighth-rank immortal forces, such as the Netherworld Immortal Clan and the Flame Prison Immortal Clan, perhaps due to old grudges, and not, as they initially feared, an attempt to seize control of the major star abysses. Many forces have quietly relaxed their vigilance, and the interactions between cultivators in the star abysses have gradually returned to some vitality. However, the underlying apprehension, like a maggot clinging to a bone, has not completely dissipated.

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Another hundred billion years have passed.

Beyond trillions of cosmic years in front of the Crimson Phoenix Immortal Ship, the chaotic currents suddenly surged violently, like a lake surface thrown with a giant rock, creating towering waves. Two streams of light, one azure and one purple, one in front and one behind, shuttled within the chaotic currents, sometimes closing and sometimes widening the distance between them, always maintaining a distance of about ten million cosmic years.

Its speed was so fast that even a peak sixth-grade Golden Immortal like Ancestor Jin Yan was far inferior. Along its path, all the chaotic energy and fragments of rules retreated like mice before a cat, not daring to provoke its sharpness.

"A near-second-grade immortal immortal ship? Hmm, strange. With my cultivation level, I can't see through the ship's true nature. Even its aura is perfectly concealed by some kind of power. Interesting... This ship might be the key to getting rid of those bastards behind me."

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