Practice begins with immortality

Wang Bo drifted aimlessly in the endless void for an unknown amount of time. Finally, at a certain moment, he slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed for a long time.

"Ten years have passed? I see..." Wang Bai murmured softly, his voice remarkably clear in the silent void. By absorbing the beast's memories, he understood all its secrets as if he had personally experienced them.

This giant beast is named Hou, and its origin is a mysterious place - the Mountain and Sea Realm. That place is a world of various humanoid creatures and strange beasts.

In the Mountain and Sea Realm, exotic beasts can be broadly divided into two types. One type maintains its own clans, capable of perpetuating their lineage through reproduction. For example, powerful creatures like the legendary dragon, phoenix, and qilin all fall into this category. These clans generally occupy a prominent position within the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Another type of exotic beast is extremely rare, with no populations at all. Their birth conditions are extremely demanding, and they can only appear in the world through a special method of natural growth. These exotic beasts often possess extraordinary powers or magical properties, but due to their limited numbers, each one is extremely precious and rare.

The beast before him was actually born from the corpse of a Qilin. In a corner of the Shanhai Territory, it possessed a considerable territory, ruling as a regional hegemon.

These creatures born and raised by nature are basically blessed with unique advantages. In addition, the predecessor of this beast was Linlin, who was at the peak of the second calamity and almost the third calamity, so it was a first-calamity existence when it was born.

Relying on its two innate magical powers—Soul Devouring and Immortality—it only needed to continually prey on creatures weaker than itself to advance its realm. Furthermore, it possessed some magical powers inherited from its predecessors. Furthermore, the land where it was born lacked many Third Tribulation beings, so after quietly roaming the wilds for hundreds of thousands of years, it successfully broke through to the Third Tribulation, devouring those former overlords.

But after that, it began to seriously consider where to go next to find more prey for it to devour. You know, the interior of the Mountain and Sea Realm is home to numerous sacred beast tribes. They are powerful and numerous, and it wouldn't dare venture deep into that territory on its own.

Time passed quickly, and a full three thousand years passed. Then, one day, the peace was suddenly broken—several unfamiliar figures appeared within its territory. After some observation and perception, it soon discovered that these uninvited guests did not come from within the Mountain and Sea Realm, but from the vast and unknown world outside.

Without hesitation, it attacked the men, attempting to devour them all. However, while these men were far inferior to it in strength, they were no less skilled at escaping. After a fierce pursuit, only two men survived.

Seeing no hope of escape, the remaining two, in order to save their lives, quickly offered it a plan, expressing their willingness to sacrifice a trace of their true spirit and become its slaves from then on. Furthermore, if it could let them go and allow them to return to their original location, they could also find a way to lure other people here for it to devour and enjoy.

Faced with such tempting conditions, it was briefly moved, but then it returned to its cold and ruthless nature and swallowed the last two people into its stomach. Because it did not believe what these two people said

However, although the two men ultimately failed to escape the fate of being devoured, their dying words flashed through its mind like lightning, bringing it a new revelation: since these people from the outside world were so weak, why should it continue to be trapped in this mountain and sea realm? Why not simply leave this place and go to the vast world to find more food?

With this in mind, Qiong left the Mountain and Sea Realm through the same method these people used to enter.

After arriving in the outside world, it began to rejoice over its decision: although there were strong people among the outside world, most of them were not strong, and their average strength was far inferior to that of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

In some small places, the strongest people have not even experienced a calamity, but can rule over tens of millions of creatures. In the mountain and sea realm, this kind of strength is not even up to the average level, let alone a stray dog ​​on the roadside.

For the Qilin, already in its third tribulation, arriving in these places was like a mouse entering a rice jar. Most of the world's creatures would be devoured by it in a matter of moments, and then, a vast amount of immortal energy and true spirit would flow into its body, becoming a part of it.

Occasionally, a so-called genius would approach it, hoping to use it as a whetstone. But clearly, they'd chosen the wrong opponent. In Qiong's memory, only one unassuming cultivator had ever caused it any trouble. That cultivator possessed a formidable concealment technique, and with it, Qiong had once been severely injured by a sneak attack.

But the monk was eventually killed by the Qilin. Not only that, his method was also used by the Qilin. That hiding method turned out to be a great magical power!

Supernatural powers, above magic, are advanced methods of applying the principles of the Dao. Once understood, they can be used, regardless of whether they are beginner or advanced. They are diverse and have a wide range of functions. Supernatural powers are also divided into three levels: major, medium, and minor.

Most immortals only practiced medium and minor supernatural powers at best, while great supernatural powers were only possessed by those with great fortune or noble backgrounds. The seemingly ordinary cultivator was clearly one of the former, possessing a great supernatural power called Standing Invisibly.

Using this magical power not only allows one to create illusions and hide, but also to eliminate and conceal one's own existence, which is why the Qilin can hide in the lower realms. In fact, the blank space of the Heavenly Dao that Wang Bo saw in Yuantu Sect was actually this.

As for why it ended up like this, it had something to do with a trip to the relic world after it broke through to the fourth calamity.

After devouring thousands of creatures in the world, the Qilin broke through to the fourth calamity, but because it devoured too many worlds, it was hunted down.

In a panic, it broke into a forbidden world, which was said to be the cave of a powerful and fallen being.

Relying on its upright and invisible form, it successfully sneaked into this forbidden world, and it also got some opportunities because the mount of this fallen strong man was also a lion.

With this relationship and the great magical power of Zhengli Wuying, it took it thousands of years to finally reach the core area of ​​the ruins and obtain the most important thing in the ruins - a magic formula.

But just when it was about to sneak away with the treasure, someone unlocked the world's ban, and a group of true immortals flocked in to search for the treasure.

The result was that its true form was directly broken, and it had no choice but to flee to the netherworld, where it hid by standing upright without a shadow.

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"Is this what it's willing to die for?"

In his mind, Wang Bai, who was looking at a seven-colored lotus seat, whispered. Then, a message appeared in his mind:

"One Lotus Rebirth Method!"