I can't keep a low profile when cultivating immortality; the sixth one is actually myself.

Chapter 206 The Past of the Three Pure Ones

"I am Li Sanqing, the Supreme Elder of the Tian Shu Sect in the late ancient period."

Throughout my life, I have been exceptionally gifted. Moreover, I excel in the art of formations.

I have cultivated the Dao for five hundred years. At sixteen, I tempered my body; at eighteen, I gathered my spirit; at twenty, I established my foundation; at thirty, I condensed my acupoints; at fifty, I formed my primordial embryo; at seventy, I attained the ethereal spirit; and at one hundred, I entered the Dao.

I began learning formations at the age of twenty, became a formation master at twenty-four, a formation grandmaster at thirty, a formation grandmaster at fifty, and a formation grandmaster at one hundred.

My sect, Tian Shu Sect, was originally a third-rate sect that lived in a remote corner of the Southern Region.

Under the guidance of myself and several senior brothers, we have grown from a small sect to a first-class sect in the world over the past two hundred years.

At the same time, the Tian Shu Sect became famous throughout the world for its array formations, becoming the most renowned array formation sect in the Southern Region.

Then, when I was two hundred years old, I entered the Integration Realm. It took me another three hundred years to finally step into the Transformation Realm.

However, only after entering the realm of true enlightenment did I truly experience the terror of the calamity of heaven and earth.

Having survived countless near-death experiences at the first level of the Transformation Realm, I barely managed to pass through the Transformation Realm Heavenly Tribulation.

But since then, I have never dared to attempt to transcend tribulations and ascend to higher realms again.

I had always thought that I had no hope of becoming an immortal in this lifetime. Unexpectedly, a shocking piece of news suddenly spread throughout the world.

The message says that immortals are buried on the Tianlong Continent, and the immortal tomb is about to be opened!

Then, from an unknown source, it was rumored that the key to the Immortal Tomb was hidden on the moon.

Therefore, all the major sects of the time dispatched their most powerful figures to cross the void and traverse the moon in search of the key to the Immortal Tomb.

Finally, an ancient palace was discovered atop the Moon Toad. And within that ancient palace, the Key to the Immortal Tomb was found.

The number of keys to enter the Immortal Tomb is limited. As a result, powerful figures from various races and sects have been vying for them.

As the Supreme Elder of the Tian Shu Sect, I am naturally bound to fight for the sect's interests.

Moreover, I believe in my heart that the Immortal Tomb may be the place where a True Transformation expert can break through.

Since the Immortal Tomb is where immortals are buried, if one can find some opportunities and inheritances within the Immortal Tomb, perhaps one can unravel the secret of becoming an immortal.

However, I am not the only one who has this idea.

Almost all the powerful cultivators on the entire Tianlong Continent share this thought.

There is no other reason than that, from ancient times to the present, there has never been any clear evidence to show that any great being has truly transcended tribulations and ascended to become an immortal.

Therefore, the Immortal Tomb became the hope of all powerful cultivators.

What is the purpose of our lifelong spiritual practice, enduring countless lonely and desolate years?

Isn't it all for the sake of attaining immortality and longevity?

Therefore, the battle for the Immortal Tomb Key was exceptionally fierce.

In the end, many of their comrades became completely bloodthirsty.

I was among them. In order to obtain the key, everyone disregarded the consequences and used their trump cards and forbidden techniques.

In the end, with the reckless actions of a group of powerful beings, the eternally existing Moon Toad was destroyed by our own hands.

However, for the sake of the path, we are willing to do anything and have not taken this matter to heart.

Afterwards, the Immortal Tomb opened as scheduled.

However, after the Immortal Tomb was opened, it only had seven levels, and only those who had entered the Dao were allowed to enter.

Helpless, we can only place our hopes on the younger generation of the sect.

But no one ever came out of the Immortal Tomb until it was closed; of all those who entered the Immortal Tomb, not one came out alive.

Moreover, after the Immortal Tomb closed, all the powerful beings who had destroyed the moon in their struggle for the key were inexplicably hunted down.

They were a group of powerful cultivators who suddenly appeared. They were numerous and each possessed extraordinary abilities.

Many powerful beings were killed before they could even react.

Until they also came after me and easily killed one of my avatars.

No one knew that I had always been hiding a special supernatural power—two bodies in one body.

One physical body, two spiritual bodies.

The physical body and the Dao body possess the same realm and can share a divine soul. The Dao body, however, possesses half the strength of the physical body.

This is the work I am most proud of.

That mysterious organization—the one they killed was one of my Dao bodies.

From the information they revealed before they killed my Dao body, I finally learned some basic information about their organization.

Afterwards, in order to retaliate against this mysterious organization, I sent another avatar to announce their whereabouts to the world.

This led to their most frenzied revenge and pursuit.

As for my true self, I had no choice but to leave the sect and begin a life on the run.

Although we are powerful cultivators, beings of high status, in front of them we are like three-year-old children, powerless to even lift a chicken, unable to put up the slightest resistance.

They were too powerful, and too mysterious. Moreover, they acted in unison and were ruthless.

They are like sunlight piercing through darkness, like spiritual energy permeating the continent; they are omnipresent and exist everywhere.

No matter where I hide, they can always find my hiding place in a very short time.

No matter where I hide, I won't be able to stay hidden for more than three years before they find me.

I spent fifty years in this constant life on the run.

But they have been hunting me down for fifty years, and they still refuse to stop. They continue to relentlessly pursue me.

Until I fled to the Eastern Wilderness Mountains in the Eastern Region, the Heavenly Boat Secret Realm opened.

I am tired of this life of exile, like a stray dog.

Since there is no place for me on the mainland, I will hide in the secret realm. I do not believe that these people can enter the secret realm to hunt me down.

Though the dragon is mighty, it finds no place to settle; though the living beings are numerous, who pities the exiled? Alas, how pitiful!

So, I steeled myself and, despite my severe injuries, severed my cultivation.

After that, I infiltrated a group of rogue cultivators and thus escaped into the secret realm.

Shortly after I entered the secret realm, just as it was about to close, I received news of the death of another Dao body.

In the end, he still couldn't escape the pursuit of those bastards!

However, from the death message of the second incarnation, I also obtained a shocking mystery.

After learning this news, I dared not go out again.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Boat Secret Realm is quite large, and although it is only at the fourth level, it is safe enough.

After the secret realm closed, I explored it for three whole years.

During this time, I will seize every opportunity I can find.

Finally, I found this valley.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this valley looks ordinary; it is a rare treasure in the hidden realm.

There is a mid-grade spiritual vein here, enough for my daily cultivation.

Afterwards, I set up a misty array in the valley, intending to live out my remaining years there.

It can make or break you from the secret realm.

Cheng Shiwu lived in the secret realm for 500 years, and the members of the Immortal Restoration Society never appeared again.

The defeat was due to my severe injuries and the loss of my cultivation. Moreover, this secret realm is only at the fourth level, so I can never return to my peak and will forever remain at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm.

Even more tragically, the injuries and the decline in my cultivation level have led to an insufficient lifespan for me.

With the remaining lifespan, I simply won't last until the next opening of the secret realm.

So I left the valley, wanting to find a way out.

In the end, I was disappointed! Apart from the exit that opened each time the secret realm opened, there were no other exits.

However, due to insufficient cultivation, I am unable to break through the spatial barrier of this secret realm.

In the end, I gave up in despair and accepted it!

Therefore, I placed all my hopes on those who came after me.

Those who come after me, I have left behind my life's legacy here, and at the same time, I have left behind that earth-shattering secret.

Since you've come here and seen my message, it means your skill in formations is decent.

Therefore, it would not be a disgrace to my lifelong reputation for you to inherit my mantle.

Alright, that's all I have to say. I won't say any more. Go forth, those who come after!

All the inheritance and earth-shattering secrets are contained in the several secret chambers at the back.

If you can decipher the protective arrays of those secret chambers, then you will be entitled to the inheritance and the secrets.

If you cannot break the formation, leave the letter and depart peacefully.

Those who come after me, please remember my words!

If one lacks the ability, one may obtain what one should not have obtained, know what one should not have known, or say what one should not have said.

That's not a stroke of luck, but a disaster! Remember this, remember this!

At this point, Toyokawa finally finished reading the letter and understood Li Sanqing's sorrow between the lines.

It's truly unexpected that a powerful cultivator at the Transformation Realm would end up like this.

Life is truly unpredictable, and fate plays tricks on us!

Toyokawa closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. After that, he composed himself and made a decision.

Time is running out; at most, we may only have 500 years of peaceful life left.

In order to prepare for a possible major crisis in the future, he must improve his strength as soon as possible.

Therefore, he must not easily let go of any opportunity to improve himself.

After all, if one has already embarked on the path of cultivation, what is the point of cultivating if one does not firmly grasp one's own destiny in one's own hands?!

Then, Toyokawa turned around and resolutely headed towards the other secret rooms.