Immortal Dao is dead, I am the mastermind behind it all.

"Damn, I can't stop!"

Upon learning that he could not dispel the strange phenomenon of his breakthrough, Shen Moyan hurriedly put the items in the cave into his storage ring.

Then he raised his hand and summoned the Heavenly Demon Sword hidden in his sleeve, which transformed into a streak of light and shot out. The dark blade reflected a cold gleam in the morning light, circled around him three times, and emitted a crisp sword sound.

Shen Moyan lightly touched the bluestone with his toes, and his figure leaped up like a wild goose, landing steadily on the sword.

While using the Turtle Breathing Technique, he also activated the Azure Sun Concealment Technique and decisively fled.

Driven by magical power, the Heavenly Demon Sword suddenly rose more than ten feet, and the airflow it generated blew the surrounding spiritual energy into countless specks of light.

On the sword, Shen Moyan stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering in the wind. He slightly turned his body, and the flying sword shot out like an arrow.

He brushed past the tops of the towering camphor trees in the forest, the morning dew he stirred up clinging to his robes and instantly evaporating into fine mist.

The wind whistled past his ears, and Shen Moyan, who was originally eager to escape, gradually relaxed his brows, feeling extremely refreshed.

Just like that sparrow named Afan, who for the first time left the wormwood on the low cliff and spread its wings to fly towards the blue sky.

As they passed through a mountain stream, Shen Moyan flicked his fingertips, and his flying sword glided along the surface of the stream, the ripples reflecting his speeding figure and radiating a refreshing coolness.

As he flew, the spiritual energy around him completely merged with the atmosphere of the mountains and forests. Wherever his flying sword passed, the spiritual herbs along the road bowed down as if to pay their respects.

The startled morning birds flapped their wings, watching his departing figure from afar.

In the air, Shen Moyan would sometimes rise higher, passing through layers of clouds, letting the sunlight bathe his entire body.

Sometimes it would swoop down and skim across the forest floor covered with decaying leaves, startling the pale green spiritual energy specks that followed the flying sword like fireflies.

"Hoo-hahaha! This is true freedom! This is true cultivation!"

Facing the vast expanse of sky and earth before him, Shen Moyan opened his arms as if to embrace the world.

The scenery he had dreamed of in his three previous lives was finally on full display at this moment.

…………

Not long after Shen Moyan left, his secluded cultivation place was...

"They've left. They were quite cautious."

A fat serpent used its thirty-mile-long body to tightly wrap around the mountain where Shen Moyan had just gone into seclusion. The trees in the mountain were squeezed by its huge scales, and the entire mountain collapsed and turned into mud and sand.

It was drawn by Shen Moyan's breakthrough phenomenon and came to have a snack, but when it arrived, it found that Shen Moyan had already disappeared.

"There's no record of this person's entry into the city in the city gate's travel log. He's not a remnant of the Dongshan Nursery. He's just a rogue cultivator from the countryside." Fei Yi stretched out his tongue and carefully sensed the nearest human city.

"A rogue cultivator from the countryside? How can a rogue cultivator from the countryside carry the aura of the Azure Sun Sword Sect?"

Right beside Fei Yi, a towering mountain suddenly appeared.

The mountain shook off the sand and clods of earth, the forest on its back suffering annihilation.

After it had shaken off all the forests and animals from its body, a huge eye opened on its bull head, which was as big as a mountain.

Everywhere the eye could see, all life—birds and beasts, even ordinary villages of thousands in the mountains and forests—suddenly succumbed to a deadly disease and their souls departed for the Western Paradise.

It is a giant hawk, with one eye and a snake's tail. Water dries up when it moves, and forests die when it moves. Wherever it passes, plague breaks out.

"That person was in seclusion right under my nose, and the aura of the cultivation technique he practiced was the orthodox Azure Sun Rising Technique." Fei's voice echoed throughout the mountains and fields, his tone solemn.

"..." Fei Yi hope Sheng.

It naturally wouldn't dare to provoke that immortal lineage filled with madmen.

Moreover, the situation is tense now, and unprecedented changes are brewing.

"By the way, how did that matter go?"

"We're planning it out; the one from the Qiongqi tribe will lead the charge."

"The war has already begun in Cangwu Prefecture. As for Langya Prefecture, the flames of war will be fully ignited in a hundred to a thousand years."

"Mountains and Seas, it's time for the human race's rule to end."

The struggle between the Immortal Daoist lineage and the Holy Court's higher echelons is intensifying. The Immortal Daoist lineage is self-enclosed and unwilling to expand, while remote areas like Langya Prefecture are beyond the control of the Central Holy Court.

Now is the perfect time for their demon race to rise to power.

The demons came from the eight wastelands and four seas where they had been banished, and set foot on the land of the three thousand states once again.

The fat creature, its forked tongue flicking, swept up a mortal village on the edge of the mountain and swallowed all the humans whole. It seemed to be venting its frustration.

Fei remained expressionless, waiting for the other party to finish passing the time.

"Have you noticed that there's a gaze watching us?" Suddenly, Fei's huge eyes turned and stared at a very small corner.

In the shadows of the mountains and forests, in a shallow puddle, a small creature hidden on the surface of the water trembled.

…………

"Damn, thank goodness I got out of there fast."

Shen Moyan quickly extinguished the connection with the Six Senses Firefly.

Over the years, he has allowed the Six Senses Fireflies to reproduce on their own, occasionally emerging from seclusion to artificially hybridize the fireflies and select some Six Senses Fireflies with longer lifespans.

"This realm of mountains and seas is indeed fraught with danger, and monsters roam freely."

The thought that while he was in seclusion, the mountain across the street was actually a demon in disguise, and that after his seclusion ended, a giant snake capable of swallowing entire towns and villages would come after him, sent chills down Shen Moyan's spine.

"A Great Demon of the Third Tribulation, at least of the Third Tribulation, comparable to a True Person of the Purple Mansion."

Shen Moyan carefully compared his current strength and realized that going up there would be suicide.

"And what's going on with the Holy Court? Is there going to be a war?"

Thanks to the Nine Songs Immortal Lord, Shen Moyan overheard their conversation and successfully understood the meaning of their demonic language.

Langya Prefecture is located on the edge of the Three Thousand Prefectures, thousands of prefectures away from the Holy Court headquarters, far away.

"Alright, let's go check out Langya Academy first."

Cultivation level and powerful backers—these are the lessons Shen Moyan learned from his first life.

The martial arts world of Daqi is fraught with danger, and the cultivation world is no exception.

Before the war breaks out, Shen Moyan would be better off following Jiang Zhiqi's advice, making some gains at the academy, and then promptly leaving Langya Prefecture.

[Current Skills: Azure Sun Rising Technique (Transcendent Realm), Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique (Unskilled), Azure Wood Longevity Technique (Old Immortal Path, Unskilled), Startling Swan Sword Technique (Self-created), Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique (Thirteenth Level)...]

"As for cultivation techniques, most of those collected from the rogue cultivators of Dongshan City are not as good as the 'Azure Sun Rising Technique' and the 'Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique'." Shen Moyan said as he traveled, summoning the book I wrote and taking out the bookmark.

[Skill: Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique]

[Introduction: This technique is one of the immortal lineages of this world, a derivative technique of the Six Hells Demon Sect, excerpted from a supreme demonic tome (Unspeakable)]

This skill, once proven, is eternally proven, indestructible through countless eons, and cannot be abolished. It will lead to the attainment of extremely yin and evil, the ultimate demonic and monstrous divine power. Only those with immense perseverance, great opportunity, and a truly wicked nature can even glimpse its path.

This technique cultivates one of the four demonic arts, the Heavenly Demon. This is an external demon that can hinder one's cultivation and sever the path to immortality.

[To cultivate this skill, one must use a demonic seed as a guide, establish a Heavenly Demon Ritual, and connect with the Heavenly Demon Path before one can understand the next detailed step of cultivation.]

This is a demonic cultivation method, neither a celestial nor a Taoist one.

Shen Moyan cannot cultivate the "Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique" now because he cannot find a suitable demon seed, nor does he have time to set up the so-called ritual.

Having bypassed the prerequisite cultivation conditions, even with the blessing of the Nine Songs Immortal Lord's great power, he could only vaguely understand the detailed annotations of the "Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique." It was as if a three-dimensional being could not comprehend a four-dimensional being.

It is obvious that this so-called "Heavenly Demon Path" is superior to the "Literary Path" of "Nine Songs Immortal Lord of Literature".

Therefore, Shen Moyan made up his mind to definitely cultivate this technique.

"The Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique suits me quite well, but it's a bit difficult to master. It requires both a demonic seed and a ritual. Where am I going to get these demonic materials for the ritual?"

Shen Moyan pondered, then looked up into the distance.

We can only pin our hopes on that so-called academy.