Chapter 542: The Three Immortals of Kunlun Are Still Alive

Chapter 542: Chapter 503: The Three Immortals of Kunlun Are Still Alive

Finally, Song Ciwan “treated” all the remaining Poisoned Cultivators.

The reason “treated” was in quotes was because the treatment was selective—

Song Ciwan cured the ones who were salvageable. As for those who were incurable, the ones who had completely turned into insects, she killed them.

This time, she didn’t wait for General Yu to act. She threw out the Five Elements Crystal Pearl herself and, with a series of BOOMS, finished them off decisively.

She did it for one reason only: to claim the Death Qi from this batch of Poisoned Cultivators.

Song Ciwan figured that the Death Qi from these completely insectified people had to be special. She was very much looking forward to seeing what she could get by selling it.

In the end, including the Death Qi from Brother Wang, Song Ciwan had obtained a total of seven wisps of special Death Qi.

[Death Qi. The Death Qi of a mature Alien Gu, tainted by the Divine Power of the Ancient Divine Insect Race. Three catties, five taels. Tradeable.]

[Death Qi. The Death Qi of a mature Alien Gu, tainted by the Divine Power of the Ancient Divine Insect Race. Three catties, nine taels. Tradeable.]

[Death Qi…]

As the Death Qi rolled in, the description given by the Heaven and Earth Scale was particularly noteworthy: a mature Alien Gu!

Song Ciwan instantly understood. ‘These people who completely transformed into poisonous insects are the mature Alien Gu!’

Currently, several of the Basic Realms of the Ancient Divine Insect Race were known—

When the host was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Ancient Divine Insect Race was only a seed embryo;

When the host reached the Golden Core Stage, the embryo would develop into a complete Insect Egg;

When the host reached the Nascent Soul Stage, the Insect Egg would hatch into a larva;

And when the host reached the Soul Emergence Stage, the larva would evolve into a mutant!

…

What came after the mutant stage was currently unknown to Song Ciwan.

What was known was that an Immortal Seeker at the Soul Emergence Stage might have a combat strength equivalent to a Top Level Celestial Immortal of the Human Race!

But because of the Ancient Divine Insect Race’s unique corrupting abilities, Song Ciwan even suspected that a Top Level Celestial Immortal of the Human Race might not be able to defeat a mutant of the Ancient Divine Insect Race.

After all, in her Heaven and Earth Scale, she still had a Seven-star Level Marvel: the Ancient God’s Horn.

The function of the Ancient God’s Horn was to summon a complete mutant of the Ancient Divine Insect Race one time.

Seven-star Level, also known as True Immortal Level.

‘A mutant… is it really only equivalent to the Returning Void Celestial Immortal Realm?’

‘Without any actual combat data, it’s hard to say.’

But one thing worth noting was that “mutant,” as the name implied, should refer to a member of the Ancient Divine Insect Race that was still in its growth and Mutation Stage.

In other words, at this point, the Ancient Divine Insect was not yet mature.

‘If an immature Ancient Divine Insect is already equivalent to a Top Level Celestial Immortal or a True Immortal of the Human Race, what would a mature one be capable of?’

‘It’s unthinkable, unbearable. To ponder it too deeply is to court despair.’

But Song Ciwan never despaired. She reined in her thoughts and continued her deductions from the bottom up.

‘Putting the Ancient Divine Insect Race aside, let’s just talk about the Alien Gu.’

In terms of combat power, a mature Alien Gu seemed to be equivalent to the Human Race’s Divine Refining Stage—

After all, these Alien Gu had horribly parasitized the Upper Sect True Inheritors of the Divinity Transformation Stage. These True Inheritors were the geniuses among geniuses; even if they weren’t at the Celestial Pride Level, they were still much stronger than an ordinary Divinity Transformation cultivator.

Add to that the fact that General Yu couldn’t kill an Alien Gu with a single strike. Therefore, rating a mature Alien Gu at the level of an ordinary Refining Spirit cultivator shouldn’t be an exaggeration.

An immature mutant of the Ancient Divine Insect Race was equivalent to a Top Level Celestial Immortal or True Immortal of the Human Race, while a mature Alien Gu was equivalent to a top-tier Divinity Transformation or an ordinary Refining Spirit cultivator.

The similarities were: both possessed extreme stealth and corruptive power; they could sow chaos, parasitize, and devour… and they had extremely strong Life Force, making them very difficult to kill!

From this perspective, the Alien Gu seemed like a version of the Ancient Divine Insect Race that had been weakened by an unimaginable degree.

Song Ciwan believed the Alien Gu held immense research value.

After killing the completely insectified Cultivators, Song Ciwan collected six more piles of corpse ash. Adding the one from Brother Wang, the total was still seven.

Turning them all to ash was the only option. After observing, Yu Wenxu said, “Once a person is completely insectified, they won’t die even if beheaded. They must be completely incinerated with fire of extreme heat. Only then will the insect not revive!”

He spoke these words with a chilling gravity.

After composing himself, Wu Yanjun gathered his nerve and approached Yu Wenxu. With a mix of grief, lingering fear, and gratitude, he said, “Indeed, this Alien Gu is too terrifying! I was lucky today, to have been saved by Xing Lan Fairy!”

At this, he let out a soft, relieved sigh.

If one could live, who would want to die?

His fellow cultivators had died, and while he was regretful and sad, he was ultimately happy that he himself had survived. This was human nature, and not something to be criticized.

In total, there had been seventeen Poisoned Cultivators. Aside from Wu Yanjun, who was the first to be saved, and the seven, including Brother Wang, who were completely insectified and beyond saving, another nine people were also rescued by Song Ciwan.

However, the injuries these nine suffered were all more severe than Wu Yanjun’s.

For example, the Female Cultivator from before who was half-human, half-scorpion. Although the Poisonous Insect was removed from her body, Song Ciwan had been forced to amputate her right leg.

There was no choice but to amputate. It was a completely insectified leg, unlike Wu Yanjun’s, which had only been encased in an insect shell.

For someone like Wu Yanjun, the shell could be peeled off, and with his legs refilled with flesh and blood, he would be perfectly fine again.

But for the half-human, half-scorpion Female Cultivator, her right leg had become indistinguishable from an insect’s body. Peeling off a shell was not an option.

If it wasn’t amputated, she would sooner or later transform into an insect again!

Song Ciwan removed the Poisonous Insect, amputated her right leg, and revived her.

The moment she opened her eyes, it was as if she were waking from a nightmare. Seeing Song Ciwan, she uttered a single sentence: “Have I returned to the Mortal World?”

After she understood the situation, the female cultivator hopped on one leg over to Wu Yanjun, who comforted her with concern.

She was quite philosophical about it, only saying, “To have kept my life is already a blessing from the heavens!”

She then thanked Song Ciwan and paid her respects to General Yu and Hall Master Sun.

It turned out her name was Zuo Yuzhi, and she was a True Disciple of Qionghua Pavilion.

Zuo Yuzhi said, “Once all the fellow cultivators have woken up, I will return to the Sect. As for this leg, perhaps it can be saved once I’m back at the Sect.”

In a Mythical Realm, methods for Limb Regeneration should exist.

If it were Song Ciwan herself, she could absolutely achieve Limb Regeneration through her Body Refining Technique.

However, she had not yet learned the lesson on how to make others regenerate limbs.

Everyone agreed with Zuo Yuzhi’s plan to return to her Sect to seek a Limb Regeneration Technique.

Wu Yanjun even said, “Senior Sister Zuo, it is said that the Three Immortals of Kunlun have the power to bring the dead to life, grow flesh on bare bones, perform Limb Regeneration, reshape flesh and blood, and even reconstruct a Dharma Body! You are a True Disciple of Qionghua Pavilion. If your sect can’t help you after you return, perhaps you can ask your master to intervene and take you to Kunlun!”

Zuo Yuzhi smiled faintly. “The Three Immortals of Kunlun haven’t acted in many years. Although I am a True Disciple of Qionghua Pavilion, I am merely a junior from a later generation. How could I possibly have the standing to ask for the aid of the Three Immortals of Kunlun?”

After this faint smile, she said no more.

Seeing her low spirits, Wu Yanjun didn’t know what else to say at the moment.

Song Ciwan, however, noted a piece of information from their conversation: ‘So the Three Immortals of Kunlun are still alive!’

‘That makes sense. Although the Three Immortals of Kunlun are figures from a thousand years ago, a millennium has passed and even Mo Yinghuai is still alive. What’s so strange about the Three Immortals still being around?’

‘The lifespan of a True Immortal can be three to five thousand years. With various life-extending methods, it’s not impossible for it to be even longer.’

‘The Three Immortals of Kunlun are still alive and well, their medical skills are brilliant, and they are renowned throughout the Nine Provinces. They are truly living myths!’

‘Bringing the dead to life, growing flesh on bare bones, Limb Regeneration, reshaping bloodlines, reconstructing a Dharma Body…’

‘Every one of these abilities is enough to shatter the common world’s understanding!’