Chapter 753 - 378: The Decaying Cultivation Immortality Realm

Chapter 753: Chapter 378: The Decaying Cultivation Immortality Realm

A full year had passed since Su Wunian’s successful body-snatching by the time he arrived in Zi’an County.

After the body-snatching, he had spent a full year completely adapting to his new body. He had also thoroughly digested and absorbed Wang Xiaohu’s Primordial Spirit to ensure no further issues would arise.

However, when he stepped into Zi’an County and saw the nearly deserted County Town, he couldn’t help but let out a deep sigh.

Along the way, he had witnessed too many similar scenes.

In any given County Town, almost eighty to ninety percent of the population had chosen to move to the Realm of Ten Thousand Races. The main reason was that the Cultivation Immortality Realm had become far too chaotic.

During his travels, he had heard that the Shadow Alliance and the Cultivation Immortality Realm’s Five Great Immortal Sects were constantly at war, and that other factions were also endlessly fighting amongst themselves.

The main issue was that members of the Shadow Alliance were rampantly stealing Spirit Veins everywhere. Now, more than half of the Spirit Veins in the entire Cultivation Immortality Realm were gone. The remaining ones were almost all within the territory of Six-Star or higher powers.

These powers patrolled and stood guard day and night, which was the only reason their Spirit Veins hadn’t been stolen.

But the Shadow Alliance firmly denied any involvement. Moreover, the Shadow Alliance’s own Spirit Veins had also vanished, and they blamed the Immortal Sects for it.

Both sides stuck to their stories, neither willing to believe the other. As a result, in an environment where encounters immediately led to battles and clashes turned into slaughters, it was the common people at the bottom who suffered.

This led to more and more people moving away to the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, causing the Cultivation Immortality Realm to become increasingly desolate.

"Things have changed so much... To think it’s become like this in just a few years."

Su Wunian sighed and continued toward the Cheng Mansion, only to find its main gates tightly shut.

’Oh well, I’ll just have to leave it to fate.’ Su Wunian had originally wanted to thank Cheng Zongyang, but seeing the situation, he didn’t press the matter. If not for Cheng Zongyang’s guidance back then, he wouldn’t have been given this new lease on life.

Next, he was torn, unsure whether he should head to the Realm of Ten Thousand Races.

Entering the Realm of Ten Thousand Races certainly had its benefits, but he was also worried he would be detected as someone who had performed a body-snatching.

He knew the rules of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races. If discovered, he would face immediate capture and imprisonment. In severe cases, he could even be executed by heavenly lightning.

In the end, the instinct for self-preservation won out. He decided to continue wandering the Cultivation Immortality Realm, gathering resources for his Cultivation. If the opportunity arose, he would find a chance to return to the Martial Arts Realm and take a look.

Just as he was about to leave, a powerful pressure suddenly descended upon him.

He looked up to see two figures flying and clashing in the sky. The immense pressure from their powerful Cultivation terrified the few people remaining in the County Town into silence, and some ordinary folk even dropped to the ground.

’Damn it, which clan do these Golden Core Cultivators belong to?!’ Su Wunian’s expression turned grim. As he struggled to resist the pressure, he began looking for a place to hide.

This wasn’t the first time he had seen such a scene. Some County Towns had even been reduced to ruins.

He had once held a high position in the Martial Arts Realm, and with his experience and insight, he could easily see the decline of the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

The rampant theft of Spirit Veins in the Cultivation Immortality Realm was equivalent to digging up the very foundation of this world. Without Spirit Veins, the source of Spiritual Qi was gone.

The chaotic wars and scrambles between the various powers had driven more and more people to seek refuge in the Realm of Ten Thousand Races. ’With the people gone, what hope does this world have left?’

Soon, all that would be left was an ordinary world, just like the Martial Arts Realm.

The fight between the two grew more intense. The aftershocks from their various techniques rippled into the County Town, destroying numerous houses.

If the town hadn’t been mostly empty, the casualties would likely have been immense.

Su Wunian could only do his best to put distance between them, fleeing toward the outskirts of the town.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the County Town. Then he set off, preparing to head for Ice City.

Although he didn’t dare enter the Realm of Ten Thousand Races at the moment, he still needed resources and information about its recent changes.

’If people like him can enter without issue, then so can I, right?’ Besides, he could also gather some resources along the way.

「In the Li City Territory, on a certain mountain peak.」

A chaotic battle was currently underway, the goal being to seize a family’s Spirit Vein that had not yet been stolen.

Indeed, the current melee was all because of that Spirit Vein.

However, the two sides were not evenly matched in number. The Li Family had mobilized everyone, and their patriarch, an elder at the Peak of Foundation Establishment Cultivation, was wielding a Magical Artifact to fight two of the opponents.

The remaining family members were each engaged with an opponent.

The other side had only ten people, but all ten were uniformly dressed in black robes.

After the family’s elder used a Magic Technique to break free from the encirclement, he quickly created some distance and began to gather his power again.

Without a word of nonsense, the elder condensed his magic again, forming two green Cyan Dragons. The two Magic Cyan Dragons circled in the air with a furious roar, then instantly charged toward the two Shadow Alliance assassins, who also had Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

As the Magic Cyan Dragons appeared and charged forward, the elder’s face turned pale.

’The Li Family’s techniques aren’t half bad!’ Not far away, Lin Feng watched the battle with a calm expression.

Ever since he learned that Cheng Zongyang was the master of the Realm of Ten Thousand Races, he had come to view all other powers as nothing special. Therefore, encountering a battle of this scale could no longer surprise him.

But his gaze remained fixed on the members of the Shadow Alliance, looking for an opportunity.

After leaving the Immortal Capital, he had returned to the Cultivation Immortality Realm alone.

He needed to raise his Cultivation, which meant that killing was inevitable. Thus, he had set his sights on the Shadow Alliance.