Without knowing exactly what he had discovered, he suddenly took out Senior Sister Zhao’s drop of blood from the isolated space and began to carefully examine it nearby.
“Master, you—!” Senior Sister Zhao couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
“No worries!” A layer of black light emerged from around Ji Changxi’s body, enveloping him entirely.
In that instant, Senior Sister Zhao recognized it—it was the unique divine light exhibited by the magical power [The Dao Is Mine Alone] from the Heaven-Slaying Dao Scripture.
All foreign energies, in the presence of this magical power, would be transformed into something the practitioner could control.
She had also briefly cultivated this divine technique! But now…
Lowering her head, Senior Sister Zhao carefully concealed the ambition and dissatisfaction in her eyes.
Fortunately, all the senior members of the Grand Dao Sect present had their attention focused entirely on the continuously swirling drop of blood in Ji Changxi’s hand. It seemed no one had noticed her anomaly.
Black light surged endlessly from Master Ji’s body, surrounding the blood drop.
However, before Ji Changxi could analyze what was happening, a sharp cough suddenly echoed beside him.
A trace of surprise appeared on his face.
And this was only the beginning.
As if triggered by a chain reaction, soon after, uncontrollable coughing echoed throughout the grand hall of the sect, where the elites were gathered.
“How is this possible?!” After experiencing the severity of this unknown illness firsthand, the elders’ expressions changed dramatically.
“Interesting, interesting…”
“Wait, this seems to be…”
However, those present are after all the elites of the elites who have survived from the Xuanhuang Realm for thousands of years.
Very quickly, each of them used their own methods to suppress the abnormalities in their bodies.
Some even began to study it on the spot with great interest.
Seeing the elders respond in this manner, Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao exchanged a glance, feeling slightly relieved.
“The contagiousness and virulence are extremely terrifying. This is something rarely seen in my life! I fear that even the [Absolute Immortal Edict] released during the dying struggle of the Xuantian Sect might not compare.” An elderly man with white hair said slowly.
Li Fan only knew that this person was named Mo Zhiren, one of the elders of the Grand Dao Sect and an expert in pharmacology. He usually kept a low profile and refrained from sect affairs. However, it was said that the pills he refined were of the highest quality. Even the ‘Creation Purple Gold Pill’ Li Fan had taken before—Mo Zhiren could produce a flawed version with 70-80% efficacy despite only being at the Dao Integration stage.
Once Mo Zhiren spoke, the other elders immediately began to voice their opinions.
“This illness, once contracted, grows autonomously within a cultivator’s body. Mild symptoms are manageable, but if not suppressed in time, it will worsen into a severe condition…”
“At best, one’s cultivation will regress; at worst, they will perish, body and soul!”
As soon as this was said, the expressions of everyone present became grim.
“I just tried over ten different methods, and while I could quickly eliminate the symptoms caused by the disease, the source of this affliction seems to linger, still hidden deep within the body. What is its host medium? Strange, truly strange…”
“We elders have strong cultivation and can easily suppress the symptoms, but what about the disciples? Without medicinal aid, they might…”
“First, we had the ‘Law of Incompatible Cultivation’, and now we face this bizarre disease…”
“The immortal path is severed, the future bleak! Perhaps it’s time to retreat, perhaps it’s time to retreat!”
“Lei Fanzi, stop your nonsense in front of the juniors!”
…
The grand sect hall, usually the most solemn place, now resembled a noisy marketplace.
Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao kept their heads down, not daring to show any abnormal expressions.
“Everyone!”
At this moment, a voice rang out, drawing everyone’s attention.
The hall fell silent instantly.
“I have an idea,” said Ji Changxi, the Grand Dao Sect Master, with a serious expression.
“Some of you may have already realized it—the reason this strange disease is so hard to defend against is that it is one of the newly born laws of Heaven and Earth.”
“The so-called law of nature. But unlike the ‘Law of Incompatible Cultivation’…”
“This… was caused by a cultivator!”
The words thundered through the hall, and Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao immediately looked up, shocked, staring at Ji Changxi as waves of disbelief surged in their minds.
A cultivator did this?
Defying the laws of Heaven and Earth?
Since the Immortal Ancestor Achieved Longevity, where only the new laws of Heaven could be cultivated, no one had ever defied Heaven’s will to break through to the ‘Longevity’ realm.
The Ten Great Immortal Sects had countless heroes.
But despite decades of attempts, no so-called genius had succeeded.
This showed just how difficult it was to defy Heaven’s will!
However, according to Sect Master Ji, a cultivator had silently succeeded in attaining Longevity?
Who was it?
The Ten Great Immortal Sects, though full of intrigue, still maintained communication. If someone had broken through to the Longevity realm, even if there was no prior announcement, once the breakthrough was made, news would have been shared with the other sects.
Moreover, this new Longevity Immortal seemed to defy conventional law that the ‘cultivators are immune to diseases’.
This kind of action, which essentially made enemies of all cultivators, could not possibly have come from one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects.
Who would dig their own grave?
So, who was this person that had not only reached the Longevity realm but also sought to eradicate all cultivators?
This was an outright provocation and declaration of war.
It wasn’t just Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao who were stunned.
All the elders and Ji Changxi in the hall had expressions filled with restrained killing intent.
“Investigate! We must find out the truth!”
“Even if this person is a Longevity Immortal Heavenly Sovereign, such actions cannot be forgiven!”
“I will immediately meet with the other heads of the Immortal Sects and pass on this information. As for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance…” Ji Changxi paused.
“We’ll send someone to inform them as well and gauge their response.”
“The strongest forces in the Xuanhuang Realm must unite. I refuse to believe that this individual can continue to roam free!”
“While tracking down the culprit, we must also take precautions against this illness. From today on, the medicine hall will operate at full capacity, ensuring the Grand Dao Sect has an adequate supply of medicinal pills.”
“As for those outside the Grand Dao Sect…”
Ji Changxi hesitated for a moment.
“After numerous calamities, our Grand Dao Sect has suffered greatly. We may barely have the strength to protect ourselves…”
“So, let them fend for themselves.”
The elders all nodded slightly in agreement with the sect master’s decision.
“I will also try to find a way to alleviate the symptoms of this strange disease,” Mo Zhiren said, his eyes gleaming with desire.
“If I can completely neutralize its harm to cultivators, it would mean defying the laws of Heaven once again.”
“In that case, perhaps ‘Longevity’ might still be within my reach.”
He muttered to himself.