Chapter 883: Chapter 363: Undercurrents Rising
Inside Xian’s body, within his brain.
Countless pseudo-human Three Flowers disguised themselves as Xian’s brain, seized him, and controlled Xian’s body into falling asleep.
These pseudo-human brain flowers.
Were exactly the hidden move Ning Zheng left behind in that previous battle of Xian’s.
During this period, he hadn’t come to control "Xian" because every time he controlled Xian, those usurping neural brain-flowers would disappear by a section.
His time controlling Xian was limited.
But now that he’d come once, while patching up the foundation, he was also here to incidentally study what kind of biological structure Xian actually was.
"Perfect timing, since the neighbor got a Dharma Method, I’ll study this Xian."
"Previously, when I controlled him, I only knew the surface, not the principles."
Now Ning Zheng’s vision was already incomparable to before, and with the neighboring side providing all kinds of research data and information on Xian.
He increasingly understood what kind of lifeform "Xian" really was.
First of all.
This Nine-State Xian... really was a Soul Shell, an Embers.
The neighboring Xian was a stone, a Metal Stone.
Clearly, depending on each world’s tomb-system, the form of the corpse after Xian’s death was also different.
And in life, Xian truly had no trace of cultivation at all, he was a Mortal... but born already extremely powerful.
His bodily structures, on every level, were innately that of a powerful Immortal!
To push it further: there were originally no Immortals in the world; people only researched Immortal-Becoming Techniques by referencing Xian’s structure.
Moreover, even that final Immortal-Becoming Technique was achieved by entering into Xian and using his origin to break through and become Immortal.
Only then did they have one Sacrificial Era cycle after another, the alternation of civilizational great destruction and great reboot.
"So in every world, someone threw in a naturally-born Immortal?"
"Is it a conspiracy, or are the rules of the world simply like this?"
"Or is Xian something like a[Tribulation]kind of primordial Celestial Phenomenon? Generated naturally by the environment?"
"It might even be some ancient cross-world Great Power, like Nuwa the God of creating humans, possessing the mighty power of countless biochemized avatars with projections in every world?"
Ning Zheng conjured up all sorts of speculations.
He didn’t believe the painter had no guesses about this; that guy had definitely already discovered many Xians.
It was even possible the painter knew the true origin of these Xians—who could say.
Ning Zheng turned the thought over, and felt in his heart that there was great terror and a vast conspiracy involved; these waters were too deep.
"This Xian opens up the origin of civilization and is the Keystones of each world, as well as their ladder to Immortalhood."
"Might end up entangled in some huge karmic cause."
"But perhaps I can research some of the principles inside Xian, and then in the future I can, without using Xian, walk a route of Self-Transformation to Immortalhood."
"That way is slower and harder, but the potential might be even higher and stronger."
"Time to get busy with my own business." Ning Zheng thought this far and stopped; thinking more would only add pointless vexation.
Following the neighbor’s research techniques, he began to sense Xian’s "Immortal Fate" aura, to check the reserves, and couldn’t help exclaiming:
"So full!"
This Immortal Fate vase that was Xian was practically filled to the brim; it had reached the lip and was about to overflow.
This world had never completed even the first Sacrificial Era cycle; ever since its opening, it had been accumulating, and the Immortal Fate was overflowing.
Whereas the Celestial Destiny World’s Xian only accumulated a thin layer of Immortal Fate in the vase every time it barely reached the threshold—one million-plus years counted as a single epoch cycle, just enough to barely break through, and those people would immediately start breaking through.
The two weren’t even in the same league.
No wonder, after the neighboring Night Emperor obtained the technical information, his first reaction was to, after becoming Immortal, take a trip over to Nine-State.
He’d probably taken a fancy to the massive opportunities accumulated over countless tens of thousands of years here!
"However, I’ve only walked the First Realm of the Self-Transformation Tenth Realm; Immortal-Becoming is still a long way off for me. Right now, using Xian’s Power of Evolution to complete my cycles is the Righteous path."
His eyes half-closed.
He began using Xian’s Embers Power of Evolution, that pure and gentle Life Force, to perfect his own foundation.
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Sword Casting Manor.
Sun Moon Su Yuniang dragged Ning Jiaojiao, striding rapidly into the plaza, glanced at the little Daoists all over taking quests, with names floating above their heads.
[No Bedwetting at Nine Years Old]: Three Elements Realm, Qi Realm.
[Shao Chaikun]: Three Elements Realm, Divine Realm.
...
Now there was a full-fledged data-identification function, which made Su Yuniang nod slightly: "Names floating overhead—now that’s got some NPC flavor."
"I’ve been taking Jiaojiao out for training recently, hunting in the surrounding Sea Domain, honing combat techniques. We’ve only been gone a dozen days or so, and these livestock already pushed a massive update."
After all.
A Cultivator’s cultivation ignores the passage of years; mere ten-odd days is nothing.
"You even set up a bunch of shops—getting ready to welcome new arrivals?"
She walked to the Village Sword set out in front of the weapon shop and couldn’t help picking it up for a look.
"Hey, want to buy one as a collectible?"
Inside the shop, the Coder couldn’t help pitching:
"Village Sword is our newly launched limited edition series, only ten thousand in total, and eight thousand of those are in Old Steward’s hands."
"Only the very top newbie players, who complete the toughest newbie missions from Old Steward, can get that man’s reward!"
"But now, you don’t need to go through Old Steward’s difficult missions; you only need to spend 5,000 Magic Coins to get a launch-limited weapon!"
Sun Moon Su Yuniang was deeply shaken.
In an instant she understood their sinister intent.
They gave a batch of weapons to Old Steward, but in reality it was using that man as free advertising to shear a wave of future public-beta whales.
Those who lack the ability to complete the Newbie Village Chief’s missions but still want a "best sword in the village" as a souvenir will definitely come here for a massive bleed.
These people were too vicious.
Their scheming extended even to Old Steward.
Sun Moon Su Yuniang let out a cold snort:
"Tch! I’m not collecting; I’m the Sun and Moon in the sky."
"When the public beta goes live, I’ll roll out a weather system. The rich folks in the manor, if they want a certain number of clouds today, a certain sun temperature, a certain level of heat, they can all come to me for custom orders."
Coder: ???
He was deeply shaken.
Even while exploiting newbie players and using NPCs as mere background, this one still managed to stand out.
A weather system—brutal.
Sun Moon Su Yuniang savored someone’s stunned expression and walked straight into the steward’s office, looking at Jiucai Rong sitting behind his desk.
"Do you still have any spots left for that No-Life Mother and Child Reincarnation?"
Sun Moon Su Yuniang plopped down casually. "I want to get one for my Ning Jiaojiao, give birth to a Dragon Maiden, super handsome!"
Jiucai Rong froze: "That experiment’s overseen by Immortal Aunt and the Medical Fairy; I’ll check with them."
He took out a Painting Card, asked the neighboring lab a few questions, then said:
"These ten fetal slots are ten Top-Grade Landing Numbers!"
"But over the past few months, several fetuses have already been ruined. We previously had a blacksmith log in to raise a fetus inside; he used his mom’s belly as a punching bag every day—thud thud on the belly—ended up rupturing it, it was miserable."
"The second one learned that lesson and was actually born, but the baby’s qualifications weren’t great. After burning a massive amount of resources, all we got was an Upper Grade Spiritual Root."
Sun Moon Su Yuniang mulled it over, and in a blink she saw it through:
"That thing’s reincarnation is cycling through lives in an illusion, constantly reincarnating in the mother’s womb to eventually gestate a Holy Embryo."
"You blacksmiths are all unlearned and shallow; with such shaky foundations, even a Top-Grade Number in your hands will be raised into trash."
"It’s got to be a native who advances one steady step at a time who can make use of those Top-Grade Numbers, reincarnating into a top-tier baby."
Jiucai Rong nodded. "That does make sense, so we’re still researching how to use these accounts."
"Give me one. Ning Jiaojiao’s foundation is solid; she can handle it." Su Yuniang smiled.
"Starting the final step?" Jiucai Rong suddenly grinned. "You know once you start transforming into a Dragon, there’s no turning back; your foundation will be completely fixed."
"Of course I’m ready. What do you think I’ve been doing all this time, skipping all your mainline events?" Sun Moon Su Yuniang said:
"Our super fusion in the battle of Xian makes us strong contenders; we’ll beat the crap out of Xin Xichen and the others."
Jiucai Rong said, "I hear the neighboring Night Emperor also plans to become Immortal and then cross back over; that opponent’s pretty strong."
"He’d come back as an Immortal and bully the weak? Steal a Mortal’s Immortal Fate?"
Sun Moon Su Yuniang froze, then cursed: "Who cares. He’s just got a Yin Yang Spirit Root; we’ve got Double Seven-Colored Spirit Root, a Mortal body fighting Immortals."
"Then I wish you luck." Jiucai Rong laughed. "But you’ve got to pay for that Top-Grade Number yourself."
"No problem, put it on my tab!" Sun Moon Su Yuniang was full of fighting spirit. "Once my Trapped Dragon Ascending to Heaven is complete, I’ll blow up every genius in this world and reign alone over the ages!"
