Family cultivation of immortality: from Fairy Cat Valley to the Nine Divine Realms

Chapter 1854 Entering the Heavenly Dragon's Hidden Organs

Zhang Xuan nodded and held up two fingers: "Two paths."

"First, reopen the Immortal Gate."

"The Immortal Sect can connect to all the heavens and myriad realms. Although most of them are broken great realms, they may contain eighth-order immortal veins or ninth-order supreme treasures."

Jiao'er's eyes lit up, but then she frowned: "But opening the Immortal Gate requires consuming the essence of the Immortal Path, and... I remember you said that the second time it is opened, all nine dragon shadows on the Nine Dragon Wall need to be solidified."

“That’s right.” Zhang Xuan smiled wryly. “When we first opened it, the amount of immortal path essence consumed when we solidified the nine dragon shadows wasn’t much.”

"But the second time, the required source of immortality is dozens of times that of the first time. Over the past four hundred years, I have used the immortal path to refine thousands of eighth-order golden pills to generate the source of immortality to feed the immortal sect. Now, I have only solidified six paths."

"At the current rate of cultivation, it will take at least three hundred years for the remaining three dragon shadows to solidify," Zhang Xuan estimated.

Jiao'er remained silent.

They can't wait three hundred years.

Even if he could wait, the continuous depletion of his immortal path essence during this period would slow down Zhang Xuan's own growth on the Great Dao.

"What about the second way?" Jiao'er asked.

Zhang Xuan turned his gaze eastward.

That's the border of the Dragonspine Divine Realm, and also... the direction of the Mouth Stronghold.

Back when he was in the Mahayana stage, he mistakenly entered it and almost died but survived. However, he also obtained the heaven-defying opportunity of the Nirvana Life Aperture Qi and the Dao Marrow Crystal, which laid the foundation for all paths.

Now that he has advanced to the Golden Immortal realm and completed the Great Dao Transmission, he has gained a deeper understanding of the secret realm of organs transformed from the remains of the Heavenly Dragon.

Zhang Xuan's eyes reflected the faint causal fluctuations of the "mouth shape" appearing in the void, and he said:

"The red-robed elder from the River of Time said that the Boundary Membrane Stronghold was formed from the remains of the Heavenly Dragon. The Heavenly Dragon Organ Secret Realm contains what we need, but it is definitely extremely dangerous. Are you willing to go?"

The two looked at each other and saw the determination in each other's eyes.

Resources are what they need most right now.

While the eighth-grade Golden Elixir is excellent, its effects diminish with repeated consumption.

The fragments of the Great Road Ferry have been completely consumed.

Even with the trade channels of the Ruins Sea Market and the Abyss of the Beginning Demon, it was still difficult to support the long-term cultivation of two Golden Immortals.

The rare and precious materials in this Heavenly Dragon Organ Secret Realm may be the key to their breakthrough in breaking through their current bottleneck!

"Let's go."

Zhang Xuan reached out and made a gesture, causing a portal to open in the void.

The two transformed into two streaks of light, one golden and one blue, and disappeared into the gate.

Entering the Maw of Devouring Again

A familiar yet unfamiliar dark red void.

But this time, Zhang Xuan's feelings were completely different.

During his Mahayana stage, he felt that this place was extremely dangerous, that the Great Dao was being torn apart and the laws were being devoured, and that he had mistakenly entered it like a lamb to the slaughter.

Now, as a Golden Immortal, his causal threads directly penetrated the surface and touched the chaotic Great Dao rules of this mouth stronghold.

“As expected…” Golden light flashed in Zhang Xuan’s eyes, “This is not just oral remains, but also the manifestation of a complete system of rules for eating and digestion.”

Countless fine threads of cause and effect intertwine to form a vast net, each thread representing a fundamental principle of the Dao that is devoured or digested.

The entire space rhythmically swallows, maintaining the instinctive operation of this digestive system.

Jiao'er also probed with her Golden Immortal divine sense, and the Ice Soul Ferry appeared faintly behind her.

“My lord, although this place is only the remains of a Heavenly Dragon, it still retains some of the power of the Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon in digesting all things in its lifetime.”

The moment the words left his mouth, the entire space trembled violently!

The swallowing motion, which was more than ten times more intense than it had been back then, began!

The upper jaw slammed down, and countless teeth formed from shattered laws gleamed with a cold light.

The suction force at the throat surged, forming a series of swallowing vortexes!

This time, its power is enough to instantly annihilate a peak True Immortal!

But Zhang Xuan and Jiao'er simply stood quietly, each of them unfolding a Golden Immortal Dao Domain around themselves.

Behind Zhang Xuan, the illusory image of the sixteen-colored Great Dao Ferry appeared, turning to sprinkle down the sweet dew of all laws, and reversing to spew out the black mist of burying immortals.

The downward-pressing palate was stopped by an invisible rotating force a hundred feet above his head, and could not fall any further.

Around Jiao'er, the Ice Soul Ferry slowly turned, and pure, extremely cold Daoist energy spread out.

Wherever it passed, space froze, even the terrifying suction vortex was frozen.

The Golden Immortal Dao Domain directly confronts the rules of this remnant secret realm!

"Roar--"

More demonic figures surged in from all directions.

This time, several Dao Corpse Demon Shadows with auras comparable to those of late-stage True Immortals even appeared among them.

They retained some of their supernatural powers from their previous lives, and their eyes burned with resentment and unwillingness.

"Troublesome." Jiao'er frowned slightly, finding it annoying.

She gently raised her slender hand, and the Ice Soul Ferry turned slightly.

The pale blue icy Daoist aura spread out like a tide.

Wherever it passed, whether it was a Devouring Demon Shadow at the Mahayana stage or a Dao Corpse Demon Shadow at the True Immortal level, they were all frozen in place, turning into ice sculptures of various shapes and sizes.

Even their half-finished supernatural powers were frozen in the void.

This is the essential difference between a Golden Immortal and a True Immortal—absolute control over the rules of the Great Dao!

“Madam, look deep into that throat,” Zhang Xuan said, pointing ahead.

Jiao'er looked in the direction he pointed.

During countless swallowing movements, the demonic fragments sucked into the throat were not directly annihilated, but were transported to a deeper level through some mysterious channel.

“That should be the entrance to the Stomach Sac Secret Realm,” Zhang Xuan judged. “Back then, I only reached the filter layer and obtained the product of preliminary purification. The real essence must be in the core of the digestive system.”

"Should we go in?" Jiao'er asked. "I can sense that the rules in that passage are even more violent."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment: "Go, but be prepared. Tianlong was able to devour countless worlds in his lifetime, so his stomach must be extraordinary. Even if only his remains remain, they are by no means ordinary."

The two stopped lingering on the perimeter and, in a flash, flew towards the unfathomable depths of the throat.

The deeper you go, the more powerful the rules of devouring become.

The surrounding void was no longer dark red, but gradually turned into a murky yellowish-green.

This is the prototype of the Heavenly Dragon Stomach Fluid, formed by the mixture of countless corrosive laws.

Even the Golden Immortal Dao Domain began to be eroded in this environment.

Zhang Xuan's Great Dao Ferry alternated between forward and reverse, constantly transforming the incoming corrosive laws.

Jiao'er's Ice Soul Domain continued to freeze the yellow-green airflow that was trying to penetrate.

“The rules here… have begun to affect the operation of my ferry.” Jiao’er said with a solemn expression.

She felt that her Ice Soul Dao was 30% more sluggish than usual.

Zhang Xuan shared the same sentiment.

His sixteen Great Daos rotate in turn, endlessly regenerating.

But the rules here seem to target all foreign things, aiming to break them down and assimilate them.

“As expected of the digestive system of the Holy Ancient Heavenly Dragon.” Zhang Xuan laughed instead. “Even after countless years of death, the remaining rules are still so domineering. However… this also proves that we have come to the right place.”

The more powerful the digestive system, the more precious the essence it processes!