Longevity Strange Immortal
Chapter 189 - 49: Brand of Da Ai Mi Tian

Chapter 189: Chapter 49: Brand of Da Ai Mi Tian

Fen Mu True Monarch and the others looked grim.

The headless body of the Mountain Demon still swung its ribs wildly, only becoming slightly more subdued after being smashed into fragments under the assault of the Artifact Cultivators.

"Daoist Qingtian..."

Fen Mu True Monarch squeezed these four words from between his clenched teeth, his expression full of immense dread.

The sheer strength Li Mo displayed far exceeded their expectations. Without lifting a finger himself, he had stirred chaos in the Golden Cauldron Sect using solely the Exotic Beasts formed from his meat limbs.

The Ghost Tiger was at least something they had witnessed before, but the Mountain Demon caught all the Daoists off guard.

The Mountain Demon’s unique characteristic, "Mutation," made it eerily similar to a Deceitful Object in certain aspects of its existence; even with its head severed, the body remained unaffected in its movements.

After its Life-Gathering Beast Body transformed into an Ancient Sacred Body, the Mountain Demon became unfazed by life or death, showcasing a power that left people astonished.

"Five Dao Body, hmph." Tai Jiaozi let out a cold snort.

A thought emerged simultaneously in their minds—the Mountain Demon was likely a newly created Meat Limb Magical Artifact by Li Mo.

Tai Jiaozi glanced around at the scattered remains, which did resemble defective Artifact Embryos. Li Mo’s explanation was undeniably accurate.

Yet, instead of retreating, Tai Jiaozi and his group became even more determined to pursue promotion into the Inner Sect.

Li Mo could afford to wait a hundred years before challenging the Golden Cauldron Sect, but they could not.

They could not imagine facing Daoist Qingtian at the Perfect Core Formation stage in a hundred years and having even a sliver of confidence to promote to the Inner Sect. If they wanted to avoid confronting him, they would need at least two hundred years.

Even for those pursuing immortality, two hundred years is a despairingly long stretch.

Worse yet, even if they intentionally avoided Li Mo for two hundred years, they might end up facing a Daoist Qingtian who had already reached the Nascent Soul stage.

The Daoists betting on the White Bone Pagoda exchanged whispers and decided to continue investigating its mysteries as planned.

The circumstances, however, had undeniably shifted.

The Middle and Lower Grade inheritances formed an alliance, strategically setting up a temporary stronghold centering around the Chaotic Burial Furnace.

It became clear to all observant eyes that while the White Bone Pagoda could allow an individual Artifact Cultivator to promote to the Inner Sect, escaping Falling Abyss would require another method.

Li Mo had undoubtedly become their lifeline.

They held firm belief that, with Li Mo’s Five Dao Body talent, he would never stoop low enough to choose transformation into the "Great Mother."

The Middle and Lower Grade inheritances refrained from going after factions like Scorched Hemp Field.

However, their advantage in numbers, combined with the covert actions of Li Mo, was sufficient to extricate themselves from the troubles surrounding the White Bone Pagoda, allowing them to observe events as they unfolded.

The top-grade inheritances were far from united.

Daoist Mu, although outwardly appearing interested in the Inner Sect promotion slots, was already drifting apart from the Golden Cauldron Sect, causing a dramatic shift in its situation.

Falling Abyss descended into eerie silence.

Under the threats and persuasion of Fen Mu True Monarch and the Daoists, five sect members stepped into the Daoist Temple.

Though the Golden Cauldron Sect exuded inexplicable strangeness at every turn, the Artifact Cultivators’ trust in the Mother Furnace was deeply ingrained, making them unquestioningly dismiss any doubts about the White Bone Pagoda’s relation to the Inner Sect.

The five who ventured to the White Bone Pagoda had multiple methods applied to their bodies, both inside and out.

Fen Mu True Monarch aimed to use this opportunity to uncover the internal workings of the White Bone Pagoda; he was unwilling to let the Inner Sect slots slip through his fingers.

As soon as the Artifact Cultivators entered the temple, the door swung shut again.

Soon, they emerged once more, smiling. Through the windows behind them, silhouettes identical to theirs could be faintly seen moving within the room.

Fen Mu True Monarch’s face darkened.

Every method devised against the White Bone Pagoda was completely ineffective.

The White Bone Pagodas were akin to ravenous beasts, devouring those who dared venture inside. No one could unravel the eerie motives behind the Mother Furnace’s establishment of the Golden Cauldron Sect.

While chaos brewed on the ground, Li Mo appeared relaxed.

The several dozen Artifact Cultivators seized by the Ghost Tiger had all become permanent residents of Corpse Mountain, substantially increasing the concentration of Yin Attribute Spiritual Energy.

Unfortunately, there was no sign of birthing Yang Attribute Spiritual Energy.

During cultivation, Li Mo focused his attention on five Deceit Furnace corpses.

Because of the robust vitality of Deceitful Objects, the corpses showed no signs of rotting, with some wounds even faintly healing.

Li Mo was deeply intrigued by the structure of Deceit Furnace flesh, so he had refrained from letting Corpse Mountain digest them, instead piling them atop the Fire Attribute Secondary Peak.

In his perspective, the Great Mother was strikingly similar to the Deceit Furnace.

Sun Yangli’s state during his first three revivals was strikingly close to that of the Great Mother, with his liquefied internal organs emitting a faint phosphorescence.

It wasn’t until his fourth revival that Sun Yangli completely spiraled out of control.

"Could the Great Mother actually be a controllable Deceit Furnace? Could one utilize the Central Alloy Golden Light Puppet Secret Method to maintain the Death Disease within certain limits?"

The more Li Mo thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. After all, records from the Heart Beast Sect did indicate that some Deceit Beasts bore traces of Spiritual Wisdom.

Was not Tian Chenzi, who ascended to the Immortal Realm, originally created from a Golden Feathered Phoenix Tail Sparrow?

The truth had been proven. During the millennia immediately following the Heaven and Earth upheavals, the ancient Cultivation World had certainly conducted extensive research on the Death Disease.

What monstrous results they had conjured, however, remained a mystery to this day.

Li Mo dissected the flesh of a Deceit Furnace, observing that its structure had already congealed into a gelatinous form interspersed with weakening phosphorescence.

Old Earth True Monarch referred to this phosphorescence as "Nine Nether Immortal Energy."

Li Mo experimented with various vessels to contain the phosphorescence, but his attempts all failed. It was as if the phosphorescence truly hailed from the Immortal Realm, making it impossible for mundane materials to encapsulate. He could only watch as it gradually dissipated.

After pondering for a moment, he infused some Nourishing Yuan Fruit medicine power into the Deceit Furnace’s corpse.

Stimulated by the Innate Essence, the corpse displayed faint signs of life, and the dissipation of phosphorescence slowed.

Li Mo began dissecting the corpses.

Eighty percent of the Deceit Furnace was made up of useless flesh tissue, a trait analogous to Deceit Beasts, whose internal organs were equally deteriorated.

Only the Furnace remained intact.

When Li Mo saw the Furnace, he involuntarily gasped.

Within the Deceit Furnace’s body was not a modern Metal Dantian but a vibrant Chen Tiangang skull, whose eyeballs even instinctively rotated.

Upon contact with the outside world, Chen Tiangang’s skull rapidly decayed before their very eyes.

"In that case, the Great Mother truly appears to use the Furnace to offset the drawbacks of the Death Disease."

Li Mo felt a chill run down his spine. As his gaze laced across the densely packed skulls surrounding him, a sudden thought struck him: The lifeform of the Great Mother was perhaps closer to the ancient Child Device Sect disciples.

If that were true, then the Mother Furnace’s existence must have an inseparable connection to Chen Tiangang.

Why were the Middle Dantians of the ancient Child Device Sect disciples structured to resemble Chen Tiangang’s skull? What was Chen Tiangang’s ultimate intention?

The hidden truths remained obfuscated, his current perception offering but a narrow view of the grander picture.

After finishing the dissection, Li Mo examined a piece of Deceit Furnace flesh filled with phosphorescence, holding it in his palm for closer scrutiny.

He could clearly sense it.

The two layers of skin belonging to his leakless body were gradually merging under the influence of the phosphorescence.

Ever since his first contact with phosphorescence, Li Mo had realized its miraculous properties. As long as the quantity was controlled within a certain range, it posed no threat to his cultivation foundation.

He flipped open the Creation Book in his mind.

The two pages of the leakless body were steadily merging together.

Integrating the leakless body presented both benefits and drawbacks. The advantage was that its activation became more fluid, improving the synergy with his other Dao Bodies.

The downside was losing the ability to swap internal and external layers of skin.

However, with Li Mo’s current methods, altering his appearance was effortless, making the dual-layer skin somewhat redundant.

He carefully ensured that the phosphorescence did not adversely affect his flesh.

As the skin gradually grew and fused, the leakless body exhibited remarkable transformation, particularly in its Concealing Breath capabilities.

Using only phosphorescence from three corpses, Li Mo achieved complete fusion of the skin.

Both skin layers originated from the same source, making their fusion exceptionally seamless, down to the blood vessels connecting bit by bit at the microscopic level.

Li Mo made a mental note that if he delved deeper into the process behind the formation of the leakless body, he might be able to devise a method to master the technique for creating the Acquired Flawless Body.

However, the sole purpose of the Acquired Flawless Body would likely be delaying the onset of the Death Disease.

After multiple transformations and the reinforcement of other Dao Bodies, Li Mo’s leakless body had primarily become a tool for Concealing Breath techniques.

He dragged a blade across his skin and noticed its significantly enhanced toughness, which came as an unexpected boon.

By carefully leveraging the phosphorescence, Dao Body fusion could yield unimaginable benefits.

Still, he refrained from hoarding the phosphorescence; preserving the vitality of a Deceit Furnace corpse long-term using Nourishing Yuan Fruit medicine power was far too costly.

Moreover, the underground of the mountain gate was buried with a large number of Deceit Furnaces.

While adapting to his leakless body, Li Mo awaited the completion of a special page, with Ash Spirit Power steadily advancing toward the Condensation Stage.

Fifteen days passed swiftly.

When the special page finally took shape, the Creation Book emitted faint glimmers of light.

A tremor echoed from deep within Falling Abyss—not intense yet alarming enough to unsettle the Artifact Cultivators on the surface. Li Mo’s face too betrayed his wariness.

For a moment, Li Mo entertained the idea of escaping far away, but the vibration dissipated after only half a breath.

It was as if a beast hibernating for ages was about to awaken in its lair.

After confirming the Creation Book was no longer producing additional special pages, Li Mo retreated to a depth of 500 meters, only calming his doubts after more than an hour.

Closing his eyes, he received information from the Creation Book.

The new human-skin special page was named "Human Artifact Page."

The Human Artifact Page’s function was to transform branded internal organs into Magic Artifacts or brand Magic Artifacts to make them integral parts of the body.

Li Mo’s gaze burned with excitement.

The Human Artifact Page would make Magic Artifacts inseparable from cultivators, far surpassing Life-bound Magical Artifacts.

Life-bound Magical Artifacts are akin to parasites—they absorb nutrients and grow but offer no reciprocal benefits to the cultivator.

With the branding of the Human Artifact Page, a Magic Artifact became akin to an innate organ, advancing its growth while simultaneously enhancing the cultivator.

However, like the Spell Page, the Human Artifact Page did not grant additional Divine Skills.

Li Mo felt slightly regretful, but the existing functions of Life-bound Magical Artifacts were already astonishing enough. The potential of Da Ai Mi Tian would now be endless.

A mere thought from Li Mo made the Human Artifact Page project an illusion of Da Ai Mi Tian.

Da Ai Mi Tian swiftly underwent transformation, beginning with its heart-embedded meat tumor liquefying into blood due to the branding.

Originally refined to thirty-eight cycles, Da Ai Mi Tian rapidly broke through to fifty refinements.

Li Mo’s eyes were filled with awe.

The Human Artifact Page effectively provided him with an additional unique organ. The Primordial Dao Seed, sensing differences in his physiology, began actively perfecting both the Supreme Cave God Jade Talisman Map and the Five Poison Five God Heart Sutra.