Longevity Strange Immortal
Chapter 199 - 59: Named after the Child Device, Dealing with the Affairs of the Heart Beast

Chapter 199: Chapter 59: Named after the Child Device, Dealing with the Affairs of the Heart Beast

The heavens and earth plunged into darkness.

With Li Mo’s gradual mastery of the Divine Power Taiyin and Taiyang, his understanding had grown worlds apart from when it first awakened, carrying a hint of dominance over the sun and moon.

Taiyin drains the five senses of all living beings within its range.

Taiyang sears the body and soul of those bathed in its yang energy.

Of course, despite Taiyin and Taiyang’s immense increase in power, the excessive consumption of spiritual power remained an undeniable drawback, limiting them to merely two or three breaths of time.

If Li Mo were relying on himself alone, the time lapse barely afforded him room for impactful action.

Fortunately, the shadow-transformed Ghost Tiger thrived within the Taiyin, akin to a fish in water; Taiyang empowered the Red Fox, raising its strength by threefold.

As for the Candle Dragon, it could harness both Taiyin and Taiyang perfectly.

Roar!!!

A silent roar echoed through the skies as Li Mo’s right arm detached and transformed into a tiger beast, which darted across the entire city like a shadow shrinking distances at its feet.

To sustain Taiyin, the Mist Fog Golden Core visibly began to dry up.

Li Mo felt grateful for his dual Golden Core; otherwise, Taiyin and Taiyang would merely have remained a trump card buried deep in reserve.

The brief darkness receded.

Like a solar eclipse, all eyes turned skyward as the growing crack in the void split open, through which the blazing sun escaped its shackles.

At this moment, the cultivators finally spotted Li Mo standing upon the clouds.

That terrifying, suffocating pressure caused them to instinctively hold their breath, wide-eyed and speechless as they watched Li Mo retract his right eye.

Li Mo pinched the Taiyin Star between his fingers, and no one dared to question whether he was an immortal.

He embedded the Taiyin Star into his eye socket, rendering Rong Town utterly transparent once again, prompting unified wails from the Hundred-faced Beasts throughout the city.

A narrow fissure split down the center of each Hundred-faced Beast’s body, followed by torrents of blood spilling forth.

The spiritual beasts beside them maintained their spellcasting postures, only to end up drenched in the beasts’ blood, looking particularly disheveled.

The lone Hundred-faced Beast beyond the city walls remained intact.

This was because that particular beast’s cultivation rivaled the Thirty Years Old Stage, making it difficult for the Ghost Tiger to annihilate in one blow, and the fleeting duration of Taiyin’s manifestation was insufficient for dealing with it.

The Hundred-faced Beast regained its senses, swiftly striking away the dazed Shi Ji, and rushed hungrily toward Rong Town, eager to devour the living creatures within.

Its surface bore approximately six hundred human faces, seemingly on the verge of reaching a thousand.

Yet the effectiveness of devouring mortals diminished with each attempt, much like the Hundred Soul Banner, which required the souls of highly cultivated cultivators.

To complete its thousand faces, the Hundred-faced Beast would need to carry out a citywide massacre.

"Elder Han!"

Tian Changwen urgently gestured to the nearby Han Cai to intercept—it was imperative not to let such a sinister creature into Rong Town.

But before Han Cai could act, a mountainous terrain appeared in Li Mo’s palm.

The mountain was layered and towering, with six sub-peaks encircling its central summit, scattered with green vegetation, stones, and ant-sized wild beasts.

"Go."

Li Mo’s Mist Fog Golden Core had already dried up, but his Ash Golden Core remained brimming with power.

Corpse Mountain cloaked itself in dense smoke, reaching the skies above the Hundred-faced Beast in an instant, though the beast showed no interest in the tiny object overhead.

The Hundred-faced Beast only sought to destroy the city walls, ignoring Corpse Mountain entirely as it charged toward Rong Town.

Han Cai halted his steps.

Driven by a deep trust in Li Mo, he couldn’t imagine the Hundred-faced Beast posing a challenge to him—even though he himself couldn’t explain his certainty.

Corpse Mountain radiated spiritual light, stretching out over five hundred meters before stopping, rendering the Hundred-faced Beast minuscule by comparison.

"No..."

The Hundred-faced Beast seemed to retain vestiges of wisdom. Its human-faced surface opened its mouth as if to speak.

Boom!!!

Corpse Mountain crashed down. The Hundred-faced Beast belatedly raised a deformed arm to block, but standing in its path was a fake magic treasure.

The remains turned to splattered flesh.

The ground outside the city gate sank several meters deep, rendering any trace of the beast’s flesh and blood unrecognizable.

Corpse Mountain transformed into spiritual light, returning to Li Mo’s possession. On the surface, Li Mo appeared calm and collected, but inwardly, his gaze helplessly shifted toward the Ash Golden Core.

One strike from this fake magic treasure had consumed forty percent of the core’s spiritual power.

Had Li Mo unleashed the complete Corpse Mountain, it likely would have drained the Ash Golden Core dry as well.

The powers of a magic treasure could only be fully exercised by cultivators at the Divine Separation Stage. Even an auxiliary fake magic treasure like Corpse Mountain remained beyond Li Mo’s effortless control.

"Collect."

Li Mo poured spiritual power once more, prompting the accumulated flesh and blood of the Hundred-faced Beasts throughout the city to flow into Corpse Mountain, nourishing the formation of new sub-peaks.

Li Mo utilized Taiyin not just for combat but also to uncover traces of a demon cultivator.

With the sudden outbreak of Hundred-faced Beasts in Rong Town, Li Mo was certain the demon cultivator was hidden in the city—yet, even with such certainty, he found no leads.

He refrained from transmitting his thoughts to inquire about Old Earth True Monarch.

With Old Earth True Monarch’s shrewd nature, even a hint from Li Mo would immediately reveal the existence of a demon cultivator within the Heart Beast Territory.

Rong Town could not afford to be exposed to the Artifact Sect’s scrutiny for the time being.

Still, Li Mo was confident that the demon cultivator’s strength did not exceed the Thirty Years Old Stage; otherwise, faced with his own presence, they wouldn’t have rushed to deploy their schemes so hastily.

"Human Demon Sect, Hundred Soul Banner—what kind of cultivation system is this?"

Collecting the scraps of the beast, Li Mo slowly advanced toward the temple nestled in Rong Town’s Inner City District, followed by various Core Formation Beast Cultivators.

Mortals knelt along the street in reverence.

They had already begun regarding Li Mo as a lower realm immortal, considering the divine power he wielded, which appeared capable of altering heaven and earth.

Tian Changwen hesitated to fully affirm Li Mo’s identity but felt his aid demonstrated goodwill toward Rong Town.

He transmitted a message to Ma Weigong, instructing him to immediately secure the perimeter of the outer city walls.

Tian Changwen privately surmised that the culprit behind the Hundred-faced Beast outbreak remained within the city. To ensure safety, the root must be eradicated.

Li Mo arrived in front of the temple that suppressed Tian Chenzi’s relic.

Tian Changwen quickly greeted him, with Futu Hermit, Han Cai, Shi Ji, and numerous other Core Formation Beast Cultivators soon joining, each standing silently in mutual contemplation.

Li Mo gazed at the temple, where a column bore the inscription:

"A beast with four limbs, born of mountain and sea."

He turned his head with a faint smile and asked, "What does it mean?"

The implications remained unspoken between them, as Tian Changwen, Han Cai, and Futu Hermit—being the only three among them who had read the bone scroll’s record of the Five Gods Heart—naturally understood the meaning behind Li Mo’s words.

"Hehehehehe."

A flash of excitement crossed Han Cai’s eyes as he replied, "It’s from an ancient text recorded by our ancestral master—surely this appears trivial to you, Upper Immortal."

Han Cai had mistakenly assumed Li Mo would leave the Heart Beast Territory and follow the map’s markings toward the Dan Ghost Sect, never expecting his venture into the Artifact Sect.

Han Cai murmured to himself, "I always knew—the golden scales resist the confines of shallow ponds."

Countless times he had questioned his decision to encourage Li Mo to explore the unknown world beyond, doubting whether a cultivator yet to achieve Core Formation could truly carve out a path amidst the treacherous cultivation world.

The outcome seemed destined to be death and the Dao’s disappearance.

Tian Changwen likewise reflected on the risks, believing Li Mo’s unparalleled talent in Rong Town did not guarantee his integration into other sects.

Li Mo ought to have steadily cultivated, becoming the Heart Beast Sect Master upon achieving Core Formation.

Tian Changwen would then have marshaled every available resource to aid Li Mo in reaching Nascent Soul—a daunting but feasible task given his talent, with at least thirty percent probability of success.

Instead, Li Mo defied expectations and chose to explore the outside world.

Not just Han Cai—even Tian Changwen couldn’t help but regret, blaming himself for potentially derailing a Nascent Soul Dao Seed of the Uncertainty Stage.

All Core Formation cultivators in Rong Town silently assumed Li Mo had met with misfortune.

Until twenty years ago, the discovery of a bone scroll that saved Beast Cultivators five hundred years of detours reawakened buried memories.

Li Mo not only carved out a path in the outside world but also uncovered the way forward for Beast Cultivators.

The Five Gods Heart Scripture brought tears to the eyes of countless Beast Cultivators plagued by death diseases.

If only they had discovered it fifty years earlier, they wouldn’t have been trapped in the Weak Crown Period.

For Core Formation cultivators without direction, the scripture incited them to near madness; wasn’t the struggle for Dao inheritance once rooted in discernment between Puppet Beasts?

And yet, as per the Five Gods Heart Scripture, Puppet Cultivation fell under the umbrella of Beast Cultivation.

When asked about the source of the scripture, Tian Changwen and the others declared it had been passed down from their ancestral master to protect Li Mo.

Rong Town’s ongoing seamless transformation into the Heart Beast Sect had been facilitated by their reliance on Tian Chenzi’s celestial protection.

Tian Changwen respectfully stated, "Greetings, Upper Immortal."

The other Core Formation Beast Cultivators followed suit, their hearts filled with confusion over when Rong Town had connected with a dignitary of the Artifact Sect.

Li Mo surveyed the thirteen Core Formation Beast Cultivators.

Their numbers paled against the lower-grade Daoist inheritance branches of the Artifact Sect, yet the Heart Beast Sect’s development trajectory was remarkable.

Moreover, each possessed the Acquired Dao Body, signifying the Hundred Beasts Blood Body had presumably been consolidated into a spell.

Han Cai bowed his head and closed his eyes, suppressing the gratitude welling in his heart. After all, golden talent shone wherever it went, and Heart Beasts stood proud among mankind.

As for Li Mo’s fortuitous encounters, Han Cai deliberately refrained from inquiry.

Li Mo stepped into the temple, where Tian Chenzi’s statue stood tall at the center.

Faced with the statue, the Core Formation Beast Cultivators performed the Dao salute in unison, collectively reciting, "A beast with four limbs, born of mountain and sea."

Tian Chenzi’s relic concealed within the statue served as the Array Eye for the Mountain Protection Array, exuding an indescribably vast aura.

With hands clasped behind his back, Li Mo asked lightly, "I go by the Daoist title Qing Tian, here in the Heart Beast Territory pursuing a demon cultivator. The calamity of the Hundred-faced Beasts stems from this demon cultivator, who remains hidden within the city."

"Naturally, my magic also shares affinities with Beast Cultivation. I intend to take this opportunity to refine them. I appreciate your understanding."

Tian Changwen nodded and replied, "Rong Town will, of course, cooperate with the honorable Upper Immortal."

"Rong Town?"

Li Mo commented suggestively, "In the records of the Artifact Sect, isn’t your name Heart Beast?"

The cultivators couldn’t help but reveal complicated expressions, fully knowing the implication carried by the term Heart Beast.

Tian Changwen smiled and explained, "We currently lack the foundation to dare call ourselves Heart Beast."

"I see."

Tian Changwen signaled the others to manage the demon cultivator invasion, leaving only himself, Han Cai, and Futu Hermit within the temple.

Even in solitude, no casual remarks were exchanged.

Han Cai recounted the decades passed as though in a casual narrative, unfolding details that revealed Hu Wen had overcome the death disease but was coincidentally secluded in Core Formation.

Qingqiu Taoist, however, had succumbed early to the Thirty Years Old Death Disease and now resided in a chamber in the Inner City District.

Li Mo’s brows furrowed, as per Futu Hermit’s supplementary information. Qingqiu Taoist hadn’t just once ventured outside Rong Town.

Each time, he inexplicably returned, eventually succumbing to death disease ten years ago.

Most likely, the demon cultivator was behind this, preventing Qingqiu Taoist from reaching the Artifact Sect—but their methods remained disturbingly covert.

This exchange lasted half the day.

The four conversed as though bonded by years of camaraderie, yet spoke like distant strangers.