I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

"Binhai has fallen for over three hundred years; could it be that in the other regions of the Nine Continents, there are no humans left?"

Zhou Yi fell silent for a long time before erecting a new grave in the bunker.

Everlasting Immortality was already very lonely, and if the Nine Continents became a world of fierce beasts, it would be thoroughly solitary.

The Supreme Clarity Divine Talisman concealed its presence, casting an Escape Technique as it flew towards Xianjing.

Xianjing was once the largest city in the Nine Continents, surrounded by hundreds of millions of troops and countless destructive weapons; it should be humanity’s last stronghold.

The escaping light traveled ten thousand li, suddenly stopping mid-air.

Zhou Yi looked down at the craters on the ground over two hundred zhang deep – a series of about ten, with a radius of a hundred li where not a blade of grass grew.

"This is near Xuan City, one of the major citities in the eastern part of Cloud Continent!"

His Divine Sense swept all around, drawing out relics buried several dozen zhang underground; in one of the mystic iron boxes, he found a jade slip that revealed Xuan City had fallen to the beast tide in the year 650 of the Great Zhou dynasty.

The owner of the jade slip claimed to be the Defender of Xuan City, with a cultivation reaching the ninth layer of Qi Refinement.

"Above and below the heavens, there were dense swarms of fierce beasts, countless as far as the eyes could see..."

"After repelling the beast tide for the 72nd time, they would return with even greater numbers a few years later..."

"In the year 645, the city’s population began to evacuate. I knew Xuan City could not be held. Having lived over a hundred years with no chance of Foundation Establishment, I’d rather die in battle than of old age..."

"In the year 650, Xuan City was breached. Before my demise, I witnessed the destructive weapons, so brilliant..."

The end of the jade slip recorded an Immortal Technique and the insights of the Pill Technique this person had comprehended, hoping someone would inherit them in the future.

"Even destructive weapons couldn’t stop the fierce beasts? Where did they come from?"

Zhou Yi’s eyebrows knitted tightly together. The Great Zhou should have had a long period of time to develop Immortal Techniques and technology after surviving the ghostly calamities and ought to have been in a flourishing stage of human prosperity.

He continued to fly eastward, deliberately following the route of cities he remembered from memory, and came across many relics of war.

The only piece of good news was that the closer he got to Xianjing, located ten thousand li away, the more recent the signs of war were, dating to just over a dozen years ago.

"This would mean humanity might not be extinct!"

Zhou Yi instantly let out a sigh of relief. As long as there were people left in the Nine Continents, it could eventually return to its former glory.

...

Yu City.

Fallen ten years ago, with many fierce beasts circling within the city.

Night fell.

Shen Cheng arrived quietly, following the map’s guidance and using the shadows of the walls as cover, swiftly sprinting toward the southeast of the city.

His movements were as light as the wind, landing without a trace or sound, clearly indicating his exceptional qinggong skills.

Roar!

From behind the wall came the roar of a fierce beast. Shen Cheng froze on the spot, holding his breath. After a long while, having confirmed there was no danger, he continued to move forward in the shadows. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

In the early hours of dawn.

Shen Cheng finally reached his destination—the main gate was tightly locked, and the signboard above the gate had broken, revealing only the words "Research Center."

"Xuan City Elixir Research Center, I hope there will be some gains!"

He tossed a few pebbles inside the walls, which didn’t stir any movement. Shen Cheng leaped over the walls and stealthily made his way toward the research building of the elixir center.

The building was eerily silent, as dark and deep as the abyss.

Shen Cheng’s eyebrows twitched slightly, a sense of unexplainable danger arising in his heart; however, he couldn’t relent without finding the elixirs.

"May my ancestors protect me; once I enter Martial Arts University, I will certainly make many offerings for you…"

Suddenly.

Lights flickered on in the building, banishing the darkness, showering light as if it were an offering.

Shen Cheng looked up to see a creature with the head of a rat and the body of a human, seated at the head of the room.

To his left and right were all kinds of bizarre and fierce beasts, each three to four zhang in height, greedily eyeing Shen Cheng as if they couldn’t wait to devour him.

"Little fellow, welcome to my lair!"

The rat demon said with a smile, "You’re here to look for a genetic elixir? Agree to do one thing for me, and I can give you as much as you want."

Shen Cheng trembled and asked, "What is it?"

The rat demon took out a handful of dust from a magic artifact; on closer inspection with a magnifying glass, one could discern that they were countless insect eggs.

"Take them into the city, scatter them anywhere on the ground, and I will give you the elixirs."

Shen Cheng hesitated for a moment then nodded in agreement, "You have to give me the elixirs first!"

"Deal."

The rat demon now held five glass vials, each containing a fiery red liquid. "This is my latest Zero-Number Elixir that I’ve developed, with no side effects, and a success rate of breakthroughs as high as twenty percent!"

The vials and insect eggs fell into the hands of Shen Cheng, and as if they were but a handful of dust, they burrowed into his skin upon contact.

Shen Cheng’s complexion changed dramatically, and he promptly uncorked all five vials, tilting his head back to down them all.

Surging spiritual energy and Exotic Blood began to fuse with Shen Cheng’s genetics and bloodline under the influence of the elixir, and crimson demonic patterns emerged on his skin.

About half an hour later.

Shen Cheng grew in stature, reaching over seven feet tall and feeling the surge of newly acquired strength, "Is this a first-stage Martial Artist? Indeed powerful!"

As Qi-Blood circulated within his body, it detected the insect eggs hidden in his stomach. Shen Cheng sighed and decided to detonate his Qi-Blood, aiming to obliterate all the insect eggs.

His parents had perished in the beast tide; how could he ever be tempted by a demon beast?

"Wasting five elixirs from the demon, it’s as if I’ve slain five fierce beasts, a revenge for my parents!"

The rat demon wore a sneer, calmly watching Shen Cheng as if it had anticipated this outcome.

Hiss!

Shen Cheng cried out in pain; his stomach had been ground into powder, yet the insect eggs remained unharmed, beginning to spread through his blood to every limb and bone.

"Foolish humans!"

The rat demon proudly declared, "My Invisible Demonic Mosquitoes require the nourishment of a Martial Artist’s blood to hatch, and I’ll use yours to bring them to life. Heeheehee, with these vicious mosquitoes to aid me, I am sure to conquer Liang City!"