Longevity Strange Immortal-Chapter 566 - 82: The Disappearing Me (End of Volume)

Chapter 566: Chapter 82: The Disappearing Me (End of Volume)

Li Mo estimated that it wouldn’t take long before they could hide inside the Ancestral Court and use the resting period to officially step into the Transcend Tribulation Stage.

Each senior sister carried cultivators with them, forming a great array of about a hundred people, which should suffice.

Li Mo let out a sigh of relief.

All they needed to do next was follow Jianmu to the end, reach the Ancestral Court, and catch their breath.

"The fallen Immortal Realm... all immortals must have turned into unspeakable entities."

Li Mo had the Creation Book, combined with the Taoist inheritance from the Artifact Core Body’s dissection cultivation technique, making it easier for him to regain his footing in the Immortal Realm.

He sacrificed Innate Essence to stabilize Kun Whale’s injuries.

The other cultivators also participated in the array. Brief contact with the phosphorescence not only didn’t harm their core but brought substantial benefits, allowing them to comprehend the mysterious workings of the Tao.

"Huh?"

Li Mo’s expression grew intricate.

He suddenly noticed that the Great Wilderness Immortal Body seemed to react to the phosphorescence — undergoing subtle transformations. The Three Immortal Bodies became increasingly attuned, as though reborn through the process.

His mortal body, stimulated by the phosphorescence, fully elevated to the Transcend Tribulation Stage.

Meanwhile, the Three Dharma Bodies also showed signs of breaking through bottlenecks, and it seemed as if just a few minutes of exposure to the phosphorescence had brought about these changes.

"If..."

"If I bathe in the phosphorescence for an extended period, could my mortal body reach the level of an Immortal’s? After all, the mortal body’s transformation doesn’t seem to require any specific cultivation technique."

Li Mo swallowed hard as the sound of his bones shifting echoed throughout his body.

The strength of his mortal body surged, the Three Dharma Bodies smoothly ascended to the Transcend Tribulation Stage, and the feedback from the phosphorescence left him pondering whether to take greater risks.

Soon, his mortal body approached the embryonic form of an Immortal Body.

The Three Immortal Bodies began exerting their power.

Li Mo felt something was off. His cultivation seemed almost too smooth — if the phosphorescence could be absorbed so easily, wouldn’t everyone become immortal?

A vague sense of unreality washed over him.

At that moment, Ye Zhuo Daoist’s voice echoed in his ears.

......

"Taiyi! Taiyi!!"

Ye Zhuo Daoist called out, pounding his arm against the rock wall.

"Damn it, are you okay? At least say something!!!"

Li Mo snapped back to his senses, his expression growing grim.

He inspected himself; his mortal body was still at the half-step Transcend Tribulation Stage, and the Three Dharma Bodies were far from reaching the same level.

"Was the phosphorescence just an illusion?"

Li Mo scanned Kun Whale with his Divine Sense but found no trace of phosphorescence.

The Three Void Realm still enveloped Kun Whale, yet the injuries supposedly caused by the phosphorescence had completely vanished — as though it had all been a figment of his imagination.

"My perception has gone astray. What caused it?"

Li Mo sucked in a cold breath, his head faintly aching.

Among all the cultivators, he was the only one subjected to the invasion of unknown forces. When the others saw Li Mo regain clarity, they relaxed.

Kun Whale remained at the position it left the Returning Ruins, surrounded by boundless darkness.

Phosphorescence? No phosphorescence exists.

Li Mo reached out to the tattooed beasts, but the little creatures had lost their memories. Yet, before their amnesia, they sensed Li Mo’s overwhelming fear.

"I’m fine. Don’t worry. Tell me the specifics of what happened."

Ye Zhuo Daoist anxiously explained, "It’s been two days. Suddenly, you just stared at the rock wall without moving. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have disturbed you."

"Two days?"

Li Mo’s face showed shock; to him, it felt like no more than half a day.

"Go on."

"You were facing the mortal world, and the Dharma Eye on your forehead seemed to see something. After a few moments of... terror, you stopped moving entirely."

The other cultivators looked toward the mortal world but saw nothing unusual.

They merely assumed Li Mo’s Dharma Body was compromised. After two days without response, they suspected an influence from the unknown forces of the Endless Void.

"I understand."

Li Mo pinched the bridge of his nose. It was most likely that after witnessing something in the mortal world, his memory fell into an illusion that nearly consumed him.

Even Spirit Root Worms showed no reaction, underscoring the terror of the illusion.

Li Mo signaled Kun Whale to continue onward while meticulously checking his body inside and out.

He discovered that the Creation Book had opened during the two days and had turned to the "Heavenly Dao Page." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Wish for [Transcend the realms of immortals and mortals]? Could the Heavenly Dao Page truly accomplish this?"

Li Mo immediately began searching for other clues.

Moments later.

He found a clue in the Corpse Mountain Mini World — on a secluded cliff face, illegible and chaotic words were scrawled.

[The mortal world harbors a great calamity. The Immortal Path is severed; immortality is unattainable.]

The handwriting was haphazardly scattered, as if Li Mo had fallen into madness. The closer to the end of the message, the more distorted the letters appeared.

Beside the riverbank, there was another message. This time, Li Mo seemed to have regained his composure.

[It’s too late; my thoughts are already warped. Using the Heavenly Dao Page could lead to even graver consequences. Remember this.]

[Remember: Transcend the realms of immortals and mortals.]

Li Mo couldn’t help but recall the fake soul consciousnesses that had spiraled into collapse after succumbing to their own despair.

What had Li Mo confronted within those lost minutes to bring him to the brink of madness?

Li Mo searched the grass-and-wood cultivators around the inscriptions, trying to retrieve the memories imprinted at the time.

He muttered to himself, repeatedly stitching together fragmented phrases. With repeated confirmations, he could barely convey coherent meaning.

"What should I do? The Heavenly Dao Page..."

Li Mo narrowed his eyes.

Instead of trusting his deranged self, he chose to trust his lucid mind.

Inside his Mud Pill Palace, the fake soul consciousnesses perished one after another as they shielded his awareness. Countless Buddhas chanted sutras in unison.

A halo rose behind his head.

Li Mo opened the Cave God’s Eye, peering through the Returning Ruins and directly into the mortal world.

"This is..."

In an instant, the protective barrier composed of fake soul consciousnesses disintegrated, and the Buddha Demon Body’s neck snapped as its head fell to its feet.

Numerous Buddhas perished.

Li Mo understood the truth behind the upheaval of heaven and earth, realizing why his previous consciousness had gone mad: what he faced defied description.

Luckily, the Supreme Heavenly Beings played their part, allowing him to retain a degree of sanity.

Li Mo, careful to avoid further incidents, first settled the cultivators before opening the Creation Book and using the Heavenly Dao Page to wish to transcend the realms of immortals and mortals.

The cultivators looked on in disbelief.

Because just then, Li Mo suddenly vanished without warning. Even the tattooed beasts disappeared without a trace.

The massive Sword Shuttle, now sprouting arms and legs under the influence of cancer cells and mingled with remnants of ghost shadows, began inching its way toward the Ancestral Court.

"Taiyi!"

Ye Zhuo Daoist burst into the neighboring room, only to find it utterly empty.

Sandalwood incense lingered in the air.

......

At the same time.

One of the Twelve Jianmu.

Puppet blossoms crawled along the Jianmu tree trunk. Inside the enclosed space, over a dozen Land Immortals channeled spiritual power into the puppets.

Da Hua Taoist stood in silence, a coffin covered in intricate mystical patterns behind her — her Immortal Body sustaining the coffin’s array.

*Cough, cough.*

From inside the coffin came the sound of coughing.

Da Hua Taoist’s expression froze in shock as she responded cautiously, "Master?"

Among the Twelve Immortals, only Zu Xiuyun had seen the Deathless Mother. She had always relied on the eldest senior sister to take on disciples on her behalf. It was said the Deathless Mother had sealed herself in the coffin for thousands of years.

Da Hua Taoist was flustered; she had never considered the possibility of the Deathless Mother awakening.

Before she could react, the coffin lid was pushed open.

When Da Hua Taoist saw the Deathless Mother’s visage, she fell into a deep stupor, while the other cultivators were equally bewildered.

"It’s been a long time."

"Truly... as if a single glance spanned eternity."