Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 571: Chapter 448: The Withering Land

Controlling a portion of the Taoist authority of the Spirit Realm is unnecessary for Chen Zhixing, as he has already set his sights on longevity.

However, if he could hold a Taoist authority as a fallback during his lifetime, Chen Zhixing wouldn’t mind doing so.

"The old man can only sustain himself for about five minutes by burning, and it seems other Peak Realm cultivators aren’t much stronger. So, even if I capture all the Peak Realm cultivators in the East Profound State and make them burn, it’s still hard to gather enough time for my comprehension... Does this mean I need to imprison a Longevity True Monarch next?"

Ugh, Chen Zhixing found this idea a bit absurd.

On the one hand, he didn’t know many Longevity True Monarchs, and those he knew were from the Three Great Sacred Lands, none below the Third Order in strength. Even the weakest, Bai Yu, was probably around the Third or Fourth Order.

Capturing such a being alive would require forcing them to exhaust their lifespan and then be ignited by those in the Spirit Realm for him to observe.

"Alright, forget about people from the Three Great Sacred Lands. Even if I could capture them, given their sects’ connections with the Spirit Realm’s Taoist authorities, they wouldn’t be ignited. Even in death, there’s probably a place waiting for them in the Spirit Realm."

Chen Zhixing shrugged.

Since the Three Great Sacred Lands are out of the question, I’d have to target those from Noble Families within the Longevity Realm or Loose Cultivators.

Then....

"Are there any living beings in the Longevity Realm among the existing noble families in the East Profound State?"

Chen Zhixing didn’t know!

Not even him could be sure of such a matter. Only the noble family with a presence in the Longevity Realm would know this, and even the Three Great Sacred Lands aren’t necessarily aware!

This is because it touches the very foundation of a noble family’s existence, and outsiders have no means to know anything about it, nor would a family with Longevity Realm cultivators want others to find out.

However, if one were really willing to dig patiently, spending decades or even centuries, they might still find a way to uncover the answer.

Chen Zhixing didn’t have that kind of idle time, so he could only target Loose Cultivators.

"For Loose Cultivators, the Profound Turtle in the North Sea counts as one, and the ancient tree in the Withered Plain counts as another, then...."

Nothing more.

The smile on Chen Zhixing’s face froze!

It’s not that there are so few Independent Practitioner Longevity beings under the sky, but that within the East Profound State, there are only two with confirmed positions!

Cultivators in the Longevity Realm are no fools. Knowing they’d be targeted by the Three Great Sacred Lands, why would they linger in one place in the East Profound State for long!

After attaining the Longevity Realm, one would either establish a Longevity Family, flee overseas, or join one of the Three Great Sacred Lands. There is no fourth choice!

Except for those who can’t move....

"Alright, the Profound Turtle also needs to be excluded because it’s not originally from the East Profound State but is a Longevity Great Demon from the side of the North Sea near the East Profound State, with deep roots. Choosing it would likely provoke the entire force of North Sea’s Giant Demons or even invoke the forbidden presence of the Northern Continent."

Chen Zhixing didn’t feel invincible.

Trouble is trouble, revenge is revenge, hunting is hunting; they can never be mixed up.

Like when he previously targeted the Daluo Taoist Lands, causing such a big thing, but it was only adding some trouble to Daluo Taoist Lands, and even so, that was barely achieved with the help of a Celestial Fox.

In some aspects, it’s like a monkey attacking the Lingxiao Palace.

In the eyes of many bystanders, Chen Zhixing was just a provoked monkey!

It’s not that nobody could handle it, but everyone just watched for amusement.

When there really appeared to be danger, the Celestial Saint Palace swiftly dealt with that Celestial Fox without giving even a slight chance to resist.

So, is True Monarch Yimiao the Emperor Haotian?

No.

At most, she could be considered the guardian general of the South Heavenly Sect, and behind her, there are still the Six Emperors, Five Elders, Four Imperial Lords, and the Three Pristine Ones... all watching the monkey play!

Compared to this, Huayu Immortal Venerable, a master of a holy land, barely matched the level of the Five Elders.

This is the status brought by raw strength, unrelated to the so-called schemes and domination.

"So, my only choice is to go to the Western Domain and ignite that ancient tree?"

Thinking of this answer, Chen Zhixing only felt a toothache.

Because this tree is still related to True Monarch Yimiao, to be precise, Black Bodhi is essentially ’birthed’ from that ancient tree by True Monarch Yimiao, and that tree was the goal the Soraka Kingdom once tried to achieve through ’sacrifice.’

Yes, the Brahma Kingdom succeeded!

Though its own fate was tragically grim, its goal was achieved; yet the ’essence’ sacrificed was taken by Yimiao and turned into the Black Bodhi, while the remaining part transformed into a monstrous ancient tree.

But it, too, is of the Longevity Realm!

Merely a Longevity Tree with treatment similar to the Longevity True Monarch produced by a Longevity Family, with no development potential whatsoever, and due to its immobility, and uncontrollable absorption of surrounding nutrients, it ultimately drained the territory of the former Brahma Kingdom, reducing it to today’s barren land, the sand-filled Withered Plain.

"Hmm, put in another way, that tree is like a constantly harvestable chive given by True Monarch Yimiao to some beings in the Spirit Realm. When the Spirit Realm cuts away some of its spiritual essence causing some loss, its recovery instinct leads it to absorb nutrients from the Western Domain to restore itself, and once it’s nearly recovered, the Spirit Realm cuts again, repeating until there’s no more to absorb."