Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Du Bin's thirty people silently surrounded the Du Residence.

No, it wasn't exactly a surround. To be precise, they were merely sitting at the edges of the Du Residence, nothing more. They were, after all, members of the Du Family; their presence there was not out of the ordinary.

Their mana manifested as divine power and quantum radiation. This kind of spiritual power radiation could easily blend into the background of spiritual energy, undetectable to most cultivators.

The mana of the thirty-something people under Du Bin, completely corrupted by the Five Pestilence Curse, was being manipulated by Wang Qi, dissipating and forming a vast field. This radiation field's vortex could not cover up the fluctuations of ordinary spiritual power.

But, it could mask the aura of the Heart Demon Curse.

The few Banished Immortals who had stolen just a whiff of the Heart Demon Curse's purpose were precisely whom Wang Qi needed to guard against. This was why he chose the Five Pestilence Curse over the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell or the Thousand Illusion Divine Spell.

After establishing this divine power radiation field, Wang Qi, who had been watching the Du family mansion from afar, turned the power of his Memory Body to the max. The power of the Heart Demon Curse transformed into an intangible, imperceptible state. In this state, the structure of the Heart Demon Curse was very fragile, easily refined, and not very infectious. But it was sufficiently covert. Silently, this power covered the exterior of the Du Residence.

"Just to confirm once more, Brother Du. Your family's ancestral patriarchs, they usually stay in a secret room underneath the inner residence to comprehend cultivation techniques and rarely come out, correct?" Wang Qi looked at Du Bin and asked.

Du Bin nodded hastily: "Yes... yes! My family has two Nascent Soul ancestors; they usually stay in that secret room, not coming out even for the New Year's ancestral worship. Only if the family were to be destroyed... Also, the elite Golden Core members are all concentrated in the inner mansion."

"Very good," Wang Qi nodded, snapping his fingers.

Then, the intangible Five Pestilence Curse's spell power swiftly condensed, forming countless azure Gu Worms in the external part of the residence! These Gu Worms spread evenly in every corner of the outer estate, pouncing on any seen person to enter their acupoints, indifferent to whether the person was a mortal or possessed mana!

The majority of the Du family members hadn't even reacted before being struck by the Gu Worms. It took a while before screams burst out sequentially from different locations in the outer estate!

"Ah!" A servant woman screamed, trying to swat away the Gu Worm near her. Her hands waved mana in a futile resistance. But the Fire Skill used for tea preparation was utterly useless.

"Aaahhh!" A captain of the Du family's private soldiers swung his long sword wildly, the cold light flashing chaotically, sword qi bursting forth, but the Gu Worms, possessing the quantum tunneling effect, were unimpeded by the sword qi. In just a breath's time, seven Gu Worms shot into his Dantian, between his eyebrows, and other seven Big Acupoints, contaminating his mana completely. The next second, he slumped down weakly, releasing the sword from his hands.

"Don't come! Don't come!" Seeing their captain in such a state, a frightened soldier turned and fled towards the inner residence. But he only ran a few steps before several Gu Worms caught up, invading him.

"Safe now…" someone hid in a room, plastering talismans on the walls, but the Gu Worms disregarded the walls and flew straight in.

These servants in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, as well as some young masters and ladies staying in the outer residence, mostly at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment levels, had no resistance at all.

Feeling the increasing connections from the unknown, Wang Qi closed his eyes and began constructing the Heart Demon Network. An intangible web, carrying his will, began to change. Each contaminated individual suddenly felt utterly disheartened, a sense of despair washed over them, involuntarily bursting into loud wailing.

Amidst the crying, the Five Pestilence Curse received its greatest enhancement.

Then, an inexplicable set of cultivation techniques emerged in the minds of each invaded person. Although their hearts were still submerged in sorrow, their bodies involuntary began cultivating according to the instructions of these techniques.

That's right, cultivation. Under Wang Qi's control, they abandoned their crude cultivation techniques and took up a method so profound it was beyond their wildest imaginations previously!

This cultivation technique was a synthesis of parts of the Ancient Method given by Zhen Chan and a Modern Method crafted by Wang Qi himself. It had no offensive or defensive advantages, nor any magical prowess, but it excelled in rapid and high-quality mana accumulation. Suddenly, mysterious spiritual power fluctuations emanated from the outer residence. Under Wang Qi's guidance, the Du family's servants connected to the invisible Qi Veins one by one, harmonizing with the breathing of Heaven and Earth, surpassing the cultivation state of Breakthrough!

And yet, the newly born mana within them did not enter their own bodies but began to transform into the spell power of the Heart Demon Curse, giving rise to new Gu Worms.

Wang Qi sighed, "When clearing out the lesser evils, the Heart Demon Curse truly is the world's premier divine technique; neither the Mysterious Uncertainty Cloud Sword nor any other spell can match its self-sustaining and increasingly robust capabilities in battle."

That is to say, a powerful practitioner who has mastered the Heart Demon Curse, would essentially not be overwhelmed by numbers. No wonder Feng Luoyi also feared the power of the Heart Demon Curse. Its role in high-order combat can be set aside for the moment, but just speaking of wounding, it's horrifying enough. After mastering the Heart Demon Curse, one might not be able to kill any Modern Cultivator above the level of Primordial Spirit, but they could completely destroy the foundation of the Immortal Dao.

Du Bin and Du Zhong stood beside Wang Qi, watching as the Du Family was gradually eroded, their faces showing no emotion.

Perhaps this is what is meant by a despair greater than heart death.

Hearing Wang Qi still commenting on his own spell, Du Bin asked, "Brother Wang, there are still a few Golden Core Cultivators resisting outside... and the people of the Inner Mansion are coming out too!"

"I have a plan," Wang Qi replied, his hands moving through the air as if there was an intangible panel before him. This was the result of him stealing Zhao Qingfeng's laws over the past few days and then optimizing them with his own theories.

After the majority of the cultivators in the external mansion had been eroded, he stopped creating new Gu Worms and instead took control of the mana from those who had been invaded. Streams of mana, some faint and some bright, rushed towards the sky, converging into the divine power radiation field that masked the scent of the Heart Demon Curse. Countless magic seals emerged and vanished unpredictably, turning the simple radiation field into a stable restriction. This dual-layered restriction could not only hide the scent of the Heart Demon Curse but also suppress the mana fluctuations produced during magical combat.

Since the mana for this Spirit Prohibition came from the children and servants of the Du Family and carried a trace of cold moon scent, and the talismans used by Wang Qi were also from the secret manual recorded by Zhen Chan of the Yanyue Sect, most Divine Capital Cultivators would mistake it for a protective restriction initiated by the Du Family.

On the outskirts of Du Residence, a few Golden Core Cultivators were gritting their teeth and struggling to hold on. Their protective magic power already showed signs of bluish hues circulating—a sign that the Heart Demon Curse had begun its invasion. But they were Golden Core Cultivators, true elites of the Du Family, much stronger than Du Zhong. Even faced with a horde of Gu Worms, they could resist somewhat.

But it was clear that their defeat was now only a matter of time.

Despair began to creep across the face of one of the Du Family's children. As his emotions shifted, the erosion from the Heart Demon Curse deepened further. He couldn't take it anymore and screamed as he rushed towards the inner courtyard, "Ancestors, save me... Ahhh, don't, waaaaah..."

His cries for help turned to sobs halfway through. The flaws in his psyche allowed the Heart Demon Curse to amplify unrestrainedly, and the total erosion happened in an instant.

"Zong brother!" a young cultivator let out a roar of grief and fury. In his eyes, the young man named Du Zong began to radiate a blue luminescence. His mana was being withdrawn and merged into the restriction above.

"Hmph!" Just then, a cold snort came from the inner courtyard. A vast, cold current surged from the door of the inner mansion, freezing everything in its path like the icy water of a river in the ninth moon. The air thickened suddenly, with the movement of molecules starting to slow, and frost mist descended at once.

"Eh?" The person who acted seemed not to have anticipated that his potent legacy would have no effect on these Gu Worms and was slightly surprised. A Golden Core Cultivator fighting against the Gu Worms outside shouted, "Chongwei Tree, ordinary spells are useless! Only highly concentrated mana can annihilate and refine them!"

In just a short ten or so minutes, they had discovered the weakness of the Heart Demon Curse!

The newcomer was none other than Du Bin's father, Du Chongwei. He was a Golden Core Cultivator at the peak of perfection, and after arduous practice of spells, he had become the foremost master of the previous generation in the Du Family.

Originally, when he heard the screams outside, he thought it was just some pampered scion making trouble. Such incidents were not uncommon in Divine Capital, though they weren't frequent, either. They usually involved bullying servants and then fighting with their own good-for-nothing offspring. After all, raised like pigs for hundreds of years, every noble family in Divine Capital had such people. Although they were still part of their own families, they would never be included in the "family grand scheme," just like those who really became Modern Cultivators of Divine Capital.

However, when he saw the restriction in the mid-air, he realized how horribly mistaken he was.

"Could it be that the Yanyue Sect is settling accounts with us traitors?" He couldn't help feeling a chill. This method of sealing the Du Family was indeed characteristic of the Yanyue Sect.

He hesitated only a moment before running out. He felt that no matter what, he needed to explain himself first to the "orthodox Yanyue Sect." But he never imagined that having hesitated just for that short while, things would have progressed to this state.

"They mean to take no prisoners!" Du Chongwei was stunned, but he quickly calmed himself. With a wave of his hands, several bright moons emerged amidst the cold river of the exterior mansion of Du Residence, dancing chaotically in the sky.

The cold river bore a bright moon, and the cold moon shone upon the great river!

Under the obstacle of this supreme spell of the Yanyue Sect, the Gu Worms finally faced some hindrance. However, Du Chongwei was shocked to find that he was completely ineffective against these mysterious Gu Worms. With no other choice, he mustered his mana, laying down layer upon layer of moon wheels around himself. These light wheels were the most solid and tangible of mana. Without entering the body, the Heart Demon Curse was not so formidable. Although the Spell Spirit could penetrate most physical barriers due to quantum tunneling, it couldn't avoid disruptions from a high spirit environment and would easily lose its potency.

Just when he thought he had stabilized the situation and could look for a corresponding solution, a sudden sharp pain struck his heart. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)