The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

It seems the only option is to dig a tunnel on the island, thought Long Xuan, his expression contemplative.

However, digging from the island to this location would take an extremely long time. It's a massive project and certainly not something that can be done right away.

He planned to remember this location and come back to raid the tomb when he had the time.

As for the dangers of tomb raiding, he was well aware. Even if the Gu King might perish in this tomb, so what? His entire skillset was practically made for tomb raiding.

For instance, in the Origin Realm, why not just copy the underground tomb using the Origin Realm? Then he could endlessly challenge the copied version himself.

This would be like having infinite lives in a game, allowing countless attempts. No matter how difficult the challenge, it would eventually be overcome. This was simply too convenient—what tomb could withstand such repeated raids?

Having made up his mind, Long Xuan began swimming upward. He temporarily committed this place to memory, knowing he had plenty of time in the future.

He wasn’t sure how long he swam, but eventually, he emerged from the water, gasping for air, his eyes filled with excitement.

At some point, an additional transparent bottle appeared in his hand. Inside the bottle was a small jellyfish.

Seeing the jellyfish in the bottle, Long Xuan's eyes gleamed, and his heart pounded wildly. He hadn’t expected to make such an unexpected discovery while swimming upwards.

Look at what he had found! By sheer luck, he had stumbled upon the famous immortal jellyfish from his previous life.

This creature was truly terrifying; its ability was beyond most people’s imagination.

When other creatures aged and were about to die, this jellyfish could actually revert to a younger state, and it had no limit to how many times it could do so.

Infinite rejuvenation meant eternal life, making it one of the few creatures that could achieve immortality.

In a world with countless abilities, what could compare to immortality?

Surely anyone, when faced with numerous abilities, would choose the ability to live forever rather than the ability to deal massive damage.

The ability to live forever was incredibly valuable for research. Long Xuan eagerly took out a pen and paper—Certainly not to study a Gu recipe here.

He was just anxious to see if the Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish's ability could be transferred to a human through Gu refinement.

With his golden finger giving him hints, all he needed to do was write a single sentence on paper to determine whether the rejuvenation ability could theoretically exist.

He moved to a rock on the shore and quickly wrote on the paper:

Rejuvenation Gu

Main Ingredient: Turritopsis dohrnii

Ability: Allows the host to revert to a younger state when aging, with no limit on the number of times.

As soon as he finished writing, the progress appeared on the paper. His face broke into a joyful smile, but that smile quickly froze as his eyes showed shock.

Wow, the progress was a mere [0.0000001%].

So many zeros—it was down to several decimal places! This Gu recipe probably required over a hundred of millions of different materials!

Long Xuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably, his fingers trembling.

He was completely unsettled at this point.

How long would this take? It would take years, centuries even! Perhaps until the end of the world!

"Shit! My bad! My bad!"

Terrified, Long Xuan hastily tore the paper to shreds and threw it into the water. Whoever wanted to grind this Gu recipe could do so; he certainly wouldn’t.

Grinding this Gu recipe would be a life-draining task. The time needed wouldn’t just be measured in centuries—grinding for eight lifetimes might not even be enough to succeed. He had no intention of wasting his life on this.

A Gu recipe requiring hundreds of millions of materials—what kind of concept was that? Imagine how long it would take an author to write a 100 million-word novel, and you'd get the idea.

The more heaven-defying something was, the more restrictions it would have. It would never be easy to obtain.

He had long suspected that such a heaven-defying ability would require many materials, and he had mentally prepared himself, but this was too exaggerated!

Even with mental preparation, he was still scared half to death.

Just for a mere immortality ability, did it really need that many materials? It was absurd.

He was completely stunned.

Although he no longer planned to study the Gu recipe of the Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish, he didn’t choose to release the jellyfish either.

Encountering it was fate, so he decided to raise the jellyfish in his Spirit Spring and let it grow with him.

He wanted to see how many times this immortal jellyfish would rejuvenate over his long life. Who would outlast whom? Would he live longer, or would it?

He stowed away the bottle with the jellyfish, placing it into his insect-rearing pouch. Then, he took off his wet clothes, changed into dry ones, and walked toward the campfire.

By now, many of his clones had already caught plenty of Spirit Fish. His clones fully replicated his abilities; they could withstand pressure underwater and barely needed to breathe, making them excellent fishermen. Before long, they had caught more than enough fish.

Long Xuan walked over to the fire and began grilling the Spirit Fish. Those who had gone to the center of the island to hunt Spirit Beasts hadn’t returned yet. For now, it was just him, Long Ziyan, and Long Ruoxue left here.

The two beauties, with nothing better to do, were sparring. Their contest was a sight to behold, and Long Xuan watched them with an appreciative gaze.

Long Ziyan’s usual combat style involved using a sword. The sword qi she emitted was chilling, and its power was immense. Those wounded by it were either dead or severely injured.

Long Xuan still remembers when he was in the ancient tomb, he was wearing the second-tier Dragon Silkworm Armor, making it nearly impossible for anyone of the same level to break through his defenses.

At that time, Long Ziyan's clone was clearly at the peak of the Spirit Gathering realm, yet with a casual strike, she managed to cut through his second-grade Dragon Silkworm Armor, surpassing her level. If not for the Water Bear Gu, he might have been finished by that attack.

After spending so much time understanding her, Long Xuan realized that she wasn't purely a Gu practitioner. Because she was born with a Sword Bone, she was extremely suited to becoming a Sword Cultivator. Once she became a Sword Cultivator, her combat strength would be ten times that of an ordinary Sword Cultivator.

Therefore, the path she chose was a rare dual cultivation of Gu and Sword. This path definitely offers strong combat power, but it also requires more time and effort compared to others of the same level.

It is rumored that Sword Cultivators are the most aggressive of all practitioners in the world. With the blessing of a Sword Bone, their attack power is sufficient to cross great realms and injure enemies. This is also why Long Ziyan could break through the second-grade Dragon Silkworm Armor while only at the Spirit Gathering stage.

Of course, this only means that Sword Cultivators with a Sword Bone can break the defenses of someone a whole realm higher, but it does not mean they have the ability to fight across great realms. Fighting across great realms is exceedingly rare in this world.

"No wonder she has a Sword Bone—such powerful killing intent! The seemingly invincible Earth Master is as fragile as paper under her sword!" Long Qian said, putting down his prey and walking over to watch the sparring between the two, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Seeing Long Qian sit beside him, Long Xuan curiously asked, "Senior, could you tell me about Sword Cultivators? To be honest, until now, I've never encountered practitioners of other paths besides Gu cultivation."

Although his clone was well-learned, Long Xuan himself knew nothing about Sword Cultivators.

Having been in this world for so many years, he had never seen a Sword Cultivator, nor had he encountered practitioners of any other professions. He hadn't found any records about Sword Cultivators in the books either; everything he looked for was simply not there. Naturally, he couldn't understand what was missing.

So far, everyone he had met was a Gu practitioner, and other professions seemed to have never appeared in this world, leaving the archives blank.

"Heh, the realm divisions for Sword Cultivators are the same as those for Gu practitioners. The realm divisions are pretty much consistent across all professions."

"It's just that after reaching the Soul Projection stage, Gu practitioners are more often called Gu Kings, while Sword Cultivators are called Sword Kings, Ghost Cultivators are called Ghost Kings, and Body Cultivators are called Martial Kings... and so on."

"The differences in realm names are minor."

"However, if you wish to see other practitioners in the Gu Realm, that’s almost impossible. You have to remember why this world is called the Gu Realm. Since it's called the Gu Realm, it naturally belongs exclusively to Gu practitioners."

"In this world, everyone cultivates Gu. Sword Cultivators are almost non-existent. Although there are occasional records about Sword Cultivators, these records are too few, and the inheritance is incomplete."

"Long Ziyan has chosen an incredibly difficult path in this world. Sword Cultivators don't have a complete inheritance here, and she can't find a master to learn from. She has to rely entirely on herself, and self-learning is extremely challenging. It's a real shame for such a good Sword Bone."

Long Qian showed a look of regret.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan had even more questions and asked again, "Since there are records of Sword Cultivators in this world, it means Sword Cultivators once existed, or at least left traces."

"Why did they all disappear? And what about the other professions? Since they existed before, why have they all vanished now?"

Long Qian shook his head and replied, "I'm not sure, but many myths and legends are passed down in the Gu Realm, and some of these myths provide explanations."

"But as you know, most myths are stories made up by humans, fictional tales that have yet to be verified."

"I'm not certain whether these myths are true. Do you want to hear them?" Long Qian looked at Long Xuan with a smile.

"Yes, I'm all ears," Long Xuan said, sitting up straight with a look of interest.

Long Qian nodded and looked into the fire, slowly beginning to tell the tale: "It is said that in a time extremely distant, a vast world called the Desolate Realm was split into three thousand pieces by a terrifying entity, which is why it came to be known as the Three Thousand Worlds."

"And the human race exclusively occupied three of these worlds, known as the Human Realm, the Spiritual/Spirit Realm, and the Divine Realm."

"The entities that ruled these three realms were the gods of the human race. Gods are essentially the highest level of cultivators, for at this level, cultivators can achieve eternal life, and thus people call them gods."

"However, cultivators who can reach this level are exceedingly rare because the Heavenly Dao limits the number of immortals. Therefore, the prerequisite for becoming a god is to first obtain a Divine Position."

"Divine Positions are also known as Divine Titles, with each power corresponding to one Divine Title."

"For example, if you cultivate fire, once you reach the highest realm, you become the Fire God. However, there can only ever be one Fire God. Once a Fire God is born, the world will never see another Fire God."

"Unless the Fire God dies, only then will the world produce a new Fire God."

"In a situation where all Divine Positions are filled, no matter how talented someone is, they cannot become a god, nor can they achieve eternal life."

"Unless you discover a new power and create a new Divine Title, your only hope is for an old god to die unexpectedly."