Aspiring to the Immortal Path

This was a strange dimension.

There was no sky or earth here, only a giant rock. Black flames occasionally erupted from the surface of the rock, and with each flare-up, the rock became a little smaller.

In the flames, a man and woman were tumbling around.

They were naked and embracing each other.

Their four limbs were interlocked into a strange posture, and as they breathed in and out, the black flames would enter their bodies by any means possible, even through their pores. This blazing flame did no harm, but for some reason, the man and woman were unable to separate.

Yes, they were Tang Xuanyu and Huangfu Meng.

Not in his dreams had Tang Xuanyu imagined that such a thing would happen between him and Huangfu Meng. A strange power was currently surging through his body.

This irrepressible power seized control of his body and made him thrust at Huangfu Meng, and Huangfu Meng’s response was just as passionate and intense, not at all like the calm and collected woman she usually was.

But while their bodies were being controlled, their minds remained clear.

“Wang Yao, what are you doing? Release us!” Tang Xuanyu shouted.

The White Tiger chuckled. “You say that you don’t want it, but your bodies say otherwise.”

“Puh!” Tang Xuanyu almost threw up blood.

What do you mean, ‘our bodies say otherwise’? You’re using some evil art to control us, okay? But… this sensation wasn’t too bad.

But he still wasn’t doing this willingly!

Tang Xuanyu wanted to curse.

Huangfu Meng said, “Senior Brother, there’s no point in complaining at this point. We would be better off taking stock of our current situation. Don’t you feel that this black flame is rather strange?”

Tang Xuanyu assessed it and said, “This isn’t a flame, but a kind of energy. Damn it;

he must want to make us demons. I can sense demonic energy!”

Huangfu Meng slightly frowned. “No, this dimension isn’t very thick in demonic energy, and we have the Jailing Demon Embryo. Even if it were the Violet Energy of Primordial Fog, so long as that art remains firm, we cannot become demons. This mere demonic energy… Wait!”

Huangfu Meng was alarmed. This demonic energy should have posed no threat to them, but she then discovered that as this black flame entered their bodies, it was influencing their bodies. While it only changed a little each time, the process had been going on long enough that Huangfu Meng had finally noticed the difference.

How could this be? The Jailing Demon Embryo couldn’t block even the incursion of this puny bit of demonic energy?

Huangfu Meng was shocked and afraid.

Losing her virginity to Tang Xuanyu was no big deal. After, this was the young master with the greatest future of all the Rosecloud Domain, and he was also extremely talented. While his intelligence couldn’t match Huangfu Meng’s, it wasn’t like men could only rely on their wits to get by. Courage, perseverance, and daring were also fine qualities for a man to have, all of which Tang Xuanyu possessed. At the very least, his performance at Meteorville had not disappointed her.

But becoming a demon was another matter entirely.

For the cultivators of the positive plane, this was the same as death. How could the extermination of one’s will, leaving only one’s evil nature, be any different from death?

The White Tiger calmly said, “Don’t panic, don’t panic. This stone won’t make you demons. On the contrary, it will increase your resistance to demonic energy. Once you absorb it all, you won’t have to worry about becoming demons anymore. If that Jailing Demon Embryo—pah, the audacity to call it that—even if that art failed, you still wouldn’t become demons.”

Was there such a thing?

Huangfu Meng and Tang Xuanyu looked at each other, thinking that if Wang Yao was telling the truth, then it wasn’t a bad thing.

But they still felt like something was wrong.

Tang Xuanyu suddenly thought of something and shouted, “Wang Yao, I can’t believe you’re peeping at us!”

Wang Yao’s words had come in such a timely fashion that he must have been watching them this whole time. Tang Xuanyu could accept it. The problem was Huangfu Meng!

Given what had already happened, Tang Xuanyu had already decided to treat her as his woman. Now that he thought about it, Huangfu Meng was a generational beauty as well as Tang Jie’s disciple, so she was a good match. But Huangfu Meng was intelligent and farsighted, and because she was taught by Tang Jie, she was also rather intense. Men normally didn’t like women who were too intense, so Tang Xuanyu had never considered this problem. It was only after today that Tang Xuanyu had begun to seriously consider the prospect of taking Huangfu Meng as his wife.

Given that, how could he accept Wang Yao peeping at his future wife?

Wang Yao laughed. “I am the overlord of the Myriad Fiend Peak, the Archdemon Lord of Nox Alba, so how could I possibly do something so lowly and despicable? Relax;

I’m not watching.”

Tang Xuanyu sighed in relief. Huangfu Meng then asked, “You said you would grant us a great blessing. Is it that you would ensure that we would never become demons? If that’s the case, isn’t that a little too cheap?”

Wang Yao was very satisfied. “You truly are a smart girl. Not becoming a demon is simply a side effect. The Third Life Stone’s transformation gives you far more than that. On that note, the Third Life Stone was left behind by my ancestor for me to advance. When I ascended to Boundless, there was still some left. I wasn’t even willing to use it on Lin Xin, but I’m using it on you two. How could you not say that this is a great blessing?”

A treasure that could let the White Tiger ascend to Boundless?

Huangfu Meng and Tang Xuanyu were both shaken.

Although it had been said that the White Tigers had made an immense sacrifice to break the bottleneck, this did not mean that Bao’er could simply advance without obstacle once the sacrifice was made. There were still many preparations to be done, and the Third Life Stone was the most important treasure left behind by the White Tiger Ancestor for his descendant.

“This thing… What exactly is it for?” Huangfu Meng gravely asked.

Her intuition told her that things weren’t so simple.

The White Tiger chuckled. “The world is divided into positive and negative planes, the races are divided between humans and demons, and all creatures are divided between the living and the dead. But have you ever thought about the fusion of positive and negative, harmony between human and demon, unity between life and death?”

“What?” Huangfu Meng and Tang Xuanyu both gasped.

What exactly could be positive and negative at the same time, alive and dead? Human and demon…

Wait;

‘human and demon’?

A human demon? A demon human?

Huangfu Meng’s eyes suddenly flashed.

She recalled how Wang Yao gave off no demonic energy, nor did he give off the power of the positive plane.

Could it be…

Huangfu Meng clenched her teeth. “You’re turning us into something that’s neither human nor demon? Human and demon in one body?”

“Hahahaha!” Wang Yao threw his head back and laughed. “That’s right! This was the breakthrough method left behind by my ancestor. It can’t directly grant living creatures power, but it can change their constitution, making it suitable for both the positive plane and the negative plane. You can feel, absorb, and use the energies of both planes to grow stronger. Beyond the heavens and earth, outside of the Five Elements! This is the power of the Third Life Stone, and now, I gift you two this power. From now on, you can freely travel the Great Chiliocosm without worry about being transformed by the environment. Not only can you adapt to any kind of environment, those Divine Connections meant for use against humans are ineffective against you, as are those meant for demons. This is because you have transcended the positive and negative planes and become a new kind of lifeform!”

Wang Yao laughed again, a crazed tone to his voice.

Although they couldn’t see his face, they could imagine that it was one of smug excitement.

Huangfu Meng coldly said, “But we’ll become just like you, without any humanity, right?”

“‘Humanity’?” Wang Yao froze, and then he laughed. “Ah, that truly will affect your humanity. But not much. You won’t become monstrously evil like the demons, but you won’t be so righteous as humans. One who is neither human nor demon will tend to consider everything from the standpoint of one’s gains and losses. Unless it’s for something extremely important, they will consider all problems from an objective perspective. This would be like an extremely intelligent, selfish, and cold-blooded human… much like my adoptive father, but maybe a little more fun. Because, occasionally, you get a little willful.”

Huangfu Meng was speechless, for this was exactly Wang Yao’s current personality.

Cold-blooded and rational, he took actions that prioritized his personal goals, but he also had a clear division between kindness and grudges, cleaving to his own principles in the way he acted.

It was rather like Tang Jie.

Wang Yao said, “Thus, I call this new kind of life: Mutant!”

The Mutants, the Abnormal, or whatever else one called them, were the new form of life created by the Third Life Stone.

“Oh, I see,” Huangfu Meng said. “But since you say that Mutants are extremely rational and prioritize their own benefit, not doing meaningless things, why do you insist on making me and Xuanyu into Mutants?”

“The Third Life Stone is essentially a way to harmonize Yin and Yang at the highest level. Back then, I alone received this power, but I couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if a man and woman received it.”

“You’re using us as an experiment?” Huangfu Meng cried out in alarm.

Wang Yao chuckled. “Indeed. Didn’t I just say that Mutants are driven by their personal interest?”

“Then if we die, how can you repay my father’s kindness?” Tang Xuanyu angrily roared.

Wang Yao shook his head. “I’m 99% sure that you’ll survive. This is based on my understanding of the Third Life Stone. Of course, if something really happens… then I guess I just won’t repay his kindness.”

The hearts of Tang Xuanyu and Huangfu Meng turned cold.

Tang Xuanyu cursed, “Untameable beast!”

“Hmph!” A single snort jolted Tang Xuanyu so badly that blood erupted from all his pores.

Wang Yao said, “You’ll find that I’m not so easy to insult. I will spare you this time, but next time, I will give you a good show. When Adoptive Father saved me and gave me another chance at life, my father also passed on a secret art to him, which allowed him to escape from Godhead Palace’s pursuit. I understand how to repay kindness because I fondly remember that past relationship, not because I owe the two of you anything. Understood?”

Tang Xuanyu seethed, but he could say no more, for Huangfu Meng had come over and kissed him.

Wang Yao coldly grunted, “The conversion will take three days. After three days, I will come and see you again.”

A moment later, a spatial fissure appeared over the Myriad Fiend Peak, and Wang Yao walked out.

The moment he sat on his throne, a flame shot over.

Wang Yao snatched the flame out of the air without looking, and the flickering flame in his palm transformed into a shriveled monk on a lotus platform.

“White Tiger King, have you made up your mind?”

“It’s not that my mind is made up, but that the opportunity I have been waiting for has finally come.”

“Good, good! Hahahaha!” The monk let out a wicked laugh. “Then, when shall we strike?”

“My adoptive father’s Rosecloud Domain still needs ten years to reach the Gigantes Domain. The day he arrives is the moment we strike.”

“Very well, then it’s agreed!”

“Remember: the Gigantes Domain is yours, but Tang Jie is mine! Nine Disasters!”

“Deal!” A majestic voice resounded through the world.