In my twilight years of cultivating, I became a Supreme Daoist of the Longevity Path

Chapter 1282: 497: The Eternal Secret! Species Extinction After the Decline of Spiritual Energy_2

“There is no need to panic.”

Huangyun chuckled lightly, “The Great Calamity that occurred over tens of thousands of years ago, do you think the Supreme Daoists were unprepared for such disasters? In reality, they have been preparing for nearly ten thousand years.

The power landscape of our New Realm today is different from the small and limited regions of the Ancient Realm…”

At this point, she turned to look at the distant starry sky, and the figure she had remembered for hundreds of years involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

Now that the great calamity has arisen, the Ancient Realm is probably in dire straits as well, and it’s uncertain whether that person could emerge unscathed from the great calamity.

The condition is as stated by the Great Enlightenment Venerable back when Fenglingzi went to seek his counsel; the Ancient Realm trying to stop Mo Luo from invading is equivalent to seeking its own death. Large-scale disasters will soon follow, and the Ancient Realm Cultivators are like turtles trapped in a jar, incapable of stirring any waves. The minor movements now are nothing more than futile struggles before death.

If Mo Luo had taken control of the Ancient Realm back then, perhaps there would still be some Cultivators who could survive alongside Mo Luo, but now it has become even more difficult.

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At this moment, in the Ancient Realm.

Inside the Longevity Sect’s cave mansion, Chen Dengming finished his cultivation session. The abundant Essence, Qi, and Spirit above his head converged into a pattern of three flowers, yellow, white, and red, moving ever closer to completeness.

He slowly consolidated his energies, the three flowers retracting into his body, gradually dissolving.

Upon careful sensing of his bodily condition, the Primordial Qi that was depleted in the battle against Buddha Trick years ago has now fully recovered. Even more, because he absorbed some of the Buddha Trick’s ghostly body’s leftover Soul Power and Primordial Spirit, as well as the life force transformed from the Ghost gas, his cultivation has also improved significantly in just a few short years.

Only the lifespan he lost years ago remains difficult to restore.

Chen Dengming reviewed his status on the panel.

By today’s time, he is nearly 760 years old.

If he were still a Golden Elixir Truth Man, he would have already reached the end of his natural lifespan. As for the actual lifespan lost, it has actually exceeded two thousand years.

Fortunately, after his breakthrough to the Perfect Realm of Transforming into God, his lifespan limit has reached a staggering near fourteen thousand years. Even having already depleted over two thousand years, he still has over ten thousand years to live.

“Living like this, if I don’t recklessly engage in fierce battles and stake my life against others along the way, even if I survive this Great Calamity, I might just have to endure until the next one… My life is indeed quite hard!”

Chen Dengming looked at his lifespan limit of over ten thousand years, flashing a smug grin and then heaving both long and short sighs.

Living too long is not all that good; it means being tormented by the Great Calamity time after time, which is truly frustrating.

Even with the current Great Calamity, he does not have much confidence in resolving it and can only attempt to try.

“With my current cultivation, although I am not far from reaching complete perfection, to cultivate to the pinnacle of my current realm, I’m afraid it might take a hundred years of cultivation amidst the Ghost Shade… yet the Great Calamity might not provide me with a hundred years of peaceful cultivation…”

Calculating the time for cultivation, Chen Dengming was quite troubled.

Unless he enters Heavenly Time for cultivation, it will be very difficult to secure much time.

But now the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm is accelerating its disintegration.

Once he uses up a large amount of Immortal Spirit Qi to create a Heavenly Time environment for himself and cultivates within it, it will cause the disintegration of the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm to accelerate even further.

The Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm is what he planned to use to establish his Dao foundation and is also tied to his plan to save the world when the Great Calamity arrives.

If the disintegration of the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm occurs too fast, after his breakthrough to He Dao, he may face the danger of losing his Dao foundation or end up with a severely flawed Dao foundation, which would make it difficult to shelter the world from calamity.

It seems he has fallen into an insoluble vicious cycle.

“Cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight; feeling anxious now is useless. I should calm my heart and continue to find ways to cultivate.”

Chen Dengming collected his thoughts and then stood up, walking out of the cultivation room.

Four years have passed by now, and Dongfang Huayuan seems not to have succeeded in He Dao yet, but the harbingers of the Great Calamity are becoming increasingly fierce.

Chen Dengming quickly arrived at the Heaven Longevity Hall.

He Yingyu was here, gathering the elders within the sect and the Daoists to deal with affairs.

Chen Dengming’s sudden visit immediately startled all the elders and Dao children, prompting them all to rise hastily and salute, with some of the newer elders visibly shaking with excitement and nervousness.

“Please, there’s no need for such formalities.”

Chen Dengming tried his best to restrain his Spiritual Might as he looked around, spotting many new faces. However, only Gongshu Zai and Wen Liyan remained from the old faces, both evidently aged significantly, which evoke a feeling of melancholy in his heart.

The previous generation of Golden Core elders, such as Guan Chao, Ye Ding, and others, have all passed away due to the natural limits of their lifespan, many decades or even a century ago.

Time is merciless, like a cold blade reaping lives.

Of those who seek immortality, how many have fallen on the path towards eternal life?

He Yingyu quickly dismissed the other elders, staying behind alone to report the situation to Chen Dengming.

With Chen Dengming’s current strength, even when he deliberately subdued his Spiritual Might, the multitude of Golden Core elders and Dao children were all silent like cicadas in winter. Even the elders Gongshu Zai and Wen Liyan dared not speak too much in the heavy atmosphere. Only He Yingyu could converse freely.

“My lord… have some tea first.” After everyone left, He Yingyu personally poured a cup of tea and brought it over.

Chen Dengming took the tea and casually said as he sat down, “Didn’t I say to use official titles in this hall?”

Rolling her eyes, He Yingyu perched her shapely rear in Chen Dengming’s lap, retorting, “Yes, my dear great ancestor!”

With that, she intentionally wriggled her waist a few times.

Choking on his tea, Chen Dengming managed to swallow it down, giving her a glare before saying, “Get to the reports.”

“All business! You want to know the situation, couldn’t I have reported it to you slowly after returning? No need for you to come in person.”

He Yingyu hummed lightly before her expression turned serious, and she began to speak softly, “Now in our Longevity Dao Field, many Spirit Veins are accelerating their decline. Second-grade Spirit Veins have degraded to first-grade, and first-grade Spirit Veins have degraded to the point of scattered veins.

The third-grade Spirit Veins haven’t degraded yet, but according to tests, the concentration of Spiritual Energy they contain has been significantly reduced.

Due to the decline of Spiritual Energy, the yield of Spirit Rice has sharply decreased over the past few years, and many Spiritual Grasses, Spiritual Medicines, and Spiritual Teas are even showing signs of extinction…”

Chen Dengming frowned and looked at the Spiritual Tea in his cup, “This Smoke Rain Terrace Spirit Tea isn’t about to go extinct, is it?”

Blinking her beautiful eyes, He Yingyu nodded, “Indeed, this Spiritual Tea is also on the list of soon-to-be-extinct items. Its current yield is scarce. If it weren’t for your fondness of this Spiritual Tea for many years, the sect would not have stockpiled so much of it.”

“Sigh.” Chen Dengming suddenly felt the tea had lost its flavor and put the cup down on the table, “What about other spiritual species? Surely I won’t even be able to eat Spiritual Fish in the future?”

“It’s very possible,” He Yingyu said, “According to the sect disciples’ investigation, many Spiritual Objects have disappeared. Spiritual Fishes are still around, but if this continues, they may degrade into ordinary fish.”

“What other conditions are there?”

“As Spiritual Energy declines, the nascent Tribulation Force has grown rapidly. Now, in multiple places of the Four Seas and Four Regions, Tribulation Force mist has formed. In thickly covered areas, it spreads as far as the eye can see. Cultivators who have entered Core Formation have been caught in it and never returned… Some sects were wiped out overnight, forcing many to relocate.”

“It’s troublesome.” Chen Dengming pushed He Yingyu off, stood up, and started pacing with his hands behind his back.

Following closely, He Yingyu continued, “The Four Seas Cultivation Alliance has finally realized the severity of the situation and is actively cooperating with us in relief efforts. Many sect representatives and elders who are on the verge of Divine Transformation have approached Uncle Master Su, seeking your opinion and hoping for a solution from you.”

“Now they’re finally anxious.”

Chen Dengming chuckled, paused his steps, and suddenly realized that this might be a good opportunity.

He indeed had a solution, but he lacked the precious resources needed for rapid cultivation of a replacement body.

Now that the major Immortal Sects’ Deity Transformation Dao Lords have approached him for his opinion, it’s clear they’ve been aware of the commotion he, Dongfang Huayuan, and Qu Shenzong caused in the previous years.

Now he could convene the representatives from each sect and the Deity Transformation Dao friends, lay out his plan, gather collective strength, and assist him in making a He Dao breakthrough. By relying on the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm, he could accomplish the great feat of protecting the world.

If at this time some still shirk responsibility, prioritizing their own interests, then when he achieves He Dao, no one can blame him for being unkind…

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