Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal-Chapter 511 - 497: A Distant Journey

"You've mastered it already? That's fantastic."

Penglai Dao Lord, manipulating the Human Emperor Sword in her hand, seemed unable to let go as she examined it closely.

"The two of us have now been pushed to the brink, and without sufficient strength, I fear we would end up being the prominent tree that gets toppled by the wind."

Alkaid said with a smile.

"I was indeed worried before, but now, with the Human Emperor Sword in hand... as long as we're not overwhelmed by a dozen or so Dao Lords at once, even if three or five confront us, I could kill them one by one—it's only a matter of time."

Penglai Dao Lord said, even appearing eager to try: "I wonder if the Destruction Divine Venerable and the Slaughter Divine Venerable wish to retaliate against me. If they do, I wouldn't mind making another journey through the stars, giving them a chance to strike, even if it means facing six adversaries at once, both slaughter and destruction must ultimately be left behind by me."

Upon hearing this, Alkaid couldn't help being a bit surprised.

He was growing, and the growth of Penglai Dao Lord was equally rapid.

It was no wonder she had become a Dao Lord in just a thousand years.

"It seems that with this Semi-Immortal Artifact in hand, you truly possess the might of an invincible Dao Lord now."

Alkaid remarked.

"Thanks to your help."

Penglai Dao Lord spoke, glanced at the Human Emperor Sword in her hand, and then back at Alkaid.

After a while, she seemed about to say something, but then she recalled another prohibition and forcibly suppressed her question.

"What's the matter?"

Alkaid asked.

"It's nothing, just thinking about ascending to the Immortal Realm next and embarking on the path to the pinnacle there, suddenly got me a bit nervous."

Penglai Dao Lord replied.

"The Immortal Realm."

Upon hearing this, Alkaid's expression became somewhat solemn.

Seeing his demeanor, Penglai Dao Lord became curious: "I've noticed that other Dao Lords mention the Immortal Realm with envy and longing, but you... you're always serious... Do you have descriptions of the Immortal Realm in your memory?"

"Memory?"

Alkaid spoke, shaking his head: "I am not a reincarnated immortal."

He paused for a moment: "As for this information... consider it as merely an inheritance I came across by chance."

"Inheritance?"

Penglai Dao Lord pondered, then suddenly asked: "I've observed the cultivation techniques of the core members of Nine Cauldrons Sect... you... do you come from the Creation Group?"

At this, Alkaid was shocked, and his gaze towards Penglai Dao Lord abruptly changed.

But he maintained his composure, showing no signs of disturbance: "Creation Group?"

"Don't forget, I too received fortunate inheritances,"

Penglai Dao Lord winked at him: "This is a secret that must not be publicly spoken of, but if we're both people who have received inheritances and are somewhat reluctant to let go of everything in this world, and have left things for the successors, then we're kindred spirits, aren't we? Secrets can indeed be shared between us."

Alkaid listened, faintly feeling that Penglai Dao Lord was hinting at something, that there was more to her words.

However, after weighing it up, he still asked: "How much do you understand about the Immortal Realm?"

"Ten thousand classes of frost competing for freedom,"

Penglai Dao Lord replied: "Becoming a Dao Lord grants certain privileges, passing the trials through the Gate of the Immortal Realm, ascending to the Immortal Realm, doing everything possible, striving for the summit of the Immortal Realm!"

She looked at Alkaid, smiled, and said: "Isn't that so?"

"Doing everything possible, striving for the summit of the Immortal Realm,"

Alkaid recalled his knowledge of the Immortal Realm.

If the Immortal Realm was indeed as he speculated...

All Dao Lords indeed possess privileges, selected through the Gate of the Immortal Realm to challenge for the titles of Immortal, Immortal Venerable, Immortal King, right up to the throne of the Daoist Ancestor.

However...

Can the Daoist Ancestor truly represent the summit of the Immortal Realm?

"Are you worried about the fierce competition in the Immortal Realm? Do your humanly best and leave the rest to fate."

Penglai Dao Lord said cheerfully: "If not, just live out this life like an ordinary person. Having had this experience, our lives are already magnificent, envied by countless others."

She lazily stretched, revealing her delicate waistline: "If success comes, I count my blessings; if not, it is simply fate."

"You seem pretty relaxed about it."

Alkaid remarked, letting out a sigh: "But what I have cultivated for so far is to ensure my own safety. If even this can't be achieved, wouldn't that contradict the very goal of my cultivation?"

These words made Penglai Dao Lord pause.

The casual, relaxed movements she momentarily adopted involuntarily snapped back.

She reverted to her usual self, glanced at Alkaid again, and slightly nodded: "You are right."

Alkaid gave her a glance, sharply sensing something was amiss with this Dao Lord.

Not now, but just moments ago...

"Alright, what arrangements do you have next?"

Penglai Dao Lord, brandishing the Human Emperor Sword, asked: "Shall we strike against the Six Sect of the Demonic Dao and the Divine Race of the Ten Directions?"

Alkaid pondered for a while, then said: "I have been studying various scriptures related to Dao Venerables recently and plan to enter serious seclusion to cultivate, trying to glimpse the landscape of the Dao Venerable realm. This will probably take three to four hundred years."

"Dao Venerable..."

Penglai Dao Lord glanced at Alkaid, hesitated for a moment, but still said: "It is rumored that every Dao Venerable is actually a reincarnated immortal; otherwise, how could a mere mortal achieve the realm of a Dao Venerable? In other words, it's something that beings from the lower realms can't achieve."

"I want to give it a try."

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Alkaid replied.

Penglai Dao Lord heard this and didn't try to persuade him further, simply nodding: "What do you need me to do?"

"Just keep an eye on the Nine Cauldrons Sect for me."

Alkaid replied.

"No problem, if the Six Sect of the Demonic Dao and the Divine Race of the Ten Directions don't make a move, so be it. If they dare come out, I was actually looking forward to trying how sharp this Semi-Immortal Artifact Level Human Emperor Sword is."

Penglai Dao Lord readily agreed.

The two conversed for a moment longer before Penglai Dao Lord took her leave.

However, as she was departing, Alkaid distinctly felt that this Dao Lord...

Seemed to linger for an instant, as if wanting to ask something.

But in the end, she did not speak further and vanished within the expanse of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

"Perhaps she wanted to discuss the heritage of the Immortal Realm with me in depth? However, the Immortal Realm is cruel..."

Alkaid pondered for a moment and planned to subtly remind her once the Gate of the Immortal Realm opened, to strengthen her foundation in the Lower Realm before ascending.

Otherwise, in that kind of environment of the Immortal Realm...

The situation for ordinary Dao Lords who ascended might not be very favorable.

Not long after Penglai Dao Lord departed, Alkaid called over Jun Tian Dao Lord and informed him of his decision to enter seclusion.

All responsibilities and powers of the Heavenly Dao Sect were handed over.

Upon receiving this news, Jun Tian Dao Lord breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "The battle for Dao is imminent, and Alkaid, you have already established yourself as an invincible Dao Lord. No one dares to provoke you lightly anymore, and it's time to prepare well for the opening moment of the Gate of the Immortal Realm. Feel free to enter your seclusion, and leave the matters of the Heavenly Dao Sect to me."

After speaking, he added, "I'll take care of the Nine Cauldrons Sect, and won't let anything happen."

"Thank you."

Alkaid responded with a nod.

"By the way, hasn't Su Yaoxue already reached the Shattered Void Realm? How about we hand over the leadership of the Heavenly Dao Sect to her?"

Jun Tian Dao Lord inquired.

During his three hundred years of secluded cultivation, the core members of the Nine Cauldrons Sect were mostly by his side, constantly basked in the influences of the Void Path, each advancing rapidly in cultivation.

Add to that, with Alkaid annihilating eleven Dao Lords in one fell swoop and accumulating wealth in the trillions, there was no lack of resources for cultivation.

Over the centuries, not only had Su Yaoxue advanced to the Shattered Void Realm, but even Lin Xia, Li Hanqiu, Wan Liugui, and Tang Fenghua had been brought up to the same level.

Rising to heaven on the coattails of a successful one, there was nothing more to say.

After all, Alkaid's own mastery of the Void Path was exceptionally high, and his guidance often hit right at the critical points.

Add to that his willingness to instruct, the emergence of these rooted situations in the Shattered Void was not surprising.

"The leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect..."

Alkaid slightly pondered.

Considering that Su Yaoxue's focus would need to shift towards the Nine Cauldrons Sect, which is to develop on the original grounds of the Yin Moon Sect, he instead said, "Let's not choose Yaoxue for this. Dao Lord, choose someone else to take over the position of leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect."

"I will choose someone..."

Jun Tian Dao Lord's mind flashed through the more outstanding individuals of the younger generation.

Since Alkaid joined the Heavenly Dao Sect, five hundred years had indeed passed.

In five hundred years, enough time had elapsed for those extraordinarily talented true transmissions from his era to cultivate from the Deep Blue Golden Core to the Void Refinement Realm.

But only to the Void Refinement Realm.

And that included only a few individuals like Ling Xi.

As for those who broke through from Void Refinement to Shattered Void...

"Then let Shen Junyan take over as the leader."

Jun Tian Dao Lord said.

"That's acceptable."

Alkaid nodded slightly.

This Vice Sect Leader, because of his relationship with Chi Yun Supreme, had indeed shown great enthusiasm in his presence...

Moreover, having served as Vice Sect Leader for over a thousand years, he had sufficient experience in managing the sect, and now taking over as Sect Leader, he had finally come into his own.

After discussing, Alkaid fortified the formations of the Abandoned Heaven Valley again, elevating it to the Fourteenth Level, and had Tang Fenghua stay there to personally preside over it.

In this way, unless a Dao Lord personally came, basically no one could break in.

And in matters involving Dao Lords, Jun Tian Dao Lord would be responsible for stepping in.

If all else failed...

Alkaid informed Tang Fenghua that if he encountered an issue that could not be resolved, he could seek help from Penglai Dao Lord.

After giving his instructions, Alkaid did not waste time.

His figure flashed, and he appeared in the vast starry space outside the Northern Sea Star.

With his current mastery of the Void Path, it was impossible for anyone to detect his departure.

After leaving the Northern Sea Star, he summoned a warship of Superior Dao Artifact grade.

This was a treasure seized from the hands of the Xu Huang Divine Venerable of the Divine Race.

The speed was average, but its interior was quite luxurious.

Clearly, for many Dao Lords, a comfortable environment was also very important when traveling through the starry sky.

"I'll need to modify it along the way and refine it into a top-tier Dao artifact to increase the speed. Otherwise, the time it will take to reach the destination I have chosen... will be too long,"

Alkaid said, moving his Mind Thought, and a screen in the main control room of the warship projected a light shadow that soon coalesced into a star chart.

On the star chart, a route was mapped out.

This route would pass through two points.

One point, thirty billion light-years away, was a completely new Gate of the Immortal Realm.

The other point, even farther at one hundred billion light-years.

Also, it was a hegemonic power within that diameter range of one hundred billion light-years.

Sun and Star Sect.

This journey...

Back and forth, even with his current Void Path prowess rivaling that of an Immortal Venerable, would still take three hundred years.