Painting of the Nine Immortals

Chapter 940: The Mystery about Immortality

Translator: _Tat_ Editor: Rundi

Being an omnipotent indicated that the cultivator has reached an extremely successful realm.

If one can walk one step further, one would be able to fly, grow wings, and turn into an immortal.

Therefore, Ling Xian’s guess was likely to be true. After all, it was every cultivator’s dream to become an immortal. To be so close to it but fail, it was understandable that one would feel much hopelessness.

But why the hatred? Who did he hate?

Did he hate the heavens and the earth for not granting him the wings?

Ling Xian was curious. Therefore, he suppressed the coldness in him and arrived before the red character.

At once, more quivering coldness made him feel depressed. He couldn’t help but tremble.

“Friend Ling, what are you planning to do?” Han Qing Xue asked.

“To find the truth.”

Ling Xian’s eyes were bright with anticipation and excitement. His instinct told him he was right. This omnipotent must’ve felt so much hopelessness because he failed to breakthrough.

But why did he fail?

Without a doubt, that was the origin of his hatred and the key Ling Xian was trying to understand. Or in other words, the secret the entire world wants to know!

As everyone knows, the world had changed and for 30,000 years long, nobody has been able to become an immortal. But nobody knows why such a change occurred!

Therefore, Ling Xian was very intrigued. Thinking about the possibility of being able to figure out the reason why this omnipotent failed to breakthrough excited him.

HOMM!

The spot between Ling Xian’s brows shone and the seven-colored enlivener flew out, emitting bright light. Then, he used all of his energy to investigate into this imprinted character.

In the next second, his visage turned pure white and blood dripped down his lips.

Ling Xian wasn’t surprised at this. This character was left behind by an omnipotent. From certain angles, it represented the man’s anger.

For him to be puking blood due to it was very normal.

Therefore, Ling Xian wasn’t surprised, nor did he give up. His enlivener crazily twirled, generating a dizzying amount of light that vowed to figure out the secret of this character.

“Break!”

Ling Xian screamed. The enlivener acted like the undying Sun that shone bright and was almighty. At once, his soul had deciphered the meaning of this word. Or more accurate, it just saw the moment this omnipotent left behind in this character.

Sadly, the scene of him leaving behind the character was not the image he was looking for.

Luckily, Ling Xian had another move up his sleeve. He formed a hand seal and burned his lifespan to use the great technique that all original leveled cultivators can use.

To turn back time.

This was a secretive technique. For all those that reached the original level, they can burn their lifespan as the price to replay any scene from the past.

“Time turn, reveal it to me!”

Ling Xian’s face was pure white and he was bleeding from his lips. However, for that great secret, he didn’t care and continued to burn his lifespan.

Then, a shocking scene appeared before everyone.

An elder in a white robe was sitting in the lotus position in midair. He was sage-like, grey in the hair, and was emitting an extremely powerful energy.

Without a doubt, this was the omnipotent who was buried here.

Based on his posture, he was attempting a breakthrough. Or in other words, trying to get to immortality!

Ling Xian’s eyes exploded with light. He continued to burn his lifespan to play the scene.

Han Qing Xue and the others seemed to have realized something. They all stared with their eyes wide at the playback.

After some time, the elder from the playback opened his eyes. Space instantly crumbled and heaven was flustered.

He looked afar into the sky, carrying confidence and excitement. Then, he summoned his energy and attempted his breakthrough to immortality!

At first, everything went smoothly. Whether it was the three disasters or the nine hardships, he successfully overcame them. This proved that this person had insane capabilities and was ready to step into immortality.

Just as he was about to succeed however, something changed!

A black band of energy emerged out of his body. It wasn’t an enemy’s sneak attack nor a god sent crisis. After the black band emerged, he puked out a fresh mouthful of blood.

Then, something unbelievable happened.

The black band of energy had corrosive abilities and began to eat away at the omnipotent’s body like a predator feeding. It was chilling.

Within a few seconds’ time, the omnipotent’s body had been devoured. What remained was a shocking soul that was attempting to escape the pursuit of the energy.

Sadly, this black energy was far too devious and far too terrifying. Even for the elder, who had the ability to breakthrough to immortality, he had no energy to counter attack. The energy wrapped around him tightly and fed on his soul.

This infuriated him and made him desperate.

At that close second, he wrote “hate” on the wall, indicating the hatred he felt!

The scene stopped playing and disappeared automatically.

Ling Xian puked out blood. His breath was getting weak

But it was not time for him to worry about his injuries. All he could think about was the image of the elder being devoured.

An omnipotent!

An omnipotent who was breaking through to immortality was helpless against that black energy.

How unbelievable was that?

There was no enemy in sight and the black energy came from within his body. How eerie was this?

Even with Ling Xian’s mentality, he felt cold from it and his entire body began to tremble.

As for Han Qing Xue and the others, they were terrified out of their wits and their entire bodies were shaking.

“That eerie black energy... what is it?”

Ling Xian’s body turned even colder. He was now even more certain about his guess and he was now even more confused.

Without a doubt, this omnipotent failed to become an immortal due to the existence of the black energy. So, what exactly was this?

The most eerie thing about all this is that the black energy came from within the elder’s body!

That was the part that confused Ling Xian the most. This was also what was terrifying to him.

An omnipotent didn’t even notice the existence of such a thing inside his body. That was something that terrified everyone!

“It’s a curse? Or an enemy’s trap?”

Ling Xian mumbled, trying to think positively. However, a guess kept on flashing across his brain.

Being cursed or being set up by an enemy are not scary. What would be terrifying is that within every living being’s body exists that black energy!

How terrifying would that be? Try to imagine it.

Ling Xian didn’t dare to imagine. He was terrified that if he keeps on thinking about it, his resolve will soften. Therefore, he suppressed down the coldness he felt and didn’t think anymore.

One thing was for sure though, the elder’s hatred was towards the black air. That was what stopped him from breaking through!

Just then, Han Qing Xue and the others all recollected themselves. They saw Ling Xian, who was covered in blood.

Instantly, everyone’s eyes shone and they all looked like they were thinking bad thoughts.

Xu Chuan in particular, even began to laugh out loud and didn’t even bother to conceal his devious intentions.

“Haha, the gods are helping me in getting rid of you! One less person to share treasures with!”