Fourth Lian is a death soldier of the Lian Family. Generations before, he had been fed drugs and brainwashed for generations. He is not loyal to Luochen Sword Palace, but loyal to Lian Yichen personally.

When the Holy Emperor Venerable began to eliminate dissent, Lian Yichen was already making such preparations. The chaos caused by the Demon Emperor centuries ago gave him a slight chance. At that time, he took advantage of the internal chaos among Modern Cultivators to fabricate a family on the Shenzhou Continent. Those death soldiers are special humans who have been long-term drug brainwashed with no personality. Then, over the centuries, he continuously sent brainwashed mortals to reintegrate into that family to maintain his control.

During the chaos of the Demon Emperor, most families were completely wiped out, and some historical gaps appeared, leaving the entire Shenzhou in chaos. This was indeed the best time to leave a "back road."

After that, no True Law Practitioner has successfully arranged any similar backup route in Shenzhou.

This is the "back road" he has arranged for hundreds of years. From the perspective of household registration, even the Immortal Alliance cannot find any flaws.

Lian Yichen absolutely trusts the loyalty of Fourth Lian, but he doesn't trust Fourth Lian's judgment. After all, Fourth Lian is just a mortal and should not have the insight to see through the actions of Modern Heretic Magic Artifacts. However, despite his suspicion, Lian Yichen still didn't dare to go out and take a look.

If he went out and was discovered, then what should be done?

Lian Xinjie perceived the dilemma in his master's heart and cupped his fists, saying, "Master, that heretic hasn't met me, so he shouldn't recognize me. Why not let me go out and take a look."

Lian Yichen nodded and said, "Just observe the mechanism, don't go in, and don't meet face to face with him. You are just at the Core Formation Stage; there's a high chance of being discovered if you face him."

Lian Xinjie went out and quickly returned. He bowed to his master and said, "Fourth Lian was not wrong; those red mechanical birds are indeed watching the faces of people here. And strangely enough, they only look at men's faces."

Lian Yichen's face turned white: "It seems like we've been discovered…"

Lian Yichen's daughter, Lian Xingling, looked flustered: "What… what should we do now? Father, should we just lift the Earth Script Technique and fight that guy to the death?"

"Foolish!" Lian Yichen scolded without thinking, "Back then, I and over a dozen at the Divine Separation Stage couldn't defeat him and were instead defeated by him. How can you fight with him? He wasn't even at Core Formation at the time!"

Lian Xingling complained, "But, if we don't fight with him…"

"If you fight him, why would I bring you here?"

Lian Xinjie stopped the argument between his master and junior sister, saying, "Master, think carefully, the Earth Script Technique is almost flawless, and that heterodox cultivator didn't see through it the first time he saw you, right?"

Lian Yichen nodded.

The perception abilities of Modern are advancing, and the Concealing Breath Technique of the Ancient Method Practitioners has also evolved.

The Earth Script Technique is a Concealing Breath Technique created by the Banished Immortal Saint Emperor. Unlike the old methods that completely isolated oneself from Heaven and Earth, the Earth Script Technique emphasizes not shocking nor aligning, neither moving nor stopping, with the entire mana lurking in the meridians like an earth fire hidden in the land, sealing the breath within, imperceptible to others. The key to deceiving Modern cultivators lies in "not reaching perfection." When using the Earth Script Technique, always maintain it at less than perfection, neither fully nor insufficiently, mastering its usage with one's mind.

This Law Gate has only been around for a thousand years, and naturally, old things, long dead for ten thousand years like Zhen Chan injected into were unaware of it. But in the current Far Sea Ancient Practitioners, everyone has to spend years specially practicing the Earth Script Technique.

"So, you didn't make any suspicious moves?"

"Suspicious…I ran away when I saw him. But I quickly realized that was okay, so I made up an excuse and had someone help me retrieve my farming tools."

"Since there are no flaws, then let's just let developments proceed as they will." Lian Xinjie thought.

Faithful Fourth Lian also said, "Master, it's not particularly uncommon for the Heterodox Immortal Alliance to do such things. Similar things like census registration, genetic disease surveys…they've done before and come back every few years. That heretic cultivator might just be on a mission for the Immortal Alliance."

Lian Xingling still worried: "But if we're really discovered…"

The Earth Script Technique has a troublesome aspect. Once a person's aura is concealed by it, their mana is essentially suppressed, and without special curse removal, there's no way to engage in combat. In other words, it's not suitable for fighting.

"This risk has to be taken." Lian Yichen patted his daughter's head, silent.

Before he left the Far Sea Underground Palace, he had arranged for his daughter and direct disciple to carry out external work and gather people. This was an arrangement he made before every dangerous task. This time, after rebelling, he directly found his daughter and disciple and followed the secret stakes planted by the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao to Shenzhou Land. For secrecy, he even personally silenced those ancient method secret stakes after arriving.

This daughter and this disciple are his only thoughts now.

"Wait. No matter how strong that heretic is, your father can protect you…"

In unease, Lian Yichen waited about seven or eight hours. The sky was completely dark. Lian Xinjie glanced outside, sighed in relief, and said, "It seems they weren't looking for us."

Lian Yichen smiled and was about to say a few encouraging words to comfort his daughter. But at this moment, a purple light accompanied by a loud dragon roar shot into the sky!

Lian Yichen's face turned stiff again: "That… that Dragon Clan Rebel is here too!"

"They must be here for me! They must be!"

Lian Yichen pulled along his daughter and the land, shouting frantically: "We must escape! Follow that Teleportation Array! Quick!"

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Mei Gemu walked quietly along the small path in the fields. At this moment, his appearance had undergone earth-shattering changes, and his temperament was entirely different.

He wore a palm-woven raincoat, a large bamboo hat, and straw sandals. Such attire was not uncommon in the rainy south. Although February was not yet the rainy season, many mortals who traveled far yet couldn't afford a Spirit Boat dressed like this to prevent rain on the road.

The large bamboo hat covered half of Mei Gemu's face, further concealing his eyes that had turned a light gold.

This was the gift left to him by that unusual Demon Beast—"another me."

"I've finally found you, 'me'." That day, the being with golden beast eyes said this.

It—"another me" was a cat, scientifically known as the Qiangdi Plain Wildcat, a predator frequently appearing in the Northern regions. For a moment, Mei Gemu remembered seeing such a beast in an illustration called "Life and Heaven" during his Seeking Immortality days.

He didn't even know how he remembered such distant things.

The wildcat spoke.

"The backup of the backup, the most complete 'me'."

—What on earth are you saying...

"You shouldn't have appeared. Because you are the most complete one among us. According to the strategy, you, who carry complete memories yet possess no power, should continue to reincarnate in this Heaven and Earth until 'I'—one among us becomes the 'true me,' and then you, as the most complete memory library, become 'me' again."

"But now, I have to awaken you."

"I was under a mysterious attack, losing quite a bit of memory—even I can't determine what I've forgotten. Too many memories were lost. Worse still, that mysterious attack followed the mysterious link between me and 'me,' attacking all those 'me' belonging to my body. 'I' lost too much, even my cultivation is difficult to continue, so I can only come to find you."

—What are you talking about... what 'awakening'... I've always been awake.

"Have you never felt unique, never possessed an otherworldly transcendence?"

"The current you is not the real you."

At that time, Mei Gemu was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you mean that now I'm just dreaming?"

"Life is like a dream." The cat with golden eyes stared at Mei Gemu and said, "You'll naturally know when you wake up."

Mei Gemu asked, "If I 'wake up,' can my eyes be clearer?"

"Clear..." The wildcat snickered and then said, "That's only because you haven't discovered your Spiritual Sense. If you had Spiritual Sense, those colors wouldn't confuse your eyes, and those smells wouldn't upset your nose."

"Alright, I'll do it."

"You have no choice." The cat looked into Mei Gemu's eyes and smiled, "But that's fine, I'll give you a little gift nonetheless."

Then, Mei Gemu witnessed one of the most memorable moments of his life. That cat suddenly ignited with a blood-colored Flame. The Flame consumed the entire body of the cat, which was at Qi Storage Perfection, burning the flesh to Divine Essence and Essence, converging into his eyes. And then, the cat's eyes turned into two streams of Golden Light, merging into Mei Gemu's eyes.

Subsequently, the mortal Mei Gemu became a perpetual past. The Immortal Mei Gemu awakened.

He saw his memories as the cat. The cataclysmic clash at the North Pole beyond imagination, his own escape, escaping with only a piece of flesh after being blasted... exhausted, the Immortal attached to a wildcat in the Northern territories...

He understood, that cat... was also himself, just in that instant, helped him open the Six Yang God Cache, penetrated the Spiritual Secret Vault, refining his Soul, giving him far superior strength than a Cultivator. Then, the Essence Demon Energy from the Demon Body of the cat, through blood refinement, turned into Demon Blood and entered his body.

This was an unprecedented Law Gate in this Heaven and Earth. However, Mei Gemu, who had regained past life memories, also understood these two forms of Cultivation and their limitations.

The former corresponded to the path of Ghost Immortal. It was not in line with the life beings of this Heaven and Earth. Mei Gemu knew, in the Cosmic realm, some races had Souls so robust that they could bathe in the spring thunder at birth.

As for the latter, the Blood Refinement method only applied to flesh and blood life beings, specifically a Law Gate that accumulated Mana without increasing the Realm. In the Cosmos, those races lacking flesh and blood cannot use this Law Gate.

But this was merely an emergency method.

"I must leave Shenzhou quickly. Otherwise, there will be no chance to achieve Righteous Skill and to ascend the Immortal Dao again!"