My Simulated Road to Immortality Chapter 2297 - 1721: From End to Genesis

Upon Saint Lianshan voicing those words, the expressions on every saint's face grew a touch odd.

While this technique resembled luring prey like in fishing, it still required direct interaction with the creatures born in the Mountain and Sea.

To some extent, all those originating from this path could be viewed as offspring of Qiu Tianhui and his spouse...

"Let's observe who claims such luck," the Sea Return Saint said with a light laugh, snapping his fingers to unleash a multitude of blue gleams that shifted them straight into the Mountain and Sea.

He appeared to lead by demonstration, embedding his unique essence into the fabric of Heaven and Earth. This essence would cling to any emerging life form at the moment of birth.

The Three Saints showed little concern, leaving the rest of the saints with no option but to imitate the action.

Suddenly, the Saints of the Other Shore unleashed their techniques, flooding the present Mountain and Sea with endless streams of their energies.

It's reckoned that roughly one in ten of the fresh life forms emerging in the Mountain and Sea would harbor a hidden trace of saintly essence.

A immense web was gradually spun across the entirety of the Mountain and Sea.

Time slipped by, blending seamlessly with the flow of ages.

No one could tell exactly how much time elapsed before, at last, something took the bait.

"Hmm?!" Yet the fortunate catch turned out to be an opportunist scavenger.

His face twisted in displeasure, and with a sharp snort, he projected a vivid scene.

In the ordinary realm, an everyday infant entered the world with a wail.

It looked utterly like any typical creature, but this newborn, armed with a flicker of cunning insight, swiftly detected its own irregularity.

"The amount of one's True Spirit is mostly set from birth. It ties directly to innate talents. Boosting it after birth relies on rare techniques: either drawing in fragments of one's potential self, or sparking a sudden realization amid a cultivation breakthrough, or receiving an infusion from the outer Cosmic Cycle Dao Yan."

"Essentially, the True Spirit volume for Mountain and Sea beings gets distributed wholly by the Mountain and Sea itself. That's the essence of 'destined by Heaven,' the fate assigned to each individual. But..."

"My current form, the chosen one, not only claimed the portion granted naturally by the Mountain and Sea, but snagged an extra allotment too!"

The infant, still forming within the womb, hadn't fully shaped its features yet.

Right then, it abruptly widened its eyes while curled up, gaining awareness of its own existence.

The Sea Return Saint gave a faint nod: "This is Qiu Tianhui's ploy, riding the wave of Mountain and Sea births to manifest his Dao fruit. His descendants make up far less than a millionth of all Mountain and Sea life, yet through the Dao of Living Beings, they seize a larger chunk of True Spirit."

"As the ranks of their descendants swell in number, the sway Qiu Tianhui and his wife hold over the creatures keeps intensifying..."

"It's likely these beings will soon claim half of the Mountain and Sea's entire True Spirit pool."

The saints plunged into quiet reflection.

Then Li Fan let out a soft chuckle: "In that case, it's a relief the Mountain and Sea will eventually merge back into the Void Realm. If not, wouldn't this whole Mountain and Sea end up bearing the Qiu family name?"

Even if spoken in jest, the saints clearly nursed doubts about Qiu Tianhui and his wife's strategy of harnessing living beings for cultivation.

"To be precise, only as the Mountain and Sea gets devoured by Dao Yan, steadily weakening, can their Dao of Living Beings flourish without hitches. Without that decline, they'd face inevitable resistance from the Mountain and Sea. At first, the Mountain and Sea might overlook this exploitation, but as it strengthens, how could it stay oblivious?"

"It's simply caught up in battles against the Void Realm, too burdened to muster the power to fight back." Saint Taiyi remarked coolly.

"While the flawless Mountain and Sea manages its own matters, we should lend our support to its cause."

The opportunist narrowed his gaze, peering along an enigmatic link.

For typical descendants of Qiu Tianhui, spotting this bond to their 'Innate Parents' proves naturally challenging.

The link shines brightest in early childhood, a phase of pure unawareness and dull senses. As growth advances, this tie to the beings fades to near invisibility, tough to pinpoint.

However, the opportunist's vessel stands at the very dawn of a being's formation, when that bond pulses at its peak.

Moreover, this hunt stems from the Other Shore saints, the mightiest cultivators thriving in the Mountain and Sea.

With deliberate calculation targeting the innocent, no matter how slyly Qiu Tianhui and his wife operated, evading this chase proved impossible.

The opportunist's eyes gleamed, allowing the saints to witness through his sight, as though beholding a fine filament weaving through Dao Yan, stretching far into the forward Void Realm.

Normally, the Void Realm's barrier blocks every scrap of knowledge.

But this filament lurks below the Void Realm, tucked away in the portions of the Mountain and Sea already consumed by Dao Yan.

Leveraging that edge, the saints' vision pierced several Void Realms, glimpsing the upcoming Mountain and Sea.

Though not as sharp as their present view, more like peering through foggy waters. Still, it sufficed for the saints to follow the trail.

"Could this be the so-called Mountain and Sea Veins?"

"I'm curious how Qiu Tianhui managed to sense and harness it."

The Other Shore saints yearned to chase the lead to its source, yet even after probing this filament and scanning all connected beings in the forward Mountain and Sea, they failed to pinpoint Qiu Tianhui and his wife's location!

"This..."

The saints concentrated harder, scouring once more with precision.

The outcome stayed the same.

"Since they're bold enough to exploit it so boldly, they've clearly set up countermeasures ahead, showing no fear of probes. Fascinating," the Sea Return Saint remarked with mild approval.

"Yet they somewhat overlook the prowess of the realm's greatest minds."

In a flash, endless phantom forms danced across Sea Return's vision.

The shared threads from all saints clustered thickly, swiftly shifting, with most growing dim and vanishing.

The surviving strands dwindled in count but blazed ever brighter.

At last, just three endured, laid bare for the saints to see.

The initial one anchored deep in the Mountain and Sea. It led to a plain duo of Dao companions. Their looks and forms shared no resemblance with Qiu Tianhui and his wife. Their cultivation lingered at the Nameless Realm, far from transcendence, trapped in a lone path.

And regarding the other two...