Vol 7 Chapter 25: Invincible Sect

Third Body.

Cultivation: True Immortal Ninth Heaven.

Appearance: Plain and unremarkable, slightly weathered.

Lin Jing, who had changed his appearance and was about to adopt a past alias, stood before the Movement Cosmos Sect's smuggling secret path, looked at the busy mosquito beast swarm, and sighed softly.

"I have it too rough."

They were all Lin Jing - one possessed Heaven's Mandate and reigned supreme in the Lower Realm, another had contracted a Fragment of a Heavenly Rule and dominated the Ancient Immortal Realm, while only he...

Had to struggle in the Immortal Realm filled with Immortal Emperors and Immortal Kings!

The key point was, he didn't have Heaven's Mandate, nor did he possess Fragments of Heavenly Rules...

What he had were only abilities divided from a group of pet beasts.

If he had received their peak abilities, that would still be acceptable, but the problem was, the effects and potential were only one-seventh of the original versions.

This level of talent potential, when viewed across the Immortal Realm, was probably only upper-middle tier - worthy of becoming an Immortal King.

As for combat strength, the Third Body currently at True Immortal Ninth Heaven could barely be considered as having just escaped the bottom tier of the Immortal Realm - not outstanding but better than the worst.

Most importantly, this first journey was him alone scouting the path.

Trying to establish a foothold in the Immortal Realm could be described as hell difficulty. Fortunately, this body excelled in having comprehensive abilities - he knew all the pet beasts' skills, so he didn't necessarily have to break through from the combat aspect.

Profound supernatural powers like the Space-Time Dao, because he had inherited the pet beasts' abilities, the Third Body could practically wield them effortlessly, let alone alchemy and artifact forging.

He might not excel at fighting, but escaping and making money - he was absolutely skilled at those.

Besides, Lin Jing's Third Body wasn't completely without trump cards either. The Immortal Mirror, Wordless Plaque, and Time Dao Immortal Banner - three highly useful immortal artifacts - were now all in his possession. Even when viewed across the Immortal Lord Realm, he could be considered somewhat wealthy.

Moreover, this first journey was only for the Third Body to establish a foothold and find a place to stay, not to cause trouble, so there shouldn't be major problems.

Several days later.

With a group of mosquito beasts serving as sacrifices, the smuggling secret path was opened, and the Third Body entered alone.

Fortunately, the incarnation's comprehension wasn't bad either, having successfully improved a method to let mosquito beasts cultivate the Immortal Movement Art. Otherwise, opening this smuggling secret path would have been much more troublesome.

"The Third Body isn't a traditional avatar, but a special Contract Body. This has already been verified by the Imperial Consorts - unless it's an Immortal Emperor or an Immortal King using supernatural powers to carefully examine his internal essence, no one can tell he's just an incarnation."

Watching the Third Body's departing figure, the incarnation began praying for him.

..........

The Movement Cosmos Sect Master had said that after the spiritual energy decline, this smuggling secret path had also become chaotic. However, since even the Demon Lord could open passages from the Immortal Realm to the Ancient Immortal Realm, this secret path had indeed restored its stability.

After an unknown amount of time, the Third Body finally reached the end of the secret path.

But just as he arrived, Lin Jing cursed inwardly. According to the Movement Cosmos Sect Master's memories, the secret path's endpoint should have been in a desolate mountain range - the kind of barren region where not even Immortal Realm demonic beasts existed.

Yet... who would have known that the sect master would appear directly within a sect the moment he arrived!

"Who goes there!? How dare you trespass into our Invincible Sect."

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three True Immortal realm experts appeared, followed by over twenty Dao Inquiry cultivators.

Surrounded, Lin Jing looked around and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed to be just a small sect - the three strongest were only at True Immortal realm: one at Ninth Heaven, one at Seventh Heaven, and one at Sixth Heaven.

The remaining disciples were all at Void Mystical Stage or Dao Inquiry cultivation levels.

Meaning, this place was so barren in memories, how could a powerful sect possibly establish their headquarters here? If it was a small sect, that made sense.

"Invincible Sect?" Lin Jing spoke: "I was just passing by and saw your sect's name was too arrogant, so I came to take a look."

Boom.

After speaking, Lin Jing erupted with his True Immortal Ninth Heaven immortal energy. The group of Dao Inquiry disciples immediately changed expressions, and the three True Immortals also looked serious.

This place had impoverished immortal energy - even True Immortals rarely came here. How could a peak True Immortal just be passing by?

"Fellow Daoist, that's enough." The Invincible Sect Master, a middle-aged man also at True Immortal Ninth Heaven, slowly spoke: "It's just a name. If Fellow Daoist trespassed into our sect just because of that and cannot provide any other reasonable explanation, then don't blame me, Wu, for being impolite."

Although he really didn't want to fight a peak True Immortal, when someone had already intruded into their mountain gate, Sect Master Wu couldn't just stand by for the sake of the sect's dignity. He directly activated the protective sect array, trapping Lin Jing within the mountain gate.

"Brother, don't worry, the three of us will attack together and teach him a lesson!"

"That's right!" The other two True Immortals, one male and one female, spoke in succession.

"Your protective sect array - activating it is the same as not activating it." Lin Jing smiled slightly, then teleported outside the array with a single movement. The array's spatial blockade was completely ignored by Lin Jing.

Back in the Lower Realm, he could casually enter spatial pocket realms arranged by Immortal Realm great sect immortals. Now that he had become an immortal, he definitely wouldn't be trapped by a small protective sect array.

"This..." Seeing Lin Jing's terrifying spatial attainments, Sect Master Wu's pupils contracted sharply. His initial thought of attacking immediately vanished, and he quickly said: "It's just a name. If Fellow Daoist finds it too arrogant, we'll change our sect name."

"Brother, you're right, our name is indeed somewhat inappropriate!"

"Yes, this Fellow Daoist reminded us well!" The other two True Immortals, one male and one female, spoke in succession while sweating profusely.

These three people...

Lin Jing was taken aback.

"That's not necessary." Lin Jing said: "I actually like such an arrogant name. However, it was indeed somewhat mismatched before. But if I join too, then this name would be justified!"

This Invincible Sect was located at the starting and ending point of the secret path. Lin Jing's arrivals and departures would all have to pass through here. Although Lin Jing had the power to make them relocate, compared to doing that, Lin Jing felt that directly hiding within this Invincible Sect and obtaining his own cave dwelling might be more concealed. Then, when coming and going, he could do so through his secret cave dwelling.

"Fellow Daoist... you want to join our Invincible Sect???"

Sect Master Wu was completely stunned, and the two deputy sect masters beside him were also dumbfounded. This mysterious True Immortal's strength was absolutely far above theirs, like an immortal prodigy from an Immortal Emperor or Immortal King's lineage, with unlimited prospects. Joining them... what did this mean?

"Not welcome?" Lin Jing asked.

Sect Master Wu immediately cupped his hands and said: "If you're willing to join the Invincible Sect, of course we welcome you. It's just that our Invincible Sect doesn't know what could attract someone like you to join."

"Personal Fortune." Lin Jing stared at the purple energy permeating over the Invincible Sect's mountain gate, narrowing his eyes slightly as he said: "Although I don't know how it happened, your sect seems to have abundant Personal Fortune. By joining you, I might have a chance to break through to the Immortal Lord Realm."

This Invincible Sect unexpectedly had very strong Personal Fortune momentum. Lin Jing had never seen a sect with such special fortune manifestations before.

Hearing this, Sect Master Wu was stunned.

"Fellow Daoist is also proficient in the Personal Fortune Dao?" He laughed and said: "You're the first person to recognize this place's extraordinariness. To be honest with you, this place... is my Wu family's ancestral land. In the past, it produced powerful experts."

Lin Jing's gaze sharpened. Ancestral land that produced powerful experts? Could it be the true opener of the smuggling secret path? Even a being like the Demon Lord needed to use great Dao treasures to open passages between realms. What origins did this Wu family ancestor have? It seemed this Invincible Sect was indeed worth staying in.