Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 1963: 512: Demon Fetus Parasite, Yan Lan’s Breakthrough! (Double - )

In this instant of utter desperation, he resorted straightaway to employing this unknown divine ability!

"Buzz!"

Within his thoughts, Lu Quanzhen activated the quasi-fourth rank [Substitute Talisman], harnessing its strength while his broken form morphed into a demon fetus that rapidly plunged toward the Kunpeng larva for a parasitic takeover.

Yet, the vital energy of this Kunpeng larva proved extraordinarily robust and tough; in Lu Quanzhen’s weakened condition, the takeover appeared nothing short of an impossible fantasy.

"Damn it, damn it!" His spirit howled in frenzy, striving to infest the Kunpeng larva.

A anguished bellow escaped the Kunpeng larva inside the enormous egg as well.

Afflicted with inherent defects, it depended on the array of techniques arranged by the ancient Kunpeng, cultivated over countless years with nourishment to achieve rebirth, and thus not deemed excessively mighty.

Having ingested Lu Quanzhen’s soul recollections moments earlier and suffered damage from a frightful force of rules, it had endured heavy depletion.

This left it incapable of fully eradicating the parasitism of Lu Quanzhen’s demon fetus.

"Let’s both take a step back!"

Following an extended clash between the man and the beast, Lu Quanzhen appeared to merge with the Kunpeng larva, engaging in mental exchange and grasping that he could manage only a temporary infestation, unable to withstand the larva’s resistance for long.

Though naive from its youthful state, the Kunpeng larva held vast wisdom via inherited memories and from devouring souls of fellow cultivators, detecting that Lu Quanzhen harbored something suspicious.

Confronting this baffling parasitic intrusion amid the torment in its soul, it consented and inquired about Lu Quanzhen’s demands for withdrawal.

"Great medicine!"

Lu Quanzhen’s vital blood and magical power were almost exhausted, on the verge of disintegration. Should the infestation fail, the demon fetus would crumble to nothing right away, resulting solely in demise!

Furthermore, he had scarcely succeeded in infesting the Kunpeng larva owing to the latter drawing him into the massive egg; absent that, penetrating its impenetrable barrier would have been out of reach.

Hence, in this dire situation, forsaking the Kunpeng larva was utterly inconceivable, as he yearned to draw sufficient vitality from it to recover, then devise a getaway plan.

Via Lu Quanzhen’s firm soul intent, the Kunpeng larva uttered a subdued growl, bestowing upon him the immense vitality stored within the Kunpeng giant egg.

In that instant, the morphed demon fetus of Lu Quanzhen absorbed the influx and naturally activated the "Kunpeng Devouring Heaven Demon God Technique".

For an unexplained cause, upon executing this cultivation method, an unprecedented seamless flow arose.

The very process of running the cultivation technique kept refining itself, or more precisely... adapting even better to his needs.

"So, this is the true Kunpeng inheritance!"

As he ran his cultivation technique through the infestation on the Kunpeng larva, Lu Quanzhen, in that transcendent instant, could even discern the motifs adorning the Kunpeng giant egg.

These motifs, woven with runes depicting Kunpeng shapes circulating around the blood pool, evoked images of Peng birds and Kun fish soaring through the emptiness, constituting a deep-seated Kunpeng technique.

At the same time, over the black hole.

Once the altar’s black hole manifested, every inheritor of the Kunpeng demon technique got pulled into the black hole. The unseen tremendous power encircling the altar vanished, sending all the altar’s treasures flying in all directions as the Nascent Soul cultivators scrambled to seize them.

Regarding the demon technique inheritors tumbling into the black hole, certain ones picked up on a dreadfully intense aura of dread and opted not to probe deeper, pressing on with the contest for fortunes and valuables.

...

Jiang Country.

Great Dream Immortal City.

The intelligence about the Great Dream Marsh Secret Realm’s appearance disseminated rapidly, and in under a month, Nascent Soul Immortals from the four major Immortal Sects reached the City Lord Mansion to probe regarding the Secret Realm.

Nevertheless, with Great Dream Immortal City now viewed as a Nascent Soul tier force by the four Immortal Sects, the arriving cultivators showed utmost courtesy, simply asking if there were intentions for collaborative ventures.

For example, the Immortal Sects might dispatch personnel to assist in scouting, developing, and similar tasks.....

Serving as the primary overseer of the Immortal City, Ling Zixiao refrained from displaying excessive arrogance, merely noting that the Secret Realm hadn’t fully unveiled itself yet, and details on whether joint development or independent probing was required could be addressed subsequently; the visitors could initially settle in the Immortal City.

Meanwhile, Lu Changsheng learned of Yan Lan’s advancement to False Core.

As the initial concubine in the family to attain False Core, the Lu Ancestor felt compelled to make a personal visit.

Upon reaching Cloud Dream Mountain, a crowd of minor cultivators had already assembled nearby.

This was entirely expected.

Achieving False Core held little significance for Lu Changsheng.

However, for Jiang Country’s cultivators and the independent ones in Immortal Cities, it sparked considerable excitement, drawing numerous well-wishers.

"Greetings to Changsheng True Master!"

"Seen Lu Mountain Lord! Lu City Lord!"

Though Lu Changsheng seldom showed up in routine affairs, virtually every cultivator in Great Dream Immortal City knew him. Spotting his arrival, they promptly paid obeisance, pondering the reason for his presence.

Enlisting freshly promoted False Core cultivators, or perhaps an acquaintance, here to offer congratulations.

As Lu Changsheng drew near, Yan Lan promptly emerged from the cave mansion and ushered him inside to relax.

"What... what’s happening? He just entered?"

"Hold on, that lady looks like Yan Lan, the Great Market Master of Misty Rain Market, among Changsheng True Master’s concubines!"

"What, Lu Mountain Lord’s concubine?"

"Changsheng True Master’s concubines have all reached False Core?"

"Five years back, Changsheng True Master apparently sold a third rank Demon Core at the Immortal City auction—was it meant to support this Market Master Yan in breaking through to False Core?"

Despite Yan Lan managing her own marketplace, the distance from Great Dream Immortal City to Qingyun Domain kept her from much renown, with few recognizing her.

Yet now, with her False Core breakthrough and revealed as Lu Ancestor’s concubine, it ignited conversations and guesses among the onlookers about her background and situation.

"Lu City Lord is indeed lavish, bestowing a third rank Demon Core on a concubine for the False Core advancement."

"True enough, I figured Lu Ancestor would preserve that Demon Core as a clan treasure, to cultivate a prospective False Core Immortal or craft a Magical Treasure, but instead, it went to a concubine."

"Little surprise that Jiang Country hails the most affectionate one, Changsheng True Master, who not only trades Coagulation Crystal Elixirs for his spouse Lu Miaoge, but now even provides third rank Demon Cores to concubines for False Core breakthroughs..."

"I wish I could wed Changsheng True Master."

"If someone presented a third rank Demon Core as dowry, I’d wed him without hesitation!"

In the Immortal City, beyond the Great Dream Marsh Secret Realm’s revelation, discussions over tea among many folks also encompassed Lu Ancestor’s concubine attaining False Core.

...

False Core differs from True Core; post-breakthrough, one needs to firmly consolidate the realm to prevent mana instability and backlash from the demon core.

Thus, upon entering Yan Lan’s cave mansion, Lu Changsheng offered his felicitations, engaged in light conversation, then advised her to properly stabilize her realm before departing the cave mansion.

During casual talk, Lu Changsheng headed back to the City Lord Mansion, habitually inscribing a few third rank superior talismans.

Suddenly, he sensed an anomaly, glancing toward the Lu Family Genealogy.

The genealogy logs names, and should anyone face soul probing or body usurpation, it preserves mental lucidity and issues alerts.

"Quanzhen!"

Via the genealogy, he swiftly comprehended that his offspring Lu Quanzhen had undergone soul probing via some technique.

No matter soul probing or body takeover, descending to such a plight carried immense peril.

"Quanzhen only recently advanced to Core Formation Third Layer—how did he end up soul probed?"

Lu Changsheng’s expression grew somewhat grave.

He attempted to divine his son Lu Quanzhen’s status with a finger flick, yet encountered a murky disarray in the heavenly secrets.

Drawing from past incidents with his son Lu Ping’an, he had studied the genealogy, which shields against external intrusions but not from him as the family head.

Therefore, this muddled heavenly secret stemmed not from the genealogy’s barrier but from alternative factors.

It didn’t resemble a technique for hiding heavenly secrets, nor interference from scrying tools.

In essence, not even a third rank Magical Treasure could produce such an outcome!

Lu Changsheng drew forth a droplet of vital blood from his fingertip, then accessed his Storage Ring to retrieve a porcelain vial bearing Lu Quanzhen’s name, releasing a blood droplet to serve as the divination medium.

"External disruption, severing the world, heavenly secrets utterly disordered...."

After an extended period, Lu Changsheng’s eyes opened, his complexion faintly ashen, murmuring, "Might Quanzhen have ventured into a Secret Realm?"

Having elevated his divination to third rank, he had acquired considerable insight into such arts.

Recognizing that numerous divinations yield no straightforward outcomes but allow deductions through surrounding clues.

In the case of his son Lu Quanzhen, the possibilities included acquiring the [Tianyuan Lotus], a peerless relic that suppresses heavenly secrets; stepping into a Secret Realm; or residing in a dwelling of a master diviner.

Among these options, Lu Changsheng inclined toward his son having entered a Secret Realm.

"A Secret Realm..."

Still, for Lu Changsheng, confinement within a Secret Realm posed the greatest difficulty.

After all, the majority of Secret Realms sever ties with the outer world, rendering heavenly secrets uncalculable.

Given that his son had been soul probed, suggesting capture by another cultivator, the prospects of emerging alive from the Secret Realm seemed exceedingly low under these conditions.