Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

The deity that initially threatened him, scared him, later cursed him, berated him, and eventually pleaded with him, now had a fixed gaze, absent of any intelligence, like a puppet.

At this moment, Xu Mu couldn’t help but frown.

Although the deity in front of him was so fragile that even a breath could destroy him, it seemed that he couldn’t completely vanquish it.

Because no matter how he destroyed it, it would gather itself again after a while.

In the beginning, it would become weaker with every disintegration, but once the number of destructions reached a certain level, the strength would cease to decline.

“It seems that to destroy him, one indeed needs to annihilate the source!”

Xu Mu pondered with a furrowed brow.

What is the source? Naturally, it’s those who worship this deity.

If it was ordinary Loose Cultivators, then it would be alright, he was not a tenderhearted person.

But how could he possibly hurt Xu Tiantian, even if he really could hurt her, Mo Wuxin would definitely not agree.

There is another method which is erasing memory, brainwashing the other party.

But with that, the consequences may not be much better than killing her.

Xu Mu had no confidence in doing such a refined thing.

And he couldn’t be a hundred percent certain if this method would work.

After thinking hard, it seemed indeed a bit troublesome to completely eradicate it.

“If that’s the case, can’t the option of leaving it be considered!”

After all, it’s better to dredge than to block.

Xu Mu looked at the deity, which had once again regained its original form. This time he did not destroy it again, but began his attempt to control and refine it.

He once had the experience of creating avatars. After a series of trials, he actually managed to integrate a strand of thought with the other.

The deity, which originally looked like ‘Xu Tiantian’, gradually morphed into his appearance.

“Divinity! Deity’s position! It seems to be a way of the ancient deities and it isn’t as bad as I imagined!”

After the integration of thought, the true body of the ancient deity became Xu Mu’s avatar. At the same time, all of its memories could also be shared with Xu Mu.

After a thorough inspection, he not only understood the other’s lineage but also learned many secrets from ancient times.

When the deities were just born, because they didn’t rely on spiritual energy and made rapid progress, the most crucial point was that once one became a deity, they could live forever.

By virtue of these advantages, the path of the gods quickly swept over the entire Cultivation World, becoming the primary cultivation way for everyone.

There were two ways to become a deity: one was to refine their thoughts and free their divine souls by acquiring the power generated from incense offerings of the sentient beings.

The other was when the power of incense offerings converged with nature naturally.

Although the methods were different, the deities formed didn’t have much difference.

And because of this, many powerful forces were born in that era.

During their lifetime, they ruled over mortals, and even after their death, they continued to receive offerings from the mortals.

For ordinary people, they were like raised livestock, continuously generating incense offerings for them. Without their permission, no one was allowed to cultivate, and no one could become a deity.

The three most powerful deities of that time were referred to as Heavenly Sovereigns.

And the one Xu Mu controlled was one of them.

It was precisely because of his great strength that he could revive after sleeping for millions of years.

The reason for the destruction of the Deity Era drastically differed from the records. It was not due to the rise of human cultivators, but due to wars between the deities. Over the quarrels about incense offerings, the strongest three also fell.

Just as they all were wrapped up in their own conflicts, the influence of cultivators began to gradually rise. By the time the deities noticed, the cultivators had already gained the power to stand in equal opposition.

After that, there was a drawn-out battle between the two groups, and this continued for tens of thousands of years.

In the beginning, the deities held the upper hand, but gradually fell into disadvantage and later became mere servants.

That was the era when men and gods coexisted.

With the offerings becoming lesser, the power of the three sovereigns weakened. To not end up waiting for their death quietly, they decided to divide the world.

In the end, not only did they fail to achieve their ambition, but they were also invaded by cultivators in their Divine Kingdom, their bodies were destroyed, and they fell into eternal slumber.

Later, with the passage of time, everything about the deities slowly became history.

Various methods to deal with deities, enslaving deities were also being discarded by cultivators, and humans entered a new era of cultivation.

Apart from this secret, Xu Mu also received a significant piece of news.

The world he inhabited was merely a fragmented small world.

It was a split from a world called the Endless Spirit Realm.

To escape the hunting of cultivators, this Ancient Heavenly Sovereign deliberately hid in this small world but still couldn’t avoid the fate of eternal sleep.

Originally, he should have died completely in his sleep, but for some reason, he was awakened by the outside world and gradually resurrected.

And the person who awakened him was none other than Xu Tiantian.

Because of sleeping for too long, his strength had already withered away. Because the first incense offering he absorbed was from Xu Tiantian, his appearance was similar to hers.

He then used the connection of the power of incense offerings to subtly influence Xu Tiantian and enlisted her help to propagate faith.

Everything that came after was what Xu Mu saw.

From the memory of the deity, Xu Mu learned that the deity didn’t possess the power to kill Xu Tiantian. He could only influence her a little bit and warp her perception.

His power was simply too weak and had been sleeping for too long.

Moreover, to avoid being discovered by other cultivators, he dared not develop his faith widely, which made his recovery very slow.

If not for this, with the vast memory in his mind, it wouldn’t have been easy for Xu Mu to deal with him.

“This guy’s memory is like a huge treasure trove!”

The more Xu Mu examined the other’s memory, the more shocked he became.

Even though the other was a million-year-old being and did not belong to this small world, many of the knowledge, such as Pill Recipes, Martial Methods, Secret Skills, and so on, were untrainable due to being too outdated and not compatible with the current cultivation system.

But there was too much knowledge stored in them.

Although he had not reached the realm of Immortal, he had lived for tens of thousands of years due to his special deity status. He was an antique among antiques.

The amount of knowledge he possessed was so vast that it was difficult to count. Even if only one in ten million was applicable, it was still a priceless treasure.

“Originally, I thought I was just taking care of a small trouble, but unexpectedly, I dug up a treasure trove!”

Xu Mu was so excited that he was almost speechless.

Lucky for him that the other was troublesome to destroy, otherwise, he would just miss this opportunity.

“After I advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, the use of the ‘Purple Flame Thunder Scroll’ ended. I have been wanting to find new Body Refining Techniques! But the concepts above tier ten are priceless treasures in every force, they would never be easily spread. Even with Wuxin’s identity, I wasn’t able to exchange for it!”

“I have been worrying about this issue for a while. Now this deity avatar may be able to surprise me!”