Old Fool

In the celestial empire, during the ninth year of the Mandate of Heaven,
Chaos reigns across the land, and the people suffer.
The royal governance collapses, and western barbarians with their pantheon of gods invade.
New warlords arise, claiming territories; the Taiping rebels wreak havoc, leading to widespread misery.
Calamities like floods, droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms, tornadoes, acid rain, blood moons, and meteor falls occur in succession.
Countless demons roam, strange beings thrive, spirits mingle with the inexplicable, and mysterious phenomena arise.
In these dark and tumultuous times, Tao Qian opens his eyes to find himself about to be beheaded at the vegetable market...

Longevity Chronicles

Tiger Worry Gully, within a concealed cave.


Tao Qian cast a cold glance at the collapsing Heavenly Demon from the Outer Realm and then ignored it, channeling the robust Spirit Treasure Source Qi within him to absorb the "Innate Dao Seed" into his body.


Before long, tranquility returned to the cave, and the dazzling light had completely disappeared.


Yet, if any other creature had been in this place at that moment, they would have felt an indescribable wonder.


Even though nothing could be seen, one would feel that this cave was a blessed place, a Daoist Secret Realm, where simply being there could calm one's mind and spirit, and allow for the understanding of profound mysteries.


It was very much like the peculiar idea that "a mountain is not high; if an immortal resides in it, it becomes spiritually significant."


Tao Qian himself also felt this way, and perhaps even more profoundly.


The effects of the Dao Seed subtly began to reveal themselves.


Chapter 59: Tao Qian Fishing for Demons, Primordial Spirit Greatly Increases