58: Luo Hou: I'll send you to study the immortal path.

In the West, Mount Sumeru was shrouded in swirling mists, with Formations scattered everywhere, enveloping the entire sacred mountain.

Turning the entire continent into a supreme Formation was truly an enormous undertaking.

This was the entire Western continent, using the Origin of the Western continent and individual Spiritual Veins as the Foundation, with Mount Sumeru as the core of the Formation.

With a single breath, it could absorb boundless Chaos Qi.

At this moment, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti had also returned to Mount Sumeru.

They had also brought back a middle-aged man.

"Lord Demon Ancestor, this is Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi, and he has come to join our Demonic Path."

"It is just that Fellow Daoist Zhenyuanzi has a slight issue; he cannot officially take form."

"Bringing him here this time is to ask if Lord Demon Ancestor has any way to solve this problem."

Daoist Jieyin stepped forward and said cautiously.

After all, he knew just how dark the person before him was.

Just for a few innate spiritual objects, they had been reduced to the point of selling themselves to pay off their debts.

Luo Hou glanced at the Zhenyuanzi before him and chuckled lightly.

"It is merely because your original form is too strong to take form."

"There is certainly a method, but I do not know if this little friend can afford the price."

"Price? I do not know what kind of price. I am an Innate Sacred Being joining the Demon Race; is that not enough?"

Zhenyuanzi said with some surprise. In the current Honghuang World, Daluo were still considered experts.

If he were to go to some weak tribes, he would likely be revered as an Old Ancestor-like figure.

Of course, he had not seen this for himself, but had heard it from Hongyun.

But now, looking at Luo Hou's attitude, he was a bit uneasy.

Could Hongyun have lied to him? To obtain the method to take form from the Demonic Path, there was still another price to pay.

After pondering for a moment, a trace of determination appeared in Zhenyuanzi's eyes.

Being unable to take form was the pain in his heart.

If he were to encounter any danger one day, he would not even be able to run away.

Moreover, he could not view these magnificent mountains and rivers, nor could he travel across this world.

For him, it was truly too uncomfortable.

He looked at Luo Hou before him and said with a sincere expression:

"Senior Luo Hou, I do not know what price is required. As long as I can take form and enter the world, I can accept any price."

"Is that so? You can really accept anything? What if I want your Magic Treasure, the Book of Earth?"

Luo Hou said with a smile, and Zhenyuanzi froze at this moment.

The top-grade innate spirit treasure Book of Earth was his most precious item.

There was no other reason; as long as he had this Magic Treasure, he could connect all the Spiritual Veins around Longevity Mountain.

If other existences dared to attack him, they would have to pay a painful price.

By borrowing the power of the Book of Earth to communicate with countless Spiritual Veins, although his power was strong, with his Realm, he could only unleash the power of Peak Daluo.

But even existences Above Great Luo would not dare to easily break his defense.

Because if broken, the Spiritual Veins connected by the Book of Earth would also be damaged, thereby generating a massive amount of Karma.

Unless it was Hunyuan, other existences facing this move would be in a true dead end.

Even Luo Hou did not dare to face it. Facing that kind of predicament would undoubtedly mean owing the world more Karma.

The Hunyuan Realm required severing Karma with the world.

If he really did that, achieving Hunyuan would undoubtedly be even harder.

If Zhenyuanzi handed over the Book of Earth, and an existence of Luo Hou's Realm left behind some means, he would have to pay a heavy price.

He might even completely perish and disappear from this world.

A trace of vigilance appeared in Zhenyuanzi's eyes.

He took a few steps back, as if looking for any weak points in the space here.

Luo Hou watched this scene but did not take it to heart; this action of Zhenyuanzi was merely a feint.

His true means was a certain imprint within his body.

Once it erupted, this Incarnation would be destroyed, preventing Luo Hou from obtaining information about his original body from the Incarnation.

Luo Hou watched this scene and could not help but chuckle.

"Hehe, little friend, you are right to be vigilant, but with your means, what is the use of being vigilant?"

"Furthermore, if you want your original body to take form, you cannot do without the help of the Book of Earth."

"It is difficult for the original body to take form because it is too powerful."

"The reason little friend Zhunti was able to successfully take form is that the environment he was in was not as good as yours, little friend."

Luo Hou said with a smile. It was indeed because the environment Zhenyuanzi was in was too favorable that he could not take form.

Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti were too poor and had no Innate Spirit Treasure.

Zhenyuanzi was different; he had the Book of Earth as a companion. When he was being conceived, this Innate Spirit Treasure continuously absorbed the power of the Spiritual Veins, nourishing Zhenyuanzi's original body.

This made his original body exceptionally strong, cutting off almost all possibility of taking form.

Yet his cultivation did not stop progressing, which would cause his original body to become stronger and stronger.

In the end, he would either have to cut his own Origin and abandon that massive original body.

Or he would have to find spiritual objects at the level of an Innate Spirit Treasure to refine into his own Incarnation.

Of course, there was another way, which was Karma, an extremely massive amount of Karma.

Being unable to take form was simply because he was too powerful, and the world did not allow it.

Karma symbolized contributions to the world. As the saying goes, wealth can connect with the gods; Karma was the most precious wealth in the Honghuang World.

With a massive power of merit, he would naturally be able to take form.

For the current Zhenyuanzi, if he wanted his original body to take form, there was a best Opportunity.

The Western continent was too vast; with his power, the time required to fully understand all the Spiritual Veins and Earth Veins would be too long.

With the Book of Earth, if Luo Hou exerted his full power, it would take at most a hundred Yuanhuis.

Spending so much time to create a Formation that covered the entire West.

Such great Karma could not be encountered at just any time.

At this moment, Zhenyuanzi hesitated slightly. Luo Hou had pointed out the truth about why he could not take form.

So there must be a way to solve it.

The Book of Earth was his Magic Treasure for survival; it was too difficult to decide.

After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind.

Blocking is not as good as dredging; being coveted by the person before him for that Magic Treasure was undoubtedly a very uncomfortable thing.

It would be better to use this Opportunity to properly strive for some things for himself.

Thinking of this, Zhenyuanzi said:

"I can lend the Book of Earth, but I ask that you, Senior, use the world as a witness that you will never covet my Magic Treasure, nor leave any hidden means on this Magic Treasure."

"Good, I agree to this matter. In addition, you want to join the Demonic Path, and I also agree. You only need to have your Incarnation join the Demonic Path."

"Additionally, I will give you another Opportunity, allowing you to go to the Dao of Immortals for further studies."

Luo Hou smiled faintly, a trace of joy in his eyes.

He really did not care much about a top-grade innate spirit treasure.

The Beast Emperor's supreme treasure of slaughter, the god slaying spear, was still in his hands; in terms of slaughter, this Magic Treasure was no different from an innate supreme treasure.

As for sending him to the Dao of Immortals for further studies, there was no other reason; he really did not have much time to guide the practitioners below.

He still had to strengthen the West.

Hongjun, however, had this time. At their Realm, inhaling and exhaling Chaos Qi no longer had much meaning.

What they pursued was severing Karma with the world.

Hongjun wanted to cultivate more experts, which was also a way of severing Karma.

He was actually fulfilling Hongjun.