Compared to the Demon Realm, which had fewer and less troublesome peers, the Immortal Realm had recently become truly chaotic, just as the Demon Lord had previously said.
Many of Ding Yun's peers had chosen to ascend to the Immortal Realm.
And none of them were easy to deal with.
Although most of them chose the technological path, there were many branches within technology. Just as cultivation could be divided into immortal, demonic, Buddhist, and divine cultivation, the technological path was no exception.
The initial stages and final outcomes of technological development were generally similar, but the intermediate processes varied greatly.
Some focused solely on mechanical troop deployment, some on human augmentation and cyborg processes, others on the path of sacrificing flesh and blood for the ascension of the soul, or on the pursuit of ultimate energy, pure destruction, and even exploring the origins and creating all things. There were thousands of paths, and a group of peers had brought about a hundred schools of thought in the Immortal Realm's technological sector.
They fought amongst themselves, seized territories, and caused endless strife.
Most importantly, although most immortals found them a bit strange, no one considered them heretics. Instead, their actions were even rationalized. For example, those who focused on mechanical troop deployment were generally assumed to be specializing in artifact refining or puppet techniques.
Those who pursued human augmentation and cyborg processes were thought to be following body refinement or the 'sowing beans and creating soldiers' type of techniques, as some body refinement cultivators in the Immortal Realm were even wilder than human augmentation, striving to align their own body cells with those of divine beasts and implanting divine beast bloodlines was commonplace. Wasn't this the path of human augmentation? So, what could possibly be strange about them?
Then there was the concept of "flesh and blood are weak, souls ascend."
Wasn't that just soul cultivation?
Most cultivators who lost their physical bodies did just that.
It could be said that almost every different direction of technological development could find a corresponding branch of cultivation in the Immortal Realm. Because different civilizations, when they developed to their end, would eventually converge, it was normal for the intermediate processes to have some similarities. Furthermore, since Ding Yun's peers were all willing to use these as cover, no one delved deeper.
The most crucial point was that most of them had ascended from the lower realms into the Immortal Realm. Therefore, regardless of the path they took, they were defaultly categorized as belonging to the Ascended Faction in the Immortal Realm. Originally, the strength of the Ascended Faction and the native immortal races was relatively balanced, with the Ascended Faction even being slightly inferior. If not for the same number of Immortal Venerables on both sides, who knew how much they would have been oppressed?
However, as more and more of Ding Yun's peers arrived, and each of them rapidly improved their own strength and factions at an astonishing pace, the overall strength of the Ascended Faction soon surpassed that of the native immortal races. They began to encroach on territories originally belonging to the native immortal races and expand.
The native immortal races obviously could not stand idly by.
And be slaughtered.
Conflicts between them were, therefore, completely normal.
To increase their achievements, many peers had even begun to cooperate in secret, helping each other and attacking together. In short, they had made the Immortal Realm utterly restless.
Initially, the Immortal Venerables of the Immortal Realm could still exercise some restraint, exchanging condemnations, but they did not truly fall out or completely tear down the facade and engage in all-out war.
Until the peers in the bio-virus organization alliance.
...Caused a great disaster.
The story was this: those who researched bio-viruses had never been well-received, so after entering the Immortal Realm, they first formed an alliance.
They cooperated with each other and conducted joint research.
Their main objective was to capture some immortals.
Then, they researched specialized viruses specifically targeting those immortals. Besides researching viruses, they also collected local gu poisons, various poisonous elixirs, toxic techniques, and poisonous creatures for comprehensive study. In short, their research path was quite wild, and because there were no corresponding laws to restrain them, their actions were often inhumane.
But precisely because of this.
Their research progressed rapidly.
Before long, they succeeded in creating the "Heavenly Man's Five Decays Poison," which had a mortality rate of up to fifty percent for all ordinary immortals; the "Flesh and Blood Wither Poison" specifically targeting body refinement cultivators; and the "Seven Emotions Red Dust Poison" targeting spirit refinement cultivators.
In addition, they developed special toxins like the "Law Dao Transformation Poison" and the "Myriad Laws Annihilation Poison," which had some effect on Taiyi Immortal Lords and even Da Luo Immortal Emperors, causing injuries at best and death at worst.
Apart from these, they also researched many types of gu poisons, such as the "Puppet Gu," which could turn ordinary immortals into puppets. They had even developed many highly infectious viruses. In short, their achievements were remarkable.
Naturally, these things had to be used once researched.
Otherwise, wouldn't the research be in vain?
Many things happened during the process, which could not be explained in a few words. In short, their mid-term achievement was remarkable. With their research results, they successfully controlled many immortal races in a short period.
Their overall sphere of influence.
Was almost comparable to that of the Immortal Venerables.
Because everything went too smoothly, they inevitably became a little arrogant. When seeking opponents, they were no longer as cautious as before, which ultimately resulted in them falling out with several Immortal Emperors. Due to the Immortal Emperors' derogatory remarks when they came to their doorstep, making reconciliation difficult, they were poisoned to death.
They were poisoned to death using the Law Dao Transformation Poison and the Myriad Laws Annihilation Poison.
Because the dosage was large enough, even Immortal Emperors could not withstand it. Of course, it might also be that the Immortal Emperors did not expect that there could be toxins in this world that could affect them, and they had not taken corresponding precautions, and had been a little careless.
But the sensation this incident caused was immense.
How terrifying were toxins that could poison Immortal Emperors?
Who wouldn't be afraid?
Not to mention that among the deceased Immortal Emperors, one of them had an ancestor who was an Immortal Venerable. That Immortal Venerable felt it was not appropriate to act personally, so he secretly instructed several Immortal Emperors to join forces and eliminate this scourge.
Therefore, not long after, the Bio-Virus Alliance was besieged by dozens of Immortal Emperors, who were well-prepared and did their utmost to guard against poisoning during the siege.
In the end, the Bio-Virus Alliance could not hold on and began to threaten the Immortal Emperors, saying they would perish together if not released, and even release more terrifying viruses.
However, those Immortal Emperors did not understand at all. They only thought this was the dying struggle of the Bio-Virus Alliance, talking nonsense, so they paid no attention and continued to attack them desperately. Soon after, the core personnel of the Bio-Virus Alliance suffered heavy casualties. The remaining members, unable to care about their missions anymore, immediately pressed the button for their pre-prepared, final, mutually destructive means, releasing all the viruses they had researched over the years, not only the viruses stored in their headquarters but also all the viruses, gu poisons, and even other deadly toxins they had placed throughout the Immortal Realm.
Then, a terrifying disaster occurred.
And it spread rapidly.
(End of this chapter)
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