Eternal Tale

Immaculate Immortal Ridge, at the center of the great lake, today the Five Elements Array covered all directions. In the center, a massive vortex appeared, dark and profound, like an endless abyss.

Immortal Absolute and Chen Xun sat cross-legged above the vortex, their eyes slightly closed, faces solemn.

”Immortal Absolute, over the past ten years, the Chaoyuan Red Treasure Fruit of the Five Elements has completely transformed your physical body. This fruit has a significant origin and consumed a considerable amount of resources. You have quite the appetite...”

Chen Xun spoke earnestly, pausing as three primordial spirits surrounded Immortal Absolute, ”The old debt is paid, but a new one arises. You won’t default on this Dao Ancestor’s account, will you?”

”Senior Crossing the World... how much was it again?” Immortal Absolute’s eyelid twitched as he spoke in a muffled voice. For the past ten years, he felt powerless, as if the fruit was a dispersal fruit, losing even his racial talents.

Yet, he was quite honest and never suspected anything else.

As long as he could become stronger, as long as he could repay the debt, everything else was trivial, even if it meant death. Senior Crossing the World promised to help him clear his debts.

”Adding the cost of the two longevity fruits you just consumed, this Dao Ancestor is reasonable, charging you only a million or so top-grade spirit stones isn’t excessive, right?”

”What?!”

”But this Dao Ancestor understands cultivating immortality isn’t easy, so I’ll temporarily reduce your debt by a million top-grade spirit stones. These are just external possessions. How can we cultivators care about such trivial gains? I disdain such things.””Dao Ancestor’s magnanimity!!!” Immortal Absolute roared suddenly, trembling with excitement, feeling the lost power within him slowly recovering. Unconsciously, he started referring to Senior Crossing the World as Dao Ancestor.

”A teachable child, this Dao Ancestor Chen Xun today reports to the heavens above and the vast seas below, to impart the Five Elements Immortal Path to Immortal Absolute. Let it be known!”

Roar~~~

Suddenly, multicolored rays of light filled the sky, petals drifted everywhere, and even celestial music began to play, ding ding ding~~~

Outside the array, a big Black Bull was tirelessly waving its hooves, creating spectacular effects of heaven and earth. It had plucked quite a few flowers from Third Sister’s flower field, as requested by Eldest Brother.

Although it didn’t understand, it just did as told. Could Eldest Brother ever be wrong?

At the center of the great lake, Immortal Absolute’s eyes snapped open, gazing at the extraordinary spectacle of heaven and earth, filled with shock. With just a word from Dao Ancestor, it could resonate with the world!

He was invigorated, shouting, ”Disciple will sincerely receive Dao Ancestor’s teachings!”

Chen Xun’s eyes focused, his left hand forming a gesture with two fingers, pointing at Immortal Absolute’s forehead, while the other three primordial spirits mirrored the action, pointing at various parts of Immortal Absolute’s massive body.

Buzz—

At this moment, a massive flower of essence slowly bloomed above them. This white essence flower was no longer rootless; it had fully formed, rooted in Chen Xun’s body.

Its essence floated in the void, not existing within Chen Xun’s primordial spirit, nor in his body, but only in the essence of heaven and earth, omnipresent.

Immortal Absolute let out a muffled groan, feeling as if a pair of hands tightly grasped his Sacred Spirit Root, a sensation both uncomfortable and terrifying to his core.

He had let go of all defenses, even the subconscious protection of his body had vanished.

With the experience from Mo Fuyang last time, Chen Xun was adept, the essence flower firmly suppressing the body on the verge of collapse, the Five Elements furnace within burning fiercely, clearing all spiritual qi from Immortal Absolute’s body.

”Ah!!!” Immortal Absolute let out a painful howl, the pain penetrating his bones, his Dao heart, and his soul!

Chen Xun was exceptionally quiet today, not saying a word. He didn’t need to sever meridians, not even to directly condense the major Five Elements apertures, but what he needed was a spiritual root.

A small booklet slowly floated nearby, the qi of the Five Elements inscribing the veins of the Sacred Spirit Root stroke by stroke.

It was a crystal-clear root, emitting a dreamlike glow, resembling a slender jade shoot, quite peculiar.

Its surface seemed naturally inscribed with the law patterns of the Spiritual Qi Immortal Path.

”Oh, so this is the Sacred Spirit Root, it surprisingly shares similarities with my Five Elements script. What does this innate vein truly represent...”

Chen Xun’s eyes were thoughtful, suddenly discovering a big secret, ”Can spiritual roots be created postnatally... like the innate Five Elements spiritual roots, haha, interesting.”

His eyes sparkled, and the three primordial spirits continuously infused mana into Immortal Absolute, who cooperated despite being somewhat single-minded. His talent in the immortal path far exceeded Mo Fuyang.

Immortal Absolute continuously let out low growls, his eyes flashing with madness and excitement, already beginning to operate the ”Five Elements Immortal Scripture”!

”Immortal Absolute, don’t rush, the Sacred Spirit Root contains the Five Elements spiritual roots, it’s not yet at the critical point.”

”Yes, Dao Ancestor!”

”Concentrate and calm your mind, follow what I’ve told you over the years, and I assure you, you’ll be fine.”

”Yes!”

Immortal Absolute roared in pain, yet remained fearless in his heart.

He already felt a powerful immortal path reviving within him, a path more aligned with the essence of heaven and earth than the Spiritual Qi Immortal Path!

Chen Xun meticulously unraveled the Sacred Spirit Root, his Five Elements spiritual roots swaying within, growing stronger through the transmission of the path!

In the distance.

Black Bull stood dumbfounded, watching all this unfold. Truly, Eldest Brother was remarkable. It never imagined the Five Elements Immortal Path could be forcibly transmitted, and that one could grow stronger through it.

This path of cultivating immortality had long been played to its fullest by Eldest Brother, but it all started with Eldest Brother spending decades refining Qi-Enhancing Pills, it softly mooed: ”Moo~~”

As the sun rose and set, Chen Xun and Immortal Absolute remained sitting cross-legged on the lake, unchanged by time.

Every day after planting spiritual herbs, Black Bull would guard from afar outside the array, observing their progress.

It too knew the Five Elements Immortal Path, ready to help with a roar if needed.

This transmission of the path lasted an entire month, partly due to Immortal Absolute’s massive body.

Today, Chen Xun’s face was slightly pale, but his eyes were filled with excitement. The transmission was complete, and the Sacred Spirit Root was entirely stripped into Five Elements False Spirit Roots.

Yet, it couldn’t completely transform into their kind of Five Elements spiritual roots. He believed the key lay in the mysterious law patterns of the innate spiritual root.

Chen Xun was now perfecting the law pattern veins of his Five Elements spiritual roots. If successful, the Five Elements Immortal Path would advance further, and their Five Elements False Spirit Roots could naturally evolve into true Five Elements spiritual roots!

At this moment, Immortal Absolute’s body seemed to have lost hundreds of pounds, his face serene, eyes closed, surrounded by the qi of the Five Elements, now able to truly absorb it.

”Immortal Absolute, stay here and cultivate peacefully for now. Let me know if you need anything.”

”Yes, Dao Ancestor.”

Immortal Absolute slowly opened his eyes, his gaze deep, with the divine light of the Five Elements flashing.

Yet, his eyes held absolute reverence, feeling a connection to the great Dao, just like Mo Fuyang.

And before him stood the ancestor of the Five Elements Immortal Path, truly deserving of the title Dao Ancestor. Immortal Absolute now wholeheartedly accepted this, feeling no shame in his defeat within the Immortal Prison.

Chen Xun exhaled a breath of turbid air, nodded gently, and stepped into the void.

Black Bull had long been waiting outside the array, rushing to Chen Xun’s side: ”Moo moo?”

”Bull, rest assured, it was a success!”

Chen Xun’s words were somewhat excited, holding a small booklet in his hand, ”And I’ve made a new discovery. We have much to do in the years to come; the path of immortality is long!”

”Moo~~” Black Bull nudged Chen Xun, eyes filled with joy, not for the immortal path, but for Eldest Brother’s happiness, sensing Chen Xun’s excitement.

”Bull, five years ago, we helped Old Mo open his apertures, and he’s still in seclusion. Help him out when you can; these are valuable experiences.”

”Moo moo!”

”The talismans you needed, Yun Jin has bought them for us. Once you master the talisman array, we’ll go to the Tongtian Tower for supplies.”

”Moo moo? Moo moo!”

Black Bull’s eyes lit up, happily circling around Chen Xun. One of its interests in cultivating immortality was learning arrays, and the other was planting spiritual herbs.

Chen Xun patted Black Bull, chuckling, and together they headed towards the mountain ridge.

As the sun set, casting long shadows, the sound of chopping inexplicably echoed through the ridge, chopping the Crane Spirit Tree when happy, and chopping it when not... some things just had to be done, or it felt like ants were crawling all over.